Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] be [not/n't] at " in BNC.

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1 The signs are not at all difficult to pick up .
2 No I mean the , the arrears are n't at the same date are they ?
3 Since , as has throughout been common ground , the defendants were not at liberty to divulge to others information acquired as agents for Mr. Brant , the defendants could not tell the plaintiff the true position without breaching their duty to Mr. Brant .
4 ‘ You know , my dear , the gospels are not at all clear on that point .
5 The banks were not at all keen to lend to somebody who seemed actually to need money .
6 The concerts were not at well attended as normal Wedding Present shows , but this was partly expected because they had less promotion .
7 There are also days when the rabbits are not at home .
8 The results were not at all encouraging : four out of five hams on sale in delicatessens , a third in supermarkets and almost half of those in butcher shops were contaminated .
9 The grandmother of a Cornish smallholder 's family would stay the first three days of each week ‘ to help my mother to do the washing and buttermaking … and to help to do the mending ; ’ and when the children were not at school they would walk the mile and a half back to granny 's own ‘ little thatched cottage . ’
10 But you were always allowed home when the children were not at school .
11 The greens were n't at their best that year either .
12 Perhaps before this time the seas were not at the right temperature or did not have the chemical composition to favour the deposition of the lime from which most marine shells and skeletons are constructed .
13 ‘ Yes , I 'm sure the grounds are not at their best just now .
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