Example sentences of "you are at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A useful test is to imagine that you are at a party and someone asks you what you are writing about : your answer will have to be short , coherent and sufficiently interesting to hold the attention of a listener who does not have to listen to you .
2 If you are eating meat , trim off all visible fat before cooking — and before eating , if you are at a restaurant .
3 There are several methods you may find helpful when you feel you are losing control or when you are at a loss to understand your child 's persistent aggression .
4 You are at a loss for words . ’
5 You are at the edge of the first forest , ’ Wyn-rajathuk told her ; there was something about the expression on his wounded face , the slight edginess of his good eye , that made Tallis suspect he was holding back .
6 When you are at the beck and call of everyone for 14 hours a day for four days and for 8 hours on the fifth day each week you want a short space in which you relax and do just what you like . ’
7 Nor are glamorous stiletto shoes safe until you are at the bottom of the stairs ; do not attempt to come down wearing them as the danger is very real — Winston Churchill 's mother lost a leg that way .
8 Organizations like this are not good at remembering the things you have done well and if , as most of us are , you are at the bottom of the pile , you will find that you are considered to be alternately either the best thing since sliced bread , or a liability to the organization .
9 Lawrence added : ‘ There is pressure when you are at the bottom .
10 And , whether you are at the communication source or its destination , this book proves fascinating reading .
11 You are at the centre of my heart .
12 ‘ That is because these days you are at the top of the ladder and it is other men who are sent to places like this . ’
13 Acquire a free spirit : You are at the mercy of check-in staff , late passengers and air-traffic control .
14 A stock of ‘ standard ’ components will not help when an unusual item is ‘ out of stock ’ , and with these you just have to accept that you are at the mercy of the suppliers .
15 The moral to be drawn from this sad episode is : ‘ Do n't put your money into any business you can not understand , and where you are at the mercy of the advice given by others , however trustworthy . ’
16 To take a typical example : you are at the zoo , and have just recorded a very nice shot of a chimpanzee peeling and eating a banana .
17 That here you are at the end of another year , perhaps not healthy , wealthy and wise but — well — alive .
18 ‘ Then you see her and accept it and you are at the end of the first stage .
19 So probably the sensible thing to do is to give you six weeks worth er one a day , si twenty eight , y g give you eight weeks worth and then see how you are at the end of two months continuous treatment .
20 ‘ Honey , I 'd love to , but I 'm more or less stuck here as much as you are at the moment .
21 Many of you are at the moment taking part in discussion groups about ‘ Our Decade of Evangelisation ’ .
22 given you 're , given how you are at the moment , which
23 the last one we know is constricted by where you are at the moment .
24 So in any one point in time the movement is going to depend on identifying exactly where you are at the moment in terms of any of the cycles and where it is you want to get to in relation to , to a particular situation facing you .
25 You are at the moment , the best thing you get is to be in the top hundred .
26 By the time you are achieving 50 and 100-shot rallies , you are at the stage where you can develop your play .
27 While you are at the stage where the model is being slid around in contact with the ground , perhaps accompanied by the odd short hop , it is advisable to try manoeuvring the model round in turns , both left and right , and also positioning the model with its nose towards you .
28 ‘ I know how concerned many of you are at the suggestion that 10,000 jobs might go if we decide to run down many of our services , ’ Sir Michael told staff .
29 right I 'm pleased pleased to introduce to us , er , er against all these difficulties and the nearer you are at the front the better , there 's all stuff here look
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