Example sentences of "[conj] things be at " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the major functions of education must be to open people 's eyes to the fact that things were at one time different ; that they have evolved to where they are now ; and that they need not necessarily always remain as they are . |
| 2 | We have no money whatsoever in the ‘ kitty ’ and things are at a very early stage of development . |
| 3 | MOUTH Voiceover : The thing I love about humans is their ability to do things previously considered impossible , when things are at their very worst . |
| 4 | Imagine how good it would feel to harness that power and use it when things are at their very best . |
| 5 | When things were at this interesting stage , to my irritation the senior of the two Waaf officers who were the bane of our lives developed an interest in ‘ my ’ Corporal . |
| 6 | When things were at their worst and it appeared the disease would spread over the whole island , Sister Mary Jane Wilson offered , if the government would put into good order the hospital at Lazareto ( which had been damaged and looted during riots ) , to take the group of sisters of whom she was in charge to nurse the sick there . |
| 7 | as things are at the moment I think it |