Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] to be at the " in BNC.
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1 | Gray and Jenkins ( 1986 ) conclude that while the FMI has enhanced the status and operation of certain aspects of financial management , notably those relating to the management of costs , this has tended to be at the expense of the integration of strategic management and even of accountability itself . |
2 | It must be marvellous to be an instrumentalist or a singer good enough to hold an audience in your spell , like Maria Callas or Yehudi Menuhin. but I would have had to be at the top , not just scraping along . |
3 | Because I 'm going to help her with her paper round tomorrow so she can get it done early — the people do n't come before 7 and we 've got to be at the bus terminus by 8.30 ; because that 's when we 've arranged to meet — ; meet our friends of course and so if I help her with her round she can get it done in time . |
4 | I 've got to be at the ‘ crem ’ circa four . ’ |
5 | erm not only that , but erm whereas in the past it 's tended to be at the prerogative of the education people , as it were , the teachers and the heads and the educational psychologists , to make the initial moves in categorization or making a statement , now the parents have a right to ask for an assessment , so perhaps in your case to your question it would have been yes , you could have in fact have erm initiated the moves . |
6 | ‘ Someone 's got to be at the centre . |
7 | All the top car firms have pledged to be at the sixth Mobility Roadshow and Public Transport minister Roger Freeman says : ‘ I am impressed at the range of high quality vehicles and equipment now available to meet the mobility needs of disabled people . ’ |