Example sentences of "be [adj] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slow , badly coordinated vector graphics are awful at the best of times , but when they 're trying to convey the scintillating action of such a classic film their inadequacy is more poignant . |
| 2 | These are picture-based at the earlier levels , and text-based at the higher levels . |
| 3 | The interest rates are low at the present time . |
| 4 | The figures in the table are based on the assumption that you are acceptable at the ordinary rates of premium . |
| 5 | The figures in this table are based on the assumption that you are acceptable at the ordinary rates of premium . |
| 6 | They are alarmed at the sustained physical effort of the Broomfield players and the manner in which they battle for possession . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , because SCs and other structures such as nucleolar organizing regions ( NORs ) and attachment plaques are visible at the light microscope level when silver staining is used , a number of authors have devised methods for LM analysis ( 40 ) , or for sequential LM and EM investigation ( 41 ) . |
| 8 | These fees which are PAYABLE at the FIRST MEETING of each year cover the Four meetings held during the year and MUST be paid whether attended or not . |
| 9 | Both the P-E Inbucon annual survey of executive salaries , and the much smaller Jonathan Wren city salary survey , confirm that salary increases have been bigger at the top end of business and the City than at the bottom . |
| 10 | ‘ I have been alarmed at the easy way the Labour Party has in recent years allowed certain factions in society to dictate to them the philosophical approach they should be following . |
| 11 | But they are pastoral at the same time , as you are constantly made aware , and nowhere more so than up here on the lofty Plateau d'Iraty , where several roads meet . |
| 12 | Several mouthfuls later we 're all at the same table . |
| 13 | And , and , and I do n't think they 're all at the same place either are they ? |
| 14 | Changes are afoot at the 181 Gallery in Hammersmith . |
| 15 | Greeks have never been good at the plodding job , even in their classical prime ; Demosthenes was not the only one to complain of that . |
| 16 | In the same paper the authors summarise geochemical studies which suggest that the younger Westphalian beds are at the wet gas stage of maturity , but that the Westphalian A , the Namurian , the Dinantian , and the Devonian are all at the dry gas stage . |
| 17 | The use of sleeving on the l.e.d. wires ensures that they are all at the same height above the board : Also make sure that they are in line when viewed along the length of the sequence . |
| 18 | Although no separate figures are yet available on short-term care facilities , the consensus is that they are inadequate at the present time . |
| 19 | Studies reported here show that : a ) Transcripts from genes not concerned by the mutation are present at the same level in both strains . |
| 20 | On the other hand , in countries where fetal deaths for the maternal age group under 15 are not reported separately but are included in the under 20 age group , the relationship takes a " J " shape , since the chances for giving birth a viable child are poorer at the oldest childbearing ages than at the late teens . |
| 21 | CD trials , with teachers who are new both to the unit and to the computer system , are important at the present time because most teacher users will be in this category . |
| 22 | Sir — I am concerned at the cavalier way in which the copyrights of scientific papers are handed over to commercial publishers . |
| 23 | He added : ‘ I am concerned at the whole idea of trying to whip up custom with a free deal which automatically converts into a pay-as-you-go service charged on your phone bill — unless you contract out . |
| 24 | There is no point in reading quickly , however , unless you are able at the same time to take in the meaning of what you are reading . |
| 25 | Whether senior buyers are able at the same time to exercise an influencing and decision making role will depend on organisational factors . |
| 26 | Party leaders are concerned at the growing gap between Communists active in parliament in Warsaw , and those in the provinces who have been slow to catch on to the change . |
| 27 | EVER since the US presidential election , the news and social commentators have been busy at the old old story of explaining the use of words by the Americans . |
| 28 | The ARFU has been concerned at the falling standard of sevens , particularly with the World Cup Sevens to be played in April next year at Murrayfield . |
| 29 | Apart from children , the other groups most vulnerable to accidents in the home are those at the other end of the lifespan , the elderly , particularly those in the over 75 age group . |
| 30 | The carers are angry at the new charges , brought in under Care in the Community , which are well above neighbouring authorities . |