Example sentences of "[been] at a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've just been at a two day conference at erm not very far from here , at Wisden House in which erm a number of erm top industrialists erm led by the former chairman of I C I have all unanimously been saying how bad they think it is for our future technological development and export development if overseas students get out of the habit of coming here . |
| 2 | He had achieved his aim of recreating the days of his ancestors , at least in part , but it had been at a great cost . |
| 3 | Sir Patrick , welcoming Irish Foreign Minister Dick Spring , rejected suggestions that relations between both Governments had been at a low ebb after their last talks in July and stressed that both were treating the worsening security situation ‘ very seriously ’ . |
| 4 | Stark 's confidence appears to have been at a low ebb but the Scotland manager , Duncan Paterson , has been reminding him of his form earlier in the season : at the Dubai Sevens , which the Scots won ; in the A international against Italy in Melrose when the Boroughmuir winger had a hand in both tries ; and in his senior international debut against Ireland at Murrayfield , when he scored one try and was heavily involved in the other from Tony Stanger . |
| 5 | structures , their possibilities I mean at one stage they would have been at a certain level had n't got a landlord their income but that 's within one particular moral economy , now the idea here is to break that down , you know , just get rid of the circle altogether . |
| 6 | The investment of research and management resources to build up to a Chinese market has usually been at a higher cost than would be tolerated elsewhere . |
| 7 | Initially a pitch of a ♯ = 408 was chosen as being close to the Bate Collection 's recorders of the period : at this pitch it sounds fine but one could easily allow that the original use of the instrument might have been at a higher pitch than this . |
| 8 | For nominal Christians it is perhaps only the third time they have been at a religious service ; the other two being their baptism and marriage . |
| 9 | Deakin was a striker who found the net regularly and the evidence suggests that , had he been at a bigger club , he would have benefited from a better service and become a prolific scorer . |
| 10 | The cat , which is only 4 months old has been at a Veterinary Hospital since the attack . |
| 11 | It is a skill I have honed on a host of beautiful staircases and , before tonight 's professional debut , my most singular success has been at a large hotel in Sloane Street where we just chose Miss London.The marble stairs to the entrance hall are just too perfect to ignore , with only a couple of people chatting on the right halfway down.I take the left hand course and soar down and round the gentle curve in nothing short of majestic style , allowing myself the luxury of a smile and a brief wave to the startled pair as I rattle by . |
| 12 | The increase has not been at a constant rate . |
| 13 | It was even rumoured that Western architects were approached , but that must have been at a subordinate level since early on one clear idea took hold of Ceauşescu 's mind : the whole project , from design through the workforce to the materials used , must come from Romania itself . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , and the reason we 've got no morals is that for a long time ( 150 years ) we 've been at a loose end . ' |
| 15 | Nor was anything said about the fact that federal support of civilian R&D has been at a ground-losing $14 000 million for the past three years — down by $3000 million since Reagan took office . |
| 16 | Technological developments have been at a fast pace since the 1950s . |