Example sentences of "be [adj] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general , children under 5 years were more likely to be upset at the birth , but neither sex of the child nor separation at the birth determined the reaction . |
| 2 | Their Korean hosts were said to be upset at the way they barely acknowledged each other in public except for a few surly and petulant exchanges . |
| 3 | However , as it tends to be dry at the ends , we trimmed off an inch and tamed the frizz with heated rollers . |
| 4 | SHL Systemhouse , the new owner of the remains of Interactive Systems Corp — now minus the Lachman technology piece ( see front page ) — is targeting client/server computing and what it calls transformational outsourcing through its new buy , thinking competitor Anderson Consulting may be asleep at the switch . |
| 5 | If we can give tax concessions for unleaded petrol to improve the environment , surely we should not be aghast at the prospect of tax concessions to secure that alarms are fitted in our cars and that some protection is provided to stop a lot of this senseless crime . |
| 6 | For some reason or other , the money would be scarce at the time . |
| 7 | ‘ I ca n't be specific at the moment , sir . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , tropical rain forest may be flammable at the edges , so that savanna may spread . |
| 9 | They show that the field can be strong at the core surface during transition , that longitude-confined VGP paths are consistent with strongly non-dipolar fields , and , most important , that blocking at the Pacific rim ( as observed in the SV ) can give rise to VGP paths through either of the two longitudes favoured by the data . |
| 10 | For the first year , the warrants will be exercisable at a price about 20% above the share price at the time of the offering . |
| 11 | Yesterday 's meeting of Sedgefield District Council development sub-committee recommended that the council bar the development because it would be unsightly at the entrance to the town . |
| 12 | ‘ But the renovation and running costs would be high at a time when the council is being threatened with poll-capping and its budget desecrated by government cuts , ’ he said . |
| 13 | If management can obtain high levels of output from individual workers by designing jobs , such as those on assembly lines , which force people to work hard then output may be high at the expense of job satisfaction . |
| 14 | Driving through fog on the M25 , listening to yet another radio programme about the recession , it is difficult to imagine that there might be light at the end of the tunnel ; but spring is on its way , and I hope it will bring with it some sign of the long-promised upturn in the economy . |
| 15 | Folly was still confused , but at least there now seemed to be light at the end of the tunnel . |
| 16 | So I mean , we could , we could recruit people in to do it , but the problem there is they 've got to be free at the times when this course runs . |
| 17 | Far from being dogmatic , our objective is to achieve the best possible delivery of health care through a health service that continues to be free at the point of delivery to patients . |
| 18 | Services will continue as at present to be free at the point of delivery . |
| 19 | One , that is should be free at the point of service . |
| 20 | According to my understanding of , of Labour history , it was er during the war years , at one of the Labour Party conferences , that a NUPE resolution supported by COHSE , actually er brought about some of the , the , the many things that were written within the Beveridge report , and committed the Labour Party to the foundation of the National Health Service that would be free at the points of need for every member of the community . |
| 21 | I mean you 've got to be careful at the end of the tax year that you 're actually okay on that ground , er but , and you can make a declaration to the revenue if you 're over the limit , it 's just that I mentioned that because some people like a joint account for it to be received into so that they can both spend it basically . |
| 22 | I got to be careful at the doorways , cos there 's people coming in and out and a couple of times I nearly get knocked over by people bumping into me . |
| 23 | However , there are difficulties with latent defects , for example , characteristics not known to be harmful at the time of delivery , or immunities to harmful substances being subsequently discovered . |
| 24 | The administration 's success or failure may be clear at the end of the summer ; very little is clear now . |
| 25 | Teenage mothers are more likely than older mothers to have an unstable family background , to have poor or no educational qualifications , and to be unemployed at the time of conception ( Wells , 1983 ) . |
| 26 | Gynaecologists , however , will be dismayed at the authors ' apparent lack of understanding of the management of a common medical complaint . |
| 27 | Tony Benn is right to be dismayed at the talk of ‘ firework displays bigger than the Fourth of July ’ , but he 's wrong to deny that on some level this is what war has become . |
| 28 | It used to be amazing at the end of the week to be paid , to have money in your hand for the work you had done . |
| 29 | £2,300 shall be payable at the beginning of the shoot period or on 27 November 1989 , whichever is the earlier |
| 30 | It is not ground for objection that the information sought will be inadmissible at the trial if the information sought appears reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence . |