Example sentences of "a [adj] [adj] [noun sg] be at " in BNC.
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| 1 | A soft fuzzy girl was at the till . |
| 2 | Each sphere in a body-centred cubic structure is at the centre of a cube with spheres at each corner ( see figures 3.20 and 3.23 ) . |
| 3 | Crucially , the one may support the other : , a prominent Jesuit in Nicaragua , comments ‘ I think the lack of a good academic training is at the roots of too many simplifications in the pastoral work of people using the framework of liberation theology . ’ |
| 4 | Moreover , a collective managerial guilt was at work , attempting to ‘ compensate for the forty years of Francoism suffered by the mass of the workforce ’ . |
| 5 | But with Renaissance drama , where performed versions were those in widest circulation , the question of the authority of a reputed authorial version is at best confused . |
| 6 | No major EC country has ever been refused what it wanted when it declared that a vital national interest was at stake . |
| 7 | It was argued that Britain stood at a historic point ; a new urban future was at hand . |