Example sentences of "they [was/were] at [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay , but I just wanted to go on to say that I think in reviewing how the budget may be brought more closely under control in the coming year , officers will need to look at the erm size of the committees because we are working with committees at the moment that are larger than those committees which used to exist when this year 's budget was set and that has had some impact and we need to have the implications of any change of committee size whether that might affect the budget , how that would affect the budget , also whether there is any potential for reducing the number of committees further and also whether the rates might be changed , I particularly would like officers to report on what , whether there would be any significant saving from er setting the rates at the round figures they were at a couple of years ago erm |
| 2 | Passages on collegiality , religious liberty and the Jews , for instance , matter greatly because they were at the centre of lengthy conciliar debate as many other passages were not . |
| 3 | They were at the centre of things . |
| 4 | The tenant may wish to dispense with 7.6.3 , 7.6.4 , 7.6.5 and 7.6.6 and add the following proviso to 7.6.2 : If for any reason the premises and all other relevant parts of the centre sufficient for the Tenant [ or any undertenant ] to carry on its [ or their ] normal trade and business including the means of access to the Premises and all essential services therein and thereto shall not be reinstated in accordance with the provisions of this clause as they were at the date of the relevant destruction or damage by the second anniversary of the date of the destruction or damage the Tenant may thereafter determine the Term by giving not less than one month 's notice to the Landlord and upon expiry of such notice the Term shall cease but without prejudice to the claim of either party for any earlier breach of covenant by the other This will doubtless be resisted by the landlord who will wish to have the unilateral right to terminate . |
| 5 | They were at the core of it , the focus of all his striving , the clue to everything . |
| 6 | put the contrary view in the form of a dilemma when he said : ‘ Either they were performing this public duty in giving the protection asked for , in which case I think they can not charge , or , which no one suggests , they were at the request of an individual doing something which it was not their duty to do , in which case it seems to me both public policy and section 10 of the County Police Act 1839 , make the contract illegal and void . ’ |
| 7 | Luckily too old to know any better : the amazing Cramps THE CRAMPS : Off The Bone THE ULTIMATE collection of gassed-out , greased-up garage rock from the top gorehounds when they were at the peak of their creativity . |
| 8 | At the end of a day 's banking some banks are going to be more liquid , as a result of net deposits and other banks are going to be less liquid than they were at the beginning of the day 's business , as a result of a net withdrawal of deposits . |
| 9 | Another five minutes and they were at the edge of the meadow . |
| 10 | Theoretically , every person was subject to the whim of the sultan , which in practice meant they were at the mercy of his capricious subordinates . |
| 11 | Since the State virtually abdicated all responsibility for their welfare , they were at the mercy of their masters . |
| 12 | While they were at the mercy of erratic weather or changes in the migration routes of reindeer , so that they might suffer famine from time to time , they were generally well fed , more or less comfortably adapted to their environment , and enjoyed a surplus of resources sufficient to allow expenditure of time on the decoration of clothing and utensils on story-telling and dancing . |
| 13 | Moreover , although their constitutional and political position depended on their new relationship to " the people " they were not instructed delegates of their constituents any more than they were at the mercy of the party whips in the Commons . |
| 14 | All the other reindeers were whispering away , saying how astonished they were at the thought of Randolph helping the team . |
| 15 | They were at the foot of the Summit Icefield : only about 150 feet to go , and the weather reasonable . |
| 16 | The main force should have got into the town under the cover of a raid by the RAF , but by the time they were at the foot of the escarpment , this was almost over . |
| 17 | Barely pause and they were at the foot of a steep corner crack . |
| 18 | Those under threat also included some of the most majestic of all birds — the golden eagle , the peregrine falcon — because , as birds of prey , they were at the head of the food chain . |
| 19 | They were at the top of the hill now , and by common consent they came to a standstill . |
| 20 | His harsh voice shouted at them as if they were at the top of the rigging , rather than a stone 's throw from his feet . |
| 21 | They were at the top of the stairs when Zach touched his shoulder . |
| 22 | It was easy to laugh because they were at the top of the path now , coming out of the Grove into sunlight . |
| 23 | She put on her black trousers and her chocolate-brown sweater because they were at the top of the first suitcase she opened and she would have worn them at home on a cool autumn day when there was mist on the hills and woodsmoke in the lanes and … |
| 24 | They were at the top of the hill and Foinmen 's Plain had unrolled itself before them . |
| 25 | Also , I was always under the impression that the likes of Constable , whilst in full knowledge that they were at the top of their profession , regarded themselves as craftsmen . |
| 26 | They were at the bottom of the hill . |
| 27 | ‘ I was hoping to look at them on the plane , but they were at the bottom of the pile and I never got around to it . ’ |
| 28 | Within 4 years they were at the height of their achievements . |
| 29 | They were at the forefront of sports photographers excelling at their work . |
| 30 | Alongside Ernest Bevin 's conduct of the Ministry of Labour , they were at the forefront of the process by which workers came to see their interests as identified with the extension of state power in economic life . |