Example sentences of "it be at a [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 There usually is a , a , a , vacant houses but at the minute it 's at a standstill .
2 It 's a , it 's at a hotel int it Gordon ?
3 Make sure it 's at a point on the video tape where it can be recorded immediately because there wo n't be time to find the right point , and also make sure you bring with you a watch because you 're going to need to be very tight on , on times , so try and remember to bring a watch with you .
4 So it 's excellent here , but we know that it 's at a variable , and I think the problem that you were probably facing is how do you secure a a better rate than that .
5 A takeover is only worthwhile if it is at a price which makes commercial sense .
6 It is at a level at which the dividend would be uncovered for 1993 .
7 With each path there are associated a couple of numbers : one represents the size of a wave and the other represents the position in the cycle ( i.e. , whether it is at a crest or a trough ) .
8 Its linear diameter is I 392 000 km ; it looks so small only because it is at a distance of nearly 150 million km from us .
9 Although it is at a disadvantage to the very deep water berths at Tilbury , Hull and Southampton , which can berth vessels of 25–30,000 tonnes , it still handles similar tonnages !
10 The person who is writing it is at a meeting so you ca n't speak to him . ’
11 Now it is at a crossroads .
12 It was at a jewellers ’ in Milan and could be retrieved for a certain sum .
13 It was at a cocktail party in the prestigious Monomatapa Hotel .
14 When news came of Robin 's death , it was at a weekend ; she shut herself away , and saw no one , not even Nathan Holland who had come to console her .
15 It was at a church in Hertford .
16 We could still hear the fighting , but it was at a distance , while the sermons from the mosque were louder than ever .
17 And I have stayed ever since because when I joined Roadwatch it was at a time when they were developing from just 15 information stations throughout the country — there are now almost 100 .
18 ‘ When I discovered I was pregnant , it was at a time when I was very manic about the group , I felt it was my mission .
19 This experience was invaluable when I went to college , for it was at a time when students in training were being told that if a lesson was interesting enough , children would listen .
20 It was at a time when there was a big age difference : the elder students were ex-soldiers .
21 It was at a time when many lesbians , angry at the lack of weight given to women 's issues within the mixed movement and at the continuing sexism of many gay men , chose to prioritize work with the women 's movement .
22 It was at a time when Joyce had brought proceedings for divorce against his first wife , an action which ended in the dissolution of the marriage in 1936 .
23 The Arab world was alarmed at the implications of the new Cabinet for the peace process , formed as it was at a time when the USA was considering breaking off its 16-month dialogue with the PLO , following the abortive raid on the Israeli coast on May 30 [ see this page for breaking off of dialogue on June 20 ] .
24 He said : ‘ It was at a meeting on January 17 — two days after we answered the status inquiry — that we had the first indication that the shop had decided to consult an insolvency expert . ’
25 It was at a meeting at Trinity College , Bristol .
26 It was at a meeting in February 1880 of Emma 's co-workers and tenants in south London that it was decided to take over the Victoria Theatre ( familiarly known as the Old Vic ) in the Waterloo Road , a hitherto dirty and drunken home for melodrama , and turn it into a coffee music hall for purified and teetotal entertainment .
27 He told me more , he said it was at a farm near Park .
28 It was at a family gathering , though one very different from what was now taking place in Tace Way , that had first alerted Stephen to the true facts of his descent .
29 It was at a dinner party in the flat , when they were in the kitchen together fetching yogurt and raspberries , that I heard for the first time one of them turn on the other in anger .
30 Looking at her plate she said , ‘ It was at a dinner party .
  Next page