Example sentences of "[be] [adj] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mother who ‘ ca n't be so cruel ’ as to wake her sleeping baby if he happens to be asleep at the appointed feeding-time , fails to realize that a few such wakings would be all she would have to resort to … |
| 2 | FIL file creation time to determine the maximum number of SSR/SPR Listing Requests which may be outstanding at the same time . |
| 3 | FIL file creation time to determine the maximum number of SPR distribution messages which may be outstanding at the same time . |
| 4 | FIL file creation time to determine the maximum number of new SSR relation messages which may be outstanding at the same time . |
| 5 | A panel full of increment/decrement wheels and pads can be confusing at the best of times , but in the heat of the moment the effect on a performance can prove more than negative — it can be destructive . |
| 6 | I want to ride as much as I can , but I want to try to be sensible at the same time . |
| 7 | Both tend to be high at the northern edge of the pack ice , over continental and island shelves where turbulence brings fresh resources to the surface , and at boundaries between water masses . |
| 8 | I 'm quite scared erm I 'd be scar I mean I 'd be scared if I saw one but be interesting at the same time , I sort of want to and I sort of |
| 9 | Now it seems to me that they are challenging on that basis that they can it can be it can be detailed at the local level that individual boundaries can be challenged . |
| 10 | By their reasons the justices stated that the girl would continue to be liable to sexual abuse if allowed to return to her family as the mother refused to recognise the responsibility of the father for that abuse and that the mother would not protect the girl from the father on whom the mother was emotionally dependent ; that they had considered that the girl might be cared for by her half-sister but had concluded that it would be difficult to prevent contact between the girl and her father ; that they had formed the view that contact between the girl and her father would be harmful at the present time and therefore the local authority should refuse such contact until the review by the local authority in six months time ; and that there should be supervised reasonable contact between the girl and her mother and between the girl and her half-sister . |
| 11 | The question of keeping to convention versus innovating is particularly acute in this kind of example ; and on balance it may be a good idea to reformulate problematic sentences slightly so that they can follow punctuation conventions and be clear at the same time . |
| 12 | … the correct comparison is not with any man but with an hypothetical man who would also be unavailable at the critical time . |
| 13 | Mr de Klerk said he had considered appointing a black minister , but had concluded that such a step would be counter-productive at the current delicate stage of negotiations . |
| 14 | Letters , Postcards , Small Packets , Printed Papers , Newspapers and Periodicals should be pre-paid at the European Forces mail rate . |
| 15 | Letter mail to Canadian and US Forces not covered by either of the addresses shown above should be pre-paid at the full civilian postage rates appropriate to the country of destination . |
| 16 | Western railway companies like the Union Pacific built immigrant lodging-houses and segregated eating-places at stations throughout the West , and attempted to keep immigrant and normal trains separate , but this proved to be impossible at the larger stations . |
| 17 | The EMF would issue hard ecu deposits or notes in exchange for national currencies and set interest rates on hard ecu , initially on the interest bearing deposits it took , largely from commercial banks , and later " by the normal central banking techniques , namely through the creation of money market shortages which would then be relieved at the chosen interest rate " . |
| 18 | Faye had said last night that she would be welcome at the informal gathering , but , ‘ I 'm planning to visit my family , ’ Belinda had explained truthfully , after politely declining the invitation . |
| 19 | Negotiating the Magic Roundabout in Swindon can be hair-raising at the best of times … for a Reliant Robin driver , it 's like dicing with death . |
| 20 | Negotiating the Magic Roundabout in Swindon can be hair-raising at the best of times … for a Reliant Robin driver , it 's like dicing with death . |
| 21 | Yes , I mean you could put it in the minutes , but also it would be quick at the next meeting of this sub-committee is after the election , it 'll be some time in June , so a quick way of dealing with it would be to put it in the bulletin , yes , but also , but I 'll put it in the minutes , as well . |
| 22 | He did n't know who he was talking to , but believed , from films he had seen , that R.C. priests drank whisky and told long stories ; that could be useful at the present juncture . |
| 23 | Unfortunately I was not able to be present at the actual service in January 1947 . |
| 24 | A minor fraction of phosphatidylserine may be present at the outer surface of platelets , but this can not usually be detected . |
| 25 | Additionally , Jim , Lee and I will be present at the Joint Conference at Inverclyde on 3–4 October when we will be pleased to expand on the foregoing and to assist you further . |
| 26 | Rule 5 strikes a note familiar to all Sunday School teachers and Superintendents : ‘ Scholars who shall have been marked absent for twelve Sabbaths of the year shall not be entitled to be present at the Annual Festival Excursion . |
| 27 | Mr. Alison : I intend to be present at the next meeting of the General Synod which is scheduled for July of this year . |
| 28 | In some ways , dynamic recognition is more restrictive since both the writer and a suitable input device must be present at the same time , and the technique is evidently only applicable to handwritten text . |
| 29 | It has been seen that for an offence to be committed under section 14 two things need to be present at the same time . |
| 30 | And I feel that it , it is a difficult bala in practice it is difficult balance to achieve , to be polite , but to be firm at the same time erm but and there are times when that has to be done . |