Example sentences of "is at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , boil off I 's very low It 's boiling but it is at low temperature when it 's boiling . |
| 2 | Any member of staff who feels unable to live up to this high ideal is at perfect liberty to hand in his or her resignation . |
| 3 | As a method of developing pupils ' skills in speaking and listening , drama is as important within secondary school learning as it is at primary level . |
| 4 | What is not in dispute is that the male homosexual , as with syphilis , is at great risk of catching this infection . |
| 5 | Is it not clear from Government statements that the future of the adult education service is at great risk ? |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | You will require a 4+ with each shot as the target is at long range . |
| 8 | Anyone attempting to flout the restrictions and climb conventionally is at serious risk of injury from BAA members abseiling down the cliff face . |
| 9 | These small islands , usually no bigger than would take a house , are connected to the shore by a pavement which is under water when the loch is at normal level , and often the base of the island is reinforced with slabs of stone . |
| 10 | Furthermore , an individual is at each moment only a partial manifestation of an identity revealed over time , what physicists call a ‘ sum over histories ’ . |
| 11 | The patchiness develops throughout the energy cascade ; as the eddies get smaller , so the fraction of the volume in which they are active decreases ( though the size of a patch is at each stage large compared with the corresponding eddy size ) . |
| 12 | If you listen to the music on individual programmes you will soon get a fair idea of where the playlist is at each week . |
| 13 | People whose sexual behaviour is at total variance with their previous mood — the most exciting and passionate sex following the most horrendous and enraged row — are demonstrating a split or lack of integration in their personality . |
| 14 | When we 're ready , that is at zero hour , he will climb out of the night lavatory window and first make sure that the immediate area round the block is clear of goons . |
| 15 | However , argon , being a gas , is at zero concentration when the rock solidifies from the molten state , so the amount of argon produced is measured . |
| 16 | In December 1757 he tried to excuse himself ‘ as my abode is at such distance from the place where the Royal Society hold their weekly meetings as to render it not only inconvenient , but unsafe for me to attend them in the winter season. , A month later Ellis countered with , ‘ I scarce think it possible that Mr. Miller should have no one friend in the Society to send him word and , indeed , I had told Rivington to tell Miller I would be glad to discuss the matter at Fulham , and Miller ignored it . ’ |
| 17 | The Mental Health Act 1983 has stirred up a good deal of argument and controversy , which is , arguably , a very good thing in an area where individual liberty is at such risk . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The legal status of agency workers is at first sight rather anomalous . |
| 20 | The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood is at first sight a much simpler kind of formation . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Collis King is at first slip . |
| 28 | right , who is at first place tomorrow , they 're bound to be two , first of the day , so |
| 29 | The appearance of the book is at first glance like that of any other glossy book about the Royals . |
| 30 | It is at first glance a paragon of English coastal charm and tranquility . |