Example sentences of "[verb] [be] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , cooling can produce spectral shifts in emission wavelength , so although it may have potential uses for geological applications where CL emission at room temperature is meagre , the full effects of cooling are at present poorly known and the technique can not be recommended as a regular practice for petrographic purposes . |
| 2 | James Hansen of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York , one of the first to warn of the dangers of global warming , agrees that most of the warming has been at night but expects warming factors eventually to overtake cooling factors , leading to significant rises in daytime temperatures . |
| 3 | This vast expanse of grass and heather is a cover concealing a realm of magic and mystery , where since the beginning of time nature has been at work slowly evolving an intricate subterranean labyrinth of caverns , grottoes and canals carved in beautiful designs by the agency of running water . |
| 4 | The contributors follow the modern theory that Christians need to discover the areas in which the Holy Spirit has been at work in heathen faiths . |
| 5 | Perhaps , when people have expressed negative views of Dustin 's behaviour and personality , we can charitably assume that his Döppelgänger , Harvey Pepper , has been at work again . |
| 6 | It has been a great privilege to see how God has been at work in their lives and to be part of His plan for these men . |
| 7 | This process has been at work since the Industrial Revolution . |
| 8 | The exam educates youngsters cheaply up to a level that is not reached in other countries until someone has been at university for a year . |
| 9 | Since her trial a year ago , which led to a six-year jail sentence , Winnie Mandela has been at liberty on bail , pending an appeal . |
| 10 | On 7 May the applicant was admitted to bail , and so far as we are aware has been at liberty ever since , although it appears that he has appeared on a number of occasions at the Guildhall Magistrates ' Court , to what effect we do not know . |
| 11 | Responsible , neighbourly and democratic , for nearly half a century it has been as gemütlich abroad as it has been at home , pulling either its weight or its punches as the occasion demanded . |
| 12 | He has been at court , he is an educated man . |
| 13 | Hong Kong remains almost as uncompetitive as it has been at anytime since 1986 , and is far less competitive than a year ago . |
| 14 | That is what has been at issue since the Single European Act — I was not here before that — and today with the treaty of union . |
| 15 | But , if the end-result of the changes has not been significantly to reduce spending , it remains to be determined what it actually has achieved and what has been at stake . |
| 16 | There are two public sites in the Vale , one that has been at East Challow since the year dot and people have forgotten actually exist . |
| 17 | Walker , who has turned 30 and has been at Tynecastle for over three years , will get his full international grounding at a time when goalkeeping problems abound for the national coach . |
| 18 | It does not mean that the Holy Spirit can not work on men of other faiths and draw their inner longings to Christ.John Taylor , in The Go-Between God , says rightly , ‘ The eternal Spirit has been at world in all ages and all cultures making men aware and evoking their response , and always the one to whom he was pointing and bearing witness was the Logos , the Lamb slain before the foundation of the world . |
| 19 | Since the crisis began in the late 1970s , spending on education below tertiary level has been at rock bottom and health little better . |
| 20 | The Khmer Rouge has been at war with the official Government since 1979 . |
| 21 | ‘ The biggest gang we 've got has been at war with its rival for eleven years , ’ Hart explained . |
| 22 | They share the fact that they have all been of limited duration but , within that framework , one has been concerned with local skills training , four have involved modules contained within honours degree courses ( Typography and Graphic Communication , Library Science , Publishing and Computer Science respectively ) and one has been at postgraduate level . |
| 23 | The foursome , whose single End Of The Road has been at number one in the States for the last three weeks , were barred from entering New Orleans to do their live satellite link-up with the Beeb show . |
| 24 | we 've had explosions where the fuel system has been at fault . |
| 25 | Some of the problems are highly complex and unique in that lives are at stake depending on their successful resolution . |
| 26 | Helen did n't help herself or increase the possibility of peace on earth by saying she 'd been at Dad 's Chislehurst gig . |
| 27 | Ever since we 'd been at university together , I 'd known him as a bit of a shower freak , staying in there for ages . |
| 28 | ‘ She 'd been at work , she said , when she went into labour . |
| 29 | After he 'd been at Mandru for a while , Lucien learned that Mandru had refused to have any more boys from Por Tanssie after his last purchase from that academy had committed suicide . |
| 30 | He 'd been at school with Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen . |