Example sentences of "[verb] be at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scientific and engineering skills which we have developed are at the cutting edge of nuclear technology , and through subsequent diversification , are improving the competitive position of customers in over 70 countries and more than 2000 organisations worldwide . |
| 2 | Eddie has been at the surgery 18 months and would not be able to survive in the wild . |
| 3 | The department , headed by Mr Jeff Barker who has been at the University for 27 years , caters for the two dining rooms at the Revis Barber and Dennis Bellamy Halls , serving breakfast and dinner to the 400 students Monday to Friday , breakfast and lunch Saturday and Sunday . |
| 4 | In the year and a half he has been at the Lyric he has established himself as something of a ‘ character ’ and has chalked up a number of box office successes . |
| 5 | He has been at the head of many investigations , one major case being the doping of Bravefoot and Norwich , which disfigured the 1990 St Leger meeting at Doncaster . |
| 6 | But Mr Patten , who has been at the Home Office as Minister of State for four years , has clearly harboured doubts about his decision to turn down that Arts job . |
| 7 | Judy , who has been at the pub for just over a year , spent thousands of pounds refurbishing the Grey Horse and it had been a long-time ambition to run a pub of her own . |
| 8 | Mr MacRae has been at the hotel for five years . |
| 9 | Snell , who has been at the station for nine years , said : ‘ This woman really wound me up . |
| 10 | Alex Mitchell has been at the station for five years . |
| 11 | Mr Crosby has been at the centre of that romance , reviving the club 's fortunes almost immediately after taking over from Denis Smith at Christmas and then inspiring the sort of Cup run last enjoyed by the passionate Roker supporters in the days of Bob Stokoe . |
| 12 | Situated close to Harrods and just a few doors along Beauchamp Place from Kanga , the dress shop owned by Prince Charles 's confidante Lady Tryon , San Lorenzo has been at the centre of much that has happened around Diana this year . |
| 13 | Whitlock , who has been at the centre of the storm , has not made himself available to take part . |
| 14 | He has been at the centre of California politics too long to escape responsibility for the state 's deeper sicknesses . |
| 15 | Nude or clothed , the female figure has been at the centre of debates about the genius in art . |
| 16 | The channel tunnel rail link has been at the centre of my thoughts about my own urban concerns . |
| 17 | The dispute over the bird has been at the centre of a long-running debate over the fate of the US 's last remaining ancient forests , which has included acrimonious exchanges between environmentalists and the timber industry . |
| 18 | For the last three years , N C V O has been at the centre of the critical debates . |
| 19 | It is not the first time the council has been at the centre of a disagreement over charges for collection of waste . |
| 20 | The leisure centre has been at the centre of a compensation wrangle since serious building defects were discovered last year . |
| 21 | The decision ends a seven-month wait to settle the issue at the home which has been at the centre of allegations of declining standards . |
| 22 | Chalmers has been at the centre of speculation this week , one report suggesting he was leaving Melrose to join Newcastle Gosforth . |
| 23 | A MAN who has been at the centre of planning in North East Wales for more than 30 years will retire this month from public office , and turn his attention to private consultancy . |
| 24 | Although these models are able to represent more complex situations , to some extent this has been at the cost of reduced elegance and simplicity and only the entity-relationship model of Chen is widely used as a data modelling tool . |
| 25 | Tcherkassoff 's current album release , Songs for Suicidal Lovers , has been at the top of the musichip charts for six straight months . |
| 26 | PORTADOWN has been at the top of an IRA hit list for at least two years . |
| 27 | Simon Wigg has been at the top of his sport for a decade but has never ridden on the road . |
| 28 | The trophy , named after a past director of Stoddard 's carpets , has been at the company for the past 37 years , but this is the first time in history that the organisers have opened up the competition for runners up . |
| 29 | Raymond Tovey , who has been at the school since 1982 , is taking early retirement . |
| 30 | White has been at the arboretum for 14 years and observes that the best autumn colour often comes after the worst summers . |