Example sentences of "be at [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er it 's not difficult at all really Don , I think when you 're at first thing do , it might be a bit of a |
| 2 | Generous though the offer seemed to be at first sight , it was in American interests to acquire missile sites in Britain to bring the Soviet Union within range of American attack . |
| 3 | The process of fusing Ministerial intentions and departmental expertise in the formulation of policy is a great deal more subtle than it appears to be at first sight . |
| 4 | For , after all , it was not humility that restrained her from believing herself to be at first sight infinitely interesting , for she believed herself to be the equal even of Clelia Denham : it was simply a deference to the law of probability . |
| 5 | But the arrangement is more artful than it might appear to be at first sight . |
| 6 | If we try again it will be at first light with a photographer and no-one else present or maybe with just ourselves present . |
| 7 | Mr Upham , 45 , was at Labour 's campaign headquarters when police broke the news to him and was not expected to be at last night 's count . |
| 8 | still keeps the wage-labour relationship and the work-role as determinative of social existence , even if this is at second hand ( and its being at second hand is very important in relation to issues of patriarchy ) . |
| 9 | In May 1711 , Jonathan Swift wrote that the two parties had so shifted their principles since Charles II 's time , " that those two fantastick Names of Whig and Tory , have at present very little Relation to those Opinions , which were at first thought to distinguish them " . |
| 10 | Understanding in this sense means being able to perceive structure amongst a set of observations that were at first sight perplexing and confusing . |
| 11 | Many of the thousands of youngsters who were at last night 's tie as non-paying guests may have been sufficiently impressed to want to come back one day as paying customers . |
| 12 | The interior filming of John and Mary took place at the old and dilapidated Biograph Studios which were at 174th Street in the Bronx . |
| 13 | The books that follow this pattern are at first sight attractive , ideal for ‘ face-on ’ displays , and can even seem to have some serious purpose . |
| 14 | Seen from the side , they are at first glance very similar indeed . |
| 15 | The departments in the Faculty of Social Sciences are at first glance diverse , but they are all linked , in one aspect or another , by an interest in people and society . |
| 16 | More than 60 ATMs are at third party locations and Nigel 's aim is to substantially increase this number by the end of the year . |
| 17 | The sentence imposed by the Court of Appeal presumably incorporates a discount to reflect the fact that the offender had to face the prospect of being sentenced a second time , but there is no indication of the extent of the discount : the case is therefore of limited value as an indication of what the proper sentence would have been at first instance . |
| 18 | At the end of a long , draggy , boring Friday afternoon , it 's at last time to clear up . |
| 19 | Spotlight on 40 's at 50th show |
| 20 | still keeps the wage-labour relationship and the work-role as determinative of social existence , even if this is at second hand ( and its being at second hand is very important in relation to issues of patriarchy ) . |
| 21 | He submits that though the wording of section 8(2) of the Act of 1986 is at first sight difficult , there can be persons , for example , who have voluntarily agreed to abide by the rules of a recognised S.R.O . |
| 22 | The legal status of agency workers is at first sight rather anomalous . |
| 23 | The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood is at first sight a much simpler kind of formation . |
| 24 | The overestimation of estimated risk is at first sight surprising , both because the common assumption that an underestimation of true risk might be a major cause of road accidents ( e.g. Evans , 1991 , ‘ among the factors contributing to drivers ’ speed choice is a systematic underestimation of the probability that they will be killed ’ , p.152 ) and on the basis of previous research on the estimation of risks . |
| 25 | It is at first sight difficult to account for the anomalous position of Birmingham , which has a rather high productivity score , but whose proportion of first papers in the core journal set is low . |
| 26 | Hong Kong , about 14 hours flight from London , is at first sight like a futuristic Ridley Scott vision of a city , sitting encircled by treacherous mountains on the edge of China . |
| 27 | The fact that the use of the bare infinitive should give rise to an impression of impoliteness or vulgarity is at first sight a bit surprising , but when considered in the light of make and have , examined above , the reason becomes clearer . |
| 28 | The characterisation of futures brokers as " agents " is at first sight inappropriate since most markets now operate on a " principals only " basis where their members are concerned . |
| 29 | Those entered as registered midwives may be first level trained nurses who have gone on to take additional postbasic training as a midwife , or may be direct entrants to midwifery , in which case their qualification is at first level . |
| 30 | Collis King is at first slip . |