Example sentences of "is [adv] [prep] home [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wordsworth also inherits from Locke an intense concern with the visible universe ; although Locke tries to explain all kinds of sensory experience he is most at home with the sense of sight , which could most easily be related to Newton 's optical discoveries . |
| 2 | Ostensibly a social misfit , he is most at home with his new books , old records and middle-aged pet Labrador . |
| 3 | It is most at home in a coldwater tank , although it was popular in tropical tanks before the wide range of plants we have now was available . |
| 4 | For the belief that ‘ there is no occasion too small ’ is naturally at home in a society that resists any ranking of certain human and civic occasions below or above certain others . |
| 5 | It returns to the sea to lay its eggs , but otherwise it is entirely at home on land . |
| 6 | But now when Miss Fairgrieves must write about me , what Papa calls a ‘ moral report ’ , whenever he is away from home for more than a day , then it is always full of : ‘ Alice has been as usual rather headstrong , argumentative , even secretive … ’ |
| 7 | In this way , nineteenth-century imagery is comfortably at home in the factual discourse , describing , not the imperial system ( which ‘ we ’ in our wisdom gave away ) , but contemporary international capitalism . |
| 8 | Graeme , a town-bred Yorkshireman , is more at home on the kitchen range than on the prairie . |
| 9 | The man who is more at home on the classical stage is getting to pay a tribute to his idol at the Ulster Hall . |
| 10 | Lowther , who regularly pops up at advertising awards ceremonies and is more at home in the pony-tailed world of agency ‘ creatives ’ than nervy politicians , penned the Tories ' election broadcast on defence . |
| 11 | The plant is more at home in marshy conditions than in the aquarium , where it will grow to a considerable height . |
| 12 | It works quite well in that he is more at home in wide positions than Speed , but not being left-footed means he cuts back usually . |
| 13 | Royal Cedar , trained by John McConnochie , who has taken him over from the now retired Mercy Rimell , is another who is perfectly at home on fast ground , winning here over three and a half miles and at Newbury this season . |
| 14 | Royal Cedar , trained by John McConnochie , who has taken him over from the now retired Mercy Rimell , is another who is perfectly at home on fast ground , winning here over three and a half miles and at Newbury this season . |
| 15 | Her owners run boarding kennels so the pig is perfectly at home with dogs . |
| 16 | Her owners run boarding kennels so the pig is perfectly at home with dogs . |
| 17 | She is perfectly at home among the painterly detritus of her St John 's Wood studio , the walls of which are lined with ancient reference books about art , the legacy of a former tenant . |
| 18 | Ethernet was n't the first LAN standard , but it was the first that could claim to be non-proprietary ( many vendors sell Ethernet-compatible adaptors ) , cheap ( thanks to its use of readily available , low-cost cabling — telephone-wire twisted pair or TV-aerial co-ax ) , and flexible ( Ethernet is equally at home with small starter systems and huge network layouts ) . |
| 19 | Professional Draw is equally at home with creative or technical illustration and the interface shows that a great deal of thought about usability has gone into it , although the sheer weight of features and refinements for precision illustration make it a complex package to master at first . |
| 20 | Frequent long motorway journeys are a feature of the Kings ' life , and while the larger and more powerful 405 is favoured for these trips , the 305 is equally at home on the school run or the motorway . |
| 21 | It is equally at home in any international cuisine . |
| 22 | ‘ I enjoy cooking , ’ said the £8 million player , who is equally at home in the kitchen as he is displaying his skills for Juventus . |
| 23 | He plays at centre-back for his club and country but is equally at home in central midfield . |
| 24 | He plays at centre-back for his club and country but is equally at home in central midfield . |
| 25 | RICHARD CROFT is a photographer who is equally at home in the worlds of fashion , music and portraiture . |
| 26 | KILKENNY 'S Pat Dwyer is equally at home in Croke Park or Old Trafford . |
| 27 | KILKENNY 'S Pat Dwyer is equally at home in Croke Park or Old Trafford . |
| 28 | It is quite at home on dry as well as wet soils . |
| 29 | He is completely at home with the English language and our literature and humour . |
| 30 | Frejji is completely at home in zerograv , having spent many years building magni-freighters among the moons of Cytostom . |