Example sentences of "[was/were] on [art] level " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , however , Christians could be found — at least in some areas — in greater concentration than in the West ; socially and culturally they were on a level not very different from their non-Christian peers . |
| 2 | It was brown , as far as Hoomey could see , and its ribs stuck out like his own , and its great projecting hip-bones were on a level with his head , sticking out like girders as if to hold the gaunt body together . |
| 3 | His eyes were on a level with Alexei 's and he smiled unpleasantly . |
| 4 | As he came along the deck his legs were on a level with her eyes . |
| 5 | Her eyes were on a level with his chest , where his tie hung crookedly from a casually loosened knot . |
| 6 | He used to carry on as though he were on a level with Dersingham . |
| 7 | Her eyes were on a level with his nose and they were brown and full of life . |
| 8 | It was on a level with Arnold 's 67 at Troon . |
| 9 | Her face was on a level with his ; she stared at him for some seconds before she said quietly , ‘ You need n't be concerned that you might have started something ; I 've got no ideas that way . |
| 10 | His face was on a level with hers , his pupils were strange , bright . |
| 11 | But although he might not be bright , Balor 's head was on a level with Floy and Snodgrass as they sat astride the two horses and he was twice the size of either of them . |
| 12 | Because of his superior height , his head was on a level with hers and she could feel his breath stirring her hair . |
| 13 | Without breaking his stride Rincewind ducked again , so low that his chin was on a level with his knees , while a fist like a log sizzled through the air by his ear . |
| 14 | He turned from the window , which was on a level with his face , and came to where Harry stood . |
| 15 | Rose perched on a stool so that her face was on a level with Lily and the woman had to look at her . |
| 16 | He was obviously satisfied that I was on the level and reserved two birds on the spot , £35 each . |
| 17 | Yes I think that over the course of our married life we had a number of moves for various reasons , generally to improve the accommodation , erm as standard of life increased so the desire to have a better house to live in or rather in those days a house was out of the question , we generally had rooms in a house , erm , they , the flat for instance that we were bombed out from was a basement flat , erm according to the estate agents it was a garden flat , erm and it meant that you had access to the front garden and the back garden , but as for being a garden flat it was below the level of the garden in the front and at the back it was on the level with the erm green grass at the back of the house , it was also along side of the trolley bus depot , so there it was considerably noisy , nevertheless it was a self contained flat , the first one we 'd had , no the second one we 'd had and we were perfectly happy there although of course it did have minor difficulties , the fact that you used the front door with people who had flats on the other remaining three floors , but nevertheless it did involve you in a certain amount of community living , you were aware of your neighbours , you had to be very conscious of them and they were very conscious of you . |
| 18 | In general there appears little to challenge the important conclusion of Mathias and O'Brien that the main economic incidence of British taxation was on the level of effective demand , for the majority of the taxpayers were not savers . |