Example sentences of "we be [adj] at the " in BNC.

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1 In fact , as we now make plans to go home , we are sad at the thought of leaving this country and the people we 've met .
2 We are all at the mercy of these machines , which few people understand and nobody can control .
3 Eyre 's northern sense of humour was also in evidence in his production of J B Priestley 's When We Are Married at the Whitehall Theatre ( 1986 ) .
4 We are delighted at the uptake of the discussion documents and although only mid-way through the programme , we have already received some very positive feedback .
5 We are delighted at the honour and thank Hilary for agreeing to represent us and ensure even closer communications between the Medau College and the Medau Society .
6 Maeve Sherlock , the NUS president , said yesterday : ‘ We are unhappy at the outcome of the PCA investigation and remain convinced there should have been a full independent inquiry .
7 Bodmin and Wenford Railway General Manager Keith Searle commented : ‘ We are pleased at the opportunity this now gives us to expand to become one of this country 's premier preserved railways , as well as for consequential benefits to the environment and the local economy .
8 ‘ As auctioneers we are pleased at the prices .
9 Jenny Cunningham of the Council for National Parks said ‘ We are disappointed at the decision because there are far more suitable sites available . ’
10 We have made it clear that we are disappointed at the figures revealed in the latest survey by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys of tobacco consumption by young people .
11 We are angry at the way Labour is being presented and we are going to go for them . ’
12 We are worried at the emotional impact on the children if bodies are coming and going into the church to be washed .
13 Director Katherine Hughes said : ‘ We are concerned at the results of the survey .
14 We are surprised at the decision and we fear the effect it could have on the battle against doping .
15 Now , that 's really great to me because I mean , you 're really stimulating the youngsters at that age , and quite obviously I could tell you loads of stories the way this neighbourhood engineers er er , scheme works at the moment but as I say we are embarrassed at the moment because , quite obviously , loads of school want us to participate but we got a very shortage of engineers .
16 We are appalled at the attack and murder of the migrant Turkish workers and their families in Germany .
17 Like other unions we suffer from the severe loss of members due to unemployment and we are appalled at the devastation of family life when the breadwinner 's been sha cast on the scrap heap and the behaviour of the government it throws whole communities into depravity without a chance of any hope for the future and their children .
18 ‘ But we 're delighted at the thought of his being head boy here . ’
19 Any upturn in demand also produces a substantial improvement in profit in several other of our businesses , for instance Westminster Press , Les Echo Lazards Tussaud and I 'd like to remind people that we 're a very second half oriented company and that in the first half of nineteen ninety two we had some major one-off contributions to profits which very much helped the figures , but nonetheless , we 're pleased at the way the trading profits of the operating companies are moving .
20 We 're terrible at the moment , ’ he says .
21 Several mouthfuls later we 're all at the same table .
22 yeah , well we 're safe at the moment erm take it back and see what comes out
23 We were strong at the back , and had the capability in midfield to launch attacks on the counter .
24 Certainly we were delighted at the public support we gained in Amsterdam , which really established as accepted fact that Clause 28 could not happen here .
25 BNFL 's Information Services Director Jeffrey Preece added : ‘ We were delighted at the response to the competition .
26 So we were good at the mass produced area for Marks and Spencers making nice wool garments like that .
27 When my boys first started school , we were aghast at the anti-English propaganda in the history books .
28 We were surprised at the continuing estimates of fixed costs , as we would have expected a minimal time investment after the first year of familiarisation , but given that training was identified as the major cost , it may be that this forms the bulk of the continuing cost .
29 We were frustrated at the time but came out with a completely proven business plan , ’ Mr Church says .
30 We were amazed at the number of leaders who took the time to think about it and send back replies . ’
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