Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] be at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defences were at that time concerned with 59 Squadron which was bombing the docks . |
| 2 | The new unionists , he discovered , were wrong in supposing that funds mattered less in the class struggle than the unity and solidarity of the workers and the Seamen were at a disadvantage compared with other unions in having , because of the nature of their occupation , to appoint and pay so many full-time officials . |
| 3 | G Those discussions were fitted into a regular CDP meeting which itself discussed ‘ polytechnic autonomy ’ , and in which a variety of views were recorded — the institutions were at different stages of development ; the CNAA had established national status and its degrees were accepted currency ; the CNAA was known to be giving serious attention to ways and means of giving greater freedoms to experienced colleges ; emphasis should not be placed on charters as such … . |
| 4 | Energised by new coach Bobby Ross , the Chargers are at last rewarding their patient fans . |
| 5 | Among the plastic rats , fluffy animals and copies of the Sun decorating the desks was at least one Labour red rose . |
| 6 | Some 200m peasants have no real work , and unemployment in the cities is at least 4% . |
| 7 | On the other hand it is equally important not to minimize the effects of sentencing practice on penal policy by assuming that the courts are at the mercy of pressures over which they have no control , and to which they can only passively respond . |
| 8 | — Hollywood and Broadway : The Musicals is at Sunderland Empire on April 26 and Middlesbrough Town Hall on May 7 . |
| 9 | Most of the ducks were at Grif Skerry as we expected and , after counts and recounts , we moved on . |
| 10 | At the end of August , the first German warplanes bombed Paris and also distributed leaflets warning Parisians to surrender : the Germans were at the gates . |
| 11 | Even if the Germans were at last being pushed back , there were still the Japanese to demolish , and they were no soft touch by all accounts . |
| 12 | In the noisy gannetries the birds were at all stages of development . |
| 13 | Although clear guidelines were set down for teachers on the minimum time commitment and core content of each of the projects , the organisation and management of the projects were at the discretion of the teacher . |
| 14 | Once they were a couple of miles from the Manor , where the woods were at their most impenetrable , she reined in Moonbeam and drew to a halt in a little glade . |
| 15 | A static system is one in which the content of all individual applications of the rules is at least tacitly contained within the general rules and principles and is discoverable therefore by a purely intellectual process . |
| 16 | Seemingly , as the rules are at present drafted , if no " return day " as defined has been fixed , then amendment of a pleading can not be made without leave ( see Ord 7 , r 17 ) . |
| 17 | ‘ We know what the rules are at present but the bureaucrats in Brussels could easily shift the goalposts . |
| 18 | It may be that the policies are at fault , or it may be that corrective action is most appropriately applied to the implementing agencies . |
| 19 | The doublings are at the unison , not the octave . |
| 20 | The drains were at last able to carry the surface water and only a few isolated areas remained flooded . |
| 21 | So the experimenters are at the stage where they might just have expected to have seen one Zo . |
| 22 | As we have seen , attitudes were changing even when the builders were at work in the Elephant and Castle . |
| 23 | The signals were at caution and the train crew were talking on the level-crossing . |
| 24 | The immediate success of Autocover when it started in 1982 clearly demonstrated just how competitive the premiums were at that time . |
| 25 | The ability and effectiveness of a client in controlling costs during the construction phase depends primarily on how good the clients is at minimizing changes and the effects of any unexpected events . |
| 26 | It was made the more difficult because the Iranians were at one remove from the hostage-takers ; even at best , all they could promise was to lean on Hizbollah and ask for a favour . |
| 27 | It rests at an angle , it rests on the er ladders of course because they are ang er the ladders are at an angle like that so part of the weight 's taken by the actual ladders . |
| 28 | Only a minority of the blood spots on the glasses would have entered my eyes ( the glasses were fairly large , at 16.5×5 cm ) , but my experience suggests that the eyes are at risk of contamination even in minor surgical procedures carried out under local anaesthesia , especially if diathermy is used . |
| 29 | Some of the bedrooms were at mezzanine level between the main floors . |
| 30 | You have probably noticed that most of the drivers are at root perfectly normal behaviour . |