Example sentences of "they [am/are] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many patients with substantial deformities remain asymptomatic , but they are at increased risk of neurological damage with the passage of time . |
| 2 | And yet , according to Arp , NGC 4319 and Mrk 205 are connected by streamers of material , impossible if they are at such different distances from us . |
| 3 | This will be the case where negotiations or discussions are extended to embrace more than a small group of people or where they are at such an advanced stage that the target is reasonably confident that an offer will be made for its shares ; where secrecy can not be maintained ; or if security is breached . |
| 4 | Seen from the side , they are at first glance very similar indeed . |
| 5 | Surely all seats should be numbered and tickets allocated for individual seats as they are at other sporting and entertainment events . |
| 6 | Does he agree that they are at greater risk not from imports but from the minimum wage , which would devastate the knitwear industry ? |
| 7 | Their shells provide them with valuable protection but like all armoured species they are at certain disadvantages — they are nearly always less mobile , less flexible , and suffer the consequences . |
| 8 | Part-time solicitors , accountants or doctors will rarely become partners in their firms ; they are at best marking time , at worst barring themselves for ever from the higher reaches of their professions . |
| 9 | In its present form it is spelt Forsey , and its use in this chapter has the additional advantage of illustrating that various dictionaries of surnames are not accurate with regard to the meaning of this particular name ; they are at best only partly right , and at worst totally wrong . |
| 10 | However , as explanations of the nature of political intervention or development of the party they are at best partial , not least because problems over the boundaries of labourism and its location within working-class culture are not addressed . |
| 11 | If it has rights they are at best analogical ones . |
| 12 | They are at best generalisations and can be misleading as to the relative scale of different features . |
| 13 | They are at best the pragmatic product of the preferences of the individuals given the power to define the curriculum . |
| 14 | It is not critical in this design , where supply requirements are not very demanding , but it is not a bad habit to use wide ( say 2.5mm ) track for main power conductors , even though they are at low current . |
| 15 | I suppose it would bore you to come and see my poor children , but they do need amusing , they are at that stage of convalescing when nothing is entertaining for very long and Mamma is certainly not entertaining at all , so a pretty thing like you would be a breath of fresh air . |
| 16 | Only if they are at that time identified and agreed upon , will they be specific goods . |
| 17 | When the snake 's mouth is shut they lie flat , but when the jaws are opened wide to strike , the two upper teeth that supply the venom are pivoted down through about go degrees , so that they are at right angles to the top of the head . |
| 18 | Lie flat , bend the knees then straighten the legs upwards so that they are at right angles to your body . |
| 19 | If machine accounting is used , the roll should be taken out of the machine , the date changed and all totals checked to make sure that they are at zero . |
| 20 | Council house rent arrears amounted to over £1m , though they are at long last being reduced . |
| 21 | They are at 41 North End Road , London W14 ( 071 602 4820 ) . |
| 22 | It views women as defined by their biology , ‘ nurturant ’ rather than productive , ‘ intuitive ’ rather than intelligent … if they are at all ‘ normal ’ , suited to the home and the family ’ ( Weisstein 1973 : 418 ) , and basically as all the same . |
| 23 | But perhaps I should add one work of warning : look in the front of such books for the date of publication , be careful if they are at all old . |
| 24 | They are at any rate central and have I believe served for various committees of inquiry , etcetera , before . |
| 25 | It also seems as if they are at last more prepared to listen to the needs of the local skaters and on top of this a local developer has pledged ten thousand pounds towards the new facility so the future do n't look so gloomy after all . |
| 26 | They are at maximum capacity , optimum power . ’ |
| 27 | On one side they are at full height . |
| 28 | Last nights looks good tho … having said that they are at full strength … ‘ cept for Barnes . |
| 29 | Now , when they are at pensionable age , their pension is much below that of people who were fortunate enough to keep their jobs . |
| 30 | Basically there are two academics in this country who consider themselves the countries expert in the singular on Corpus building and they are at different ends of the spectrum . |