Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adv] at the mercy " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was now at the mercy of others and nobody in a position of authority had , so far , shown any great desire to help . |
| 2 | But er I would warn you about er er accounts which obviously tie your money for a lot longer than maybe six months or a year because you 're always at the mercy of the er of the er building society then if their rates turn down or if you want access , you 've got penalties , and I think if , there 's no point in chasing interest rates through building societies generally , because if you take an average over five years , there is n't a lot of difference between one society and another . |
| 3 | Practitioners seem to accept that worthy cases of mercy killing invariably have this outcome , but this informal approach provides the defendant with no legal basis for a defence — he or she is truly at the mercy of the psychiatrists , the prosecutor , and the judge . |
| 4 | ‘ Let's face it , ’ the chief whip , Richard Ryder , told the cabinet a month ago , referring ruefully to the assorted rebels , ‘ We are now at the mercy of 11 madmen . ’ |
| 5 | It is always at the mercy of the people who design and use it . |
| 6 | A company that had always been paranoiac about labour unions , it should have noticed that it was suddenly at the mercy of customers ' unions . |