Example sentences of "be at [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | assume that they 're at that level when they come to us and follow on from there . |
2 | Well I 'm sure if whether we 're at that stage or not . |
3 | Soil-nutrients have been found to be at similar levels as under mature forest , at least so far as phosphorus , organic carbon and nitrogen are concerned , though the pH and cation concentrations are higher . |
4 | I do n't intend to discuss the housing , whether seven hundred acres , sorry seven l land for seven hundred houses is owned by the City of York , that 's not part of our case one way or the other , but we have offered you a distribution of the Greater York provision figure between the districts , because from Barton Willmore 's very extensive experience of participation in local plan work up and down the country , I think we share the view that er City of York have , that Ryedale have , my colleagues to the left and right on this side of the table have , that there does need to be a distribution , otherwise there will be at best confusion as to whether local plans comply with the structure plan , and at worst a game of of pass the parcel and everybody will be conforming , but nobody will actually be possibly meeting the figures , and that is the situation that I do n't think anybody would wish to see as a result of er the outcome of of alteration number three , I mean I do n't know how the County Council would would really be able to say whether they thought a local plan conformed to the structure plan , without knowing what that distribution was , perhaps in some bottom draw manner which is not now the approved way of going about these things , so that I think there does need to be a distribution for the proper planning of York , and before coming on to our to explain our figures a little bit , I should also say , perhaps in in response to remarks Mr Thomas made earlier on about the general character of the York area and the need to protect that , that that course is precisely what the greenbelt is for , and what it does , it is n't necessary to extend that concept across the whole of the vale of York , and therefore to seek to er discount migration outside the greenbelt . |
5 | The brightly-coloured males may be at greater risk than the dowdy females . |
6 | All the activities will be at Imperial College and the South Kensington Scientific Museums . |
7 | It will hover , and dependent on wind strength , the lines will be at 85 degrees or so to the ground , the kite stationary nearly overhead if it is a good performer . |
8 | 'she wanted an excuse to be at that bus-stop when Billy got off , because she knew what was going to happen . |
9 | These are the children of Upton Upon Severn in Worcestershire — children who , parents say , will be at grave risk if the plans go ahead . |
10 | Although you may be at some bar or club with the community interest at heart , people do n't look at you like that . |
11 | However , the next coal contracts will be at competitive rates and I believe that they will be satisfactory for British Coal . |
12 | A value of 255 would result in the corresponding phosphor dot on the screen receiving maximum illumination while it would be at half brightness if the value were 127 . |
13 | And sometimes , towards dawn , the music would be at full blast and there would be hardly any movement at all , nothing left except maybe just one couple kissing — and yet that looked like dancing too . |
14 | Highbrook will be at longer odds than she should be as a result of her defeat last time out at Newmarket . |
15 | Tank to be at this state until fry are free-swimming . |
16 | In church growth terms it will be at this point that the leaders will be gaining the ‘ vision ’ for the work . |
17 | Thinking about the various stages you go through and then once you 've reached the level of department managers at , on a lot of issues you tend to be at this stage but it 's important to remember that a number of your staff may be down here somewhere . |
18 | At this stage , services are liable to be restricted to those assumed to be at special risk' or whose circumstances warrant special priority ( p. 45 ) . |
19 | I remember being at primary school and the boys went to play football and you sat in the corner playing talking or the boys played football and the girls , would you believe it , got sex education ! |
20 | P. E. When we were at Old Swan and had to go to Fairfield , we used to pass the end of one of the little streets there . |
21 | The home side were at full stretch and with little possession were unable to threaten the RUC line . |
22 | Plants were grown at 20°C and transferred to 2°C or 5°C at 21 , 28 or 35 days after sowing , when leaves 3 , 4 and 5 , respectively , were at mid- expansion and leaves 4 , 5 and 6 were emerging . |
23 | And to prove his point he cited beside the names of Matisse and two or three other painters who had been Fauves those of Robert Delaunay , Henri Le Fauconnier , Jean Metzinger , André Lhote and Marie Laurencin , all of whom were at some time or another involved in the Cubist movement . |
24 | And you you were at this school till you were fourteen ? |
25 | ‘ I rang that night shelter you were at this morning and the girl I spoke to told me you were on your way . |
26 | FRIENDS WERE WORRIED ABOUT HOW POOR THE ASHLEYS WERE AT THIS TIME BUT THE CHILDREN ARE WEARING MATCHING SWEATERS . |
27 | Sea ice starts to form when surface waters are at freezing point and turbulence is low . |
28 | But certainly , equal opportunities as as a part of the integral working of N C V O and we do regularly review , how we , as an organisation , are meeting our equal opportunities requirements across the board , that 's race , sex , disability , er , in involving the the staff who are at lower levels and so on . |
29 | Surely all seats should be numbered and tickets allocated for individual seats as they are at other sporting and entertainment events . |
30 | If e = √2 the asymptotes are at right angles and the curve is called a rectangular hyperbola . |