Example sentences of "to [be] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But er , any acquisition has to fit extremely well strategically and it has to be at a price that we consider to be a , a , a good price . |
| 2 | I said , so how many of those would grade three , level three child have to get to be at a level three ? |
| 3 | And in the majority of those cases , that is a transient problem , and teacher assistance needs to be at a level of , of general support to get them over that period . |
| 4 | The story concerns the misdemeanours of a husband when he goes dancing with another woman when he is supposed to be at a boxing match . |
| 5 | Fortunately , it happens that we have a common friend and both he and Mr Maxwell were to be at a board meeting in New York on Monday . ’ |
| 6 | They were supposed to be at a play were n't they ? |
| 7 | Many specialist desert plants practise a peculiar form of photosynthesis known as crassulacean acid metabolism ( CAM ) whereby they open their stomata only at night , when water loss is liable to be at a minimum . |
| 8 | The Report estimated the LDCs ' development finance needs to be at a minimum of $100bil per annum for the remainder of this century . |
| 9 | As I said earlier , we now seem to be at a stage of development where the attitudes of linguists and educationalists to important language issues have become more compatible than hitherto . |
| 10 | It would be lovely , she 'd been thinking , to be at a party with Guido . |
| 11 | However , ‘ world society appears to be at a transition stage at which it is neither a world comprising only of states , nor a world comprising only systems ’ ( p.51 ) . |
| 12 | Michael Lee had grown up in London 's dockland at a time when prejudice towards the Chinese seemed to be at a height — and especially half-caste Chinese children , and there were few enough of those . |
| 13 | Loss of organic matter in the upper layers of the soil was found to be at a rate of 9% per annum in the first 2 years in Trinidad , while after clear-felling and burning in Ghana , up to 13% was lost per annum and up to 33% of the cations . |
| 14 | The point is that black people are not only at a disadvantage in the job market on account of their colour , they also perceive sharply that this is so and , despite Johnson 's tongue-in-cheek addendum , the consciousness of belonging to a group which feels itself to be at a disadvantage is clear enough . |
| 15 | [ since ] the aim of achieving a strong competitive position in international markets , or at least the concern not to be at a disadvantage in comparison with competitors in other countries was one of the chief arguments advanced by some of the first employers ' associations against proposals for social reforms through protective labour and social legislation . |
| 16 | She herself felt like a fair-minded vegetarian at a bullfight , filled with both alarm for the bull and reluctant admiration for the matador , who seems , on the face of it , to be at a disadvantage . |
| 17 | ‘ Why did you want me to be at a disadvantage ? ’ she demanded . |
| 18 | Though normally good-natured and easygoing , Paul hated to be at a disadvantage . |
| 19 | And with experts predicting that four million people will be ‘ teleworking ’ from home by 1995 , properties with rooms which could be converted for office use are likely to be at a premium . |
| 20 | The margins applied to the spot rate would be said to be at a premium , premium because it makes the US$ more expensive in terms of sterling to enable the cost to be passed on . |
| 21 | Particular attention will be paid to forwarding agents in inland areas where route choices via seaports could be expected to be at a maximum : ie the Midlands in England , eastern France , south-western Federal Republic of Germany , and Switzerland . |
| 22 | We might expect to find difficulty in relating , for example , the average length of prison sentences to the incidence of the crimes for which they are imposed ; but to be at a loss to trace any clear connection between the prospects of being executed for murder and the prevalence of the crime of murder is startling and impressive . |
| 23 | He seemed to be at a loss . |
| 24 | The rain , however , failed to silence the pen of Parsons ( never one to be at a loss for a line or two of copy ! ) . |
| 25 | According to Alcuin the oppression of the Church by the secular power had been for some time a feature of Northumbrian political and ecclesiastical life , but the problem now was that Eanbald was said to be accompanied on his journeys through Northumbria by a retinue more numerous than any which had attended on his predecessors and inclusive of low-born soldiers , and Alcuin affected to be at a loss as to why he needed so large a force . |
| 26 | For once he seems to be at a loss for words . |
| 27 | This had to be at a restaurant , because the only club that Richard belonged to was Pratt 's . |
| 28 | On a Saturday night , there used to be at the bottom of Scotland Road — Byrom Street — all the Irishmen . |
| 29 | To deliver water from these depths the pumping machine has to be at the bottom of the well . |
| 30 | ‘ I genuinely did n't expect the team to be at the bottom of the Premier League . |