Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] to be at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where in the detective short story ingenuity was , in principle , the only quality called for , in the crime short story ingenuity has to be at the service of imagination . |
| 2 | According to his calculations , more than 20.5 million people , — over a third of the population — are in groups considered to be at risk from air pollution — those aged under 14 , people over 65 , pregnant women and unborn babies [ see ED 58 , 61 ] . |
| 3 | Seawitch has to be at her berth in Kalamaki marina by the fourth of May . ’ |
| 4 | A potential trainer has to be at least 18 , educated up to GCSE standard in maths and English , plus a science subject , and be fit — as they walk many miles a day in all weathers . |
| 5 | Yes , do n't think we were n't watching you … measurable weight loss needs to be at least in the region of 2 lb a week in order to provide that reward so essential to sustained effort . |
| 6 | It seems likely that Fahreddin Acemi was indeed muderris at Murad II 's Darulhadis , but the evidence on this point , which comes from the biography of Molla Ala " al-Din Ali al- " Arabi ( Molla Arab ) , is not altogether firm since Taskopruzade and Mecdi appear to be at odds on the matter . |
| 7 | It 's the show which almost every dog lover wants to be at . |
| 8 | Bribes to officials are part of the culture of some areas of the world ( and therefore necessary to obtain business ) , yet US citizens are forbidden by law to offer bribes to officials of foreign governments , no matter where in the world the citizen happens to be at the time . |
| 9 | Schools seemed to be at very different stages of development and sophistication here , with some proposals incorporating details of taxonomies of the skills to be developed , while others made general statements of intent about ill-defined programmes of study or library skills . |
| 10 | Among the Mundugamore , both sexes behaved in ways usually associated in our society with aggressive masculinity , and among the Tchambuli the ‘ normal ’ male-female roles seemed to be at least partly reversed ( Mead 1935 ) . |
| 11 | Although the incidence of gastric cancer is falling in all countries for which reliable data are available there are still certain groups of subjects believed to be at increased risk of developing this disease . |
| 12 | According to Alcuin the oppression of the Church by the secular power had been for some time a feature of Northumbrian political and ecclesiastical life , but the problem now was that Eanbald was said to be accompanied on his journeys through Northumbria by a retinue more numerous than any which had attended on his predecessors and inclusive of low-born soldiers , and Alcuin affected to be at a loss as to why he needed so large a force . |
| 13 | Governors of individual schools needed to be at the same level of understanding and acceptance of what was being planned . |
| 14 | Because it has to be larger and heavier to provide comparable power , the diesel fitted to a basic one-litre car tends to be at least 1.6 litres . |
| 15 | Take advice urgently if your intended course of action seems to be at all risky . |
| 16 | That 's where most of the action seems to be at present . |
| 17 | The effect Barthes 's substantive analyses have on their readers seems to be at the level of a reinterpretation of phenomena offering a new , plausible meaning . |
| 18 | ‘ Sure ’ the first interrogator went on ‘ but you are a career soldier trained to be at your best when things are popping — right ? |
| 19 | Women taking atenolol appeared to be at lower risk of lung cancer , but the number of deaths was small and confidence intervals wide . |
| 20 | It might well be of concern to him , for example , if the content of a particular religion proved to be at odds with the ethical criteria he would associate himself with the concept of Truth . |
| 21 | Eddery had to be at his most determined to beat Nominator whose hallmark is toughness . |
| 22 | Further forward , Clarke ensured that Wright 's return after injury was not to be a gentle reintroduction , and the England central defender had to be at his very best . |
| 23 | Generally speaking , ten is an absolute minimum for a core mob of Boar Boyz , and infantry units need to be at least sixteen , preferably twenty , and bigger if you can manage it . |
| 24 | And in the majority of those cases , that is a transient problem , and teacher assistance needs to be at a level of , of general support to get them over that period . |
| 25 | We hope that these methods will help teachers themselves to enjoy poetry and to share their pleasure with their pupils : ‘ Poetry needs to be at the heart of work in English because of the quality of language at work on experience that it offers to us . |
| 26 | Areas found to be at risk include ancient woodlands dating back to the last ice age , internationally rare lowland heaths , meadows and marshes containing many rare species of plants , flowers , animals , birds and insects . |
| 27 | The ice needs to be at least 2in thick ; the hole only needs to be a couple of inches wide . |
| 28 | To deliver water from these depths the pumping machine has to be at the bottom of the well . |
| 29 | Far from it , what they say for public consumption appears to be at odds with what they are saying privately . |
| 30 | His mature attitude seems to be at least a decade ahead of his slight , youthful physique . |