Example sentences of "to be at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We might expect to find difficulty in relating , for example , the average length of prison sentences to the incidence of the crimes for which they are imposed ; but to be at a loss to trace any clear connection between the prospects of being executed for murder and the prevalence of the crime of murder is startling and impressive . |
| 2 | Many specialist desert plants practise a peculiar form of photosynthesis known as crassulacean acid metabolism ( CAM ) whereby they open their stomata only at night , when water loss is liable to be at a minimum . |
| 3 | He seemed to be at a loss . |
| 4 | It was decided to generate the samples from referrals to the psychogeriatric service in each borough , partly because it was easier to do that than to draw them from general practitioners ' lists or social services department referrals , but mainly in order to provide the service for people whose illness was likely to be at a relatively advanced stage and who were likely to need extra care if they were to continue to live at home . |
| 5 | The Report estimated the LDCs ' development finance needs to be at a minimum of $100bil per annum for the remainder of this century . |
| 6 | Educated women seem to be at a particular disadvantage because they are expected , and expect themselves , to accept the loss gracefully and suppress irrational feelings associated with a process which is not unlike mourning . |
| 7 | And with experts predicting that four million people will be ‘ teleworking ’ from home by 1995 , properties with rooms which could be converted for office use are likely to be at a premium . |
| 8 | It makes sense therefore , to assume that deep tanks with a restricted surface area are going to be at a strong disadvantage from the very start . |
| 9 | The rain , however , failed to silence the pen of Parsons ( never one to be at a loss for a line or two of copy ! ) . |
| 10 | Fortunately , it happens that we have a common friend and both he and Mr Maxwell were to be at a board meeting in New York on Monday . ’ |
| 11 | The point is that black people are not only at a disadvantage in the job market on account of their colour , they also perceive sharply that this is so and , despite Johnson 's tongue-in-cheek addendum , the consciousness of belonging to a group which feels itself to be at a disadvantage is clear enough . |
| 12 | [ since ] the aim of achieving a strong competitive position in international markets , or at least the concern not to be at a disadvantage in comparison with competitors in other countries was one of the chief arguments advanced by some of the first employers ' associations against proposals for social reforms through protective labour and social legislation . |
| 13 | The story concerns the misdemeanours of a husband when he goes dancing with another woman when he is supposed to be at a boxing match . |
| 14 | The job has to be at a senior enough level and it has to be constrained enough to enable the job to be searched . |
| 15 | The SIET hands out around £50,000 a year to young Scots who need help to get on and , often in the nature of things , to get out of Scotland for a while : some physics graduate from St Andrews who needs time at MIT , a violinist who needs to be at a foreign conservatoire . |
| 16 | He seemed more likely to blow a kiss than to throw a punch ; to be at a dinner-table than to be down in the dives ; to be rubbing shoulders than to be shoving or sticking it to the comfortable ( I almost said to the bourgeoisie . ) |
| 17 | Profits were divided amongst those who had helped out , and payment turned out to be at a substantially smaller rate . |
| 18 | Bert , Alice was pleased to see , missed Jasper , tended to be at a loose end . |
| 19 | Michael Lee had grown up in London 's dockland at a time when prejudice towards the Chinese seemed to be at a height — and especially half-caste Chinese children , and there were few enough of those . |
| 20 | Flow rates in pressure filters are usually around 3 gal/min per ft2 ( 154.41. /min per m2 ) of filter surface area , whereas backwashing has to be at a high rate , usually 10 gal/min per ft2 ( 514.51. /min per m2 ) of bed area , for 5–10 min . |
| 21 | According to Alcuin the oppression of the Church by the secular power had been for some time a feature of Northumbrian political and ecclesiastical life , but the problem now was that Eanbald was said to be accompanied on his journeys through Northumbria by a retinue more numerous than any which had attended on his predecessors and inclusive of low-born soldiers , and Alcuin affected to be at a loss as to why he needed so large a force . |
| 22 | If there is , it has to be at a deeper level of thought and interaction than we have so far identified . |
| 23 | As I said earlier , we now seem to be at a stage of development where the attitudes of linguists and educationalists to important language issues have become more compatible than hitherto . |
| 24 | She herself felt like a fair-minded vegetarian at a bullfight , filled with both alarm for the bull and reluctant admiration for the matador , who seems , on the face of it , to be at a disadvantage . |
| 25 | Many of the submerged banks and the bottoms of the lagoons of the atolls seem to be at a remarkably uniform depth , as one would expect if they represent an important phase of planation during a long period of preglacial stability . |
| 26 | Even if he is murdered by a homicidal maniac he has chosen to be at a certain place at a certain time . |
| 27 | This had to be at a restaurant , because the only club that Richard belonged to was Pratt 's . |
| 28 | For once he seems to be at a loss for words . |
| 29 | Inspiration seemed to be at a very low ebb . |
| 30 | it used to be at a different time of the year , though , did n't it ? |