Example sentences of "be [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The damage seemed to be mostly at the back . |
| 2 | You 'll be right at the heart of Hong Kong 's revitalized waterfront , a new area bursting with energy . |
| 3 | Should be right at the beginning . |
| 4 | In this case , it is not essential to be right at the committee boat , but having clear air to allow you to carry on , for some distance , without tacking is vital . |
| 5 | In this situation , it is much more sensible to be in the second or even third row from the start line , but you should be right at the starboard end . |
| 6 | It 's a bungalow , it 's going to be screened and it 's going to be right at the back , there 's going to be no no er |
| 7 | it 's gon na be right at the front . |
| 8 | If no answer is given or if the question is not encouraged ( or still worse , not allowed ) , then the searcher may become a believer , but he will be constantly at the mercy of the potential doubt that his faith is only make-believe . |
| 9 | ‘ Our affluent workers remain , in spite of their affluence , men who live by selling their labour power to their employers in return for wages ; and , in all probability they will still be so at the end of their working days . |
| 10 | Sheriff Brian Lockhart , who is presiding over the fatal accident inquiry , asked whether the Newton plans , referred to throughout five weeks of the inquiry so far as ‘ single lead ’ had not been considered to be so at the time . |
| 11 | Whether this is through the study , viewing or performance of whole plays or of selected poems or scenes should be entirely at the discretion of the teacher . |
| 12 | The amount of any such compensation would be entirely at the discretion Or the Board . |
| 13 | It would be less at the equator ( perhaps half a degree ) and more at the poles perhaps six degrees ; certainly enough to melt a great deal of polar ice . |
| 14 | We just do n't happen to be together at the moment . |
| 15 | The truly classic coat has three buttons , the centre button must be exactly at the waistline and is the only one to be fastened . |
| 16 | Bishop Gray gave his full support to the work going on in many of the schools and parishes , and expressed a wish that the programme would be quickly at the heart of all our schools . |
| 17 | We will be home at the end of February , and look forward to seeing you then . |
| 18 | Marx argued throughout Capital that although slaves might be more at the mercy of the whims and fancies of their owners than wage workers , it was at least in the interest of the owner to ensure the minimum welfare of his slaves , since they were his property . |
| 19 | The longer scheme is widely thought to be better and I should like it to be more at the centre of the proposals , as I want the environment as a whole to be at the centre . |
| 20 | She tried to ignore the feeling , as well as the insistent whispering voices that seemed to be always at the edge of her hearing . |
| 21 | Local experience suggests that can not be both at the same time |
| 22 | Local experience suggests that they can not be both at the same time . |
| 23 | Once on board that plane they would be strictly at the mercy of the count . |
| 24 | GCHQ has denied any involvement in intercepting , recording or disclosing the royal recordings … although it 's been suggested that an internal inquiry may already be underway at the Cheltenham centre . |
| 25 | In doing this , the discussion will be purely at the intuitive level . |
| 26 | It was near enough to high water when I landed , which meant that the dinghy would be roughly at the tide-limit , in that no-man 's land of weed and wrack brought in by the tide , and left to mark high water . |
| 27 | It was an unhealthy enough place to be even at the best of times , swampy and malaria-ridden ; any Europeans trading there would have been only too aware of the risks involved , and the depleted crew of the Orynthia , overworked and probably ill-fed , must have been as vulnerable as they could possibly be . |
| 28 | She told an audience of deaf and hearing people : ‘ I am very happy to be here at the launch of the dictionary and I hope it will help people to greater interaction . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You knew we were going to be here at the same time ? ’ |
| 30 | How had that fancily-named high-hab brat come to be here at the garrison block ? |