Example sentences of "are [adv] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The soft and acid water areas of Scotland , and north-west England are most at risk from lead , and the East Anglian and Staffordshire areas from nitrates . |
| 2 | The Employment Training Programme , set up in 1988 to help the long-term unemployed , gives a low priority to workers over the age of 54 who are regarded as non-mainstream ( indeed those over 60 are not eligible to participate ) , even though it is older workers who are most at risk of experiencing long-term unemployment . |
| 3 | In contrast , school-age children are most at risk to hazards in the outdoors environment , particularly in the roads and in the school playground . |
| 4 | If nurses are to attempt to prevent avoidable accidents to patients , they need to be aware of what and where the hazards are ; when accidents are most likely to occur ; and which patients are most at risk . |
| 5 | As children are those that are most at risk from impact by vehicles in housing areas , any search for safer streets should focus principally on them ( Figure 2.5 ) . |
| 6 | Oxygen depletion will affect Orfe before other pond fish species , therefore on hot still nights when they are most at risk , ensure there is good water movement in the pond ( via a waterfall , venturi or fountain ) . |
| 7 | Although it is probable that the same applies to established onshore centres , the fact is that it is the offshore centres , especially those in the Caribbean , that are most at risk from drugs money . |
| 8 | It 's the older designs with low-grade locks that are most at risk : these should be reinforced with special key-operated patio door bolts . |
| 9 | However , contrary to popular myth , it is n't heroin injectors who are most at risk of contracting HIV . |
| 10 | If you have a fair , sensitive skin , your genetic capability of tanning may be limited and you are most at risk from burning and all the nasty effects of too much sunlight , including skin cancer . |
| 11 | You are most at risk if you strip off to bask in blazing sun after a year covered up . |
| 12 | As with bites from other venomous animals , young and elderly people are most at risk ; and even if a bite is not fatal , it may cause massive tissue damage , so that hospitalisation is often necessary . |
| 13 | The short-nosed ( brachycephalic ) breeds such as the bulldog are most at risk . |
| 14 | The challenge is to identify at an early stage those who are most at risk of developing serious complications so that appropriate treatment may be given . |
| 15 | Within the elderly population , it is the very old ( i.e. those aged over 80 ) , women , those living alone , those from manual occupations and the disabled who are most at risk of experiencing poverty in later life ( Victor 1989a ) . |
| 16 | It is serious , and children are most at risk , but there are only about two cases per million people each year . |
| 17 | Patients , especially those with poor vision or mobility , are most at risk but so are staff and visitors to the hospital . |
| 18 | 4 Identify and explain which patients are most at risk of pressure sore development . |
| 19 | Which sites are most at risk ? |
| 20 | Referring to recent studies indicating that some people are particularly vulnerable to the effects of sleep disruption , the authors of this report suggested that work should be done to identify those doctors who are most at risk , in order to assign them to other duties . |
| 21 | Accidents cause injury and suffering to hundreds of people every year , and those moving about on foot or bicycle , elderly and infirm people , and children are most at risk . |
| 22 | Of particular interest is the age distribution of the children and it is evident that 12 and 13 year olds are most at risk and this coincides with their transfer from primary to secondary school . |
| 23 | The Scotch Whisky Association and its member companies fund research and support educational measures aimed at those who are most at risk or who are best placed to influence them . |
| 24 | Spenser , or the inheritors of his estate , are most at risk of catching the same savage disease . |
| 25 | It strikes me that it is young people who are most at risk and who have most to lose . |
| 26 | The Marine Conservation Society has produced a leaflet explaining which species are most at risk from the souvenir trade . |
| 27 | They are most at risk along our roads where the average family car can deposit a pound of lead ( 454g ) per year out of the exhaust pipe . |
| 28 | But they admit that foreign students with a poor command of English are most at risk . |
| 29 | The vaccinations will be introduced in october , but at first will only be available for children under one year old ; the age they are most at risk from this form of meningitis . |
| 30 | Lines like the Cotswold line which runs from Worcester to Oxford are most at risk . |