Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [noun pl] [be] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gooseberries , for example , can be picked for cooking or processing when they are still hard and green , flowers are often cut while still in bud and many roots or salad crops are at their most palatable when young and tender . |
| 2 | The 1983 survey showed that the costs incurred in providing company housing or housing loans , medical , nursery or recreation facilities were at least twice as big in large firms . |
| 3 | The genesis of the deposits is linked to their location , generally along the central axis of ‘ spreading centres ’ , in the language of plate tectonics , where heat flows are at a maximum . |
| 4 | Yesterday 's trade figures showed clearly that export volumes were at record levels even in a worldwide economic downturn . |
| 5 | So neither plant owners nor instrumentation makers are at all keen to report on RFI problems that could later be used against them in legal proceedings . |
| 6 | It will come as no surprise to the Minister to hear that we have always taken the view that safety representatives are at their best when backed by a trade union , of whose resources and training they are able to take advantage . |
| 7 | But if there were a sea change , and they became the majority that meat eaters are at present , and if this were fuelled by the arguments of Regan or Singer , then surely it would be reasonable to expect a knock-on effect in the other contentious areas . |
| 8 | The newspapers embarked on a steady reporting of rape and sexual assault cases , alleged to be on the increase , although official figures stated that sex offences were at a 10-year low . |
| 9 | It may be significant that it is the only instance where pooling the data has a strengthening effect on the correlations , supporting the view that communication problems are at the root of a large number of industrial problems in all cultures . |
| 10 | However , this may support comments seen elsewhere that BAIE publications are at least as good as , if not better than , many in the commercial sector . |
| 11 | Now that interest rates are at historically low levels , considerable sums of money are moving out of the banks and building societies into equity based investments , the equity message seems to be getting home . |
| 12 | Prejudices are challenged and myths exposed — for example that only homosexual men and drug users are at risk . |
| 13 | It has no particular pattern in its referral sources , and assessment visits are at an ‘ average ’ level . |
| 14 | If enzyme deficiencies are at the root of the problem in chemical-sensitive patients then one might expect them to show the same sort of reaction to small amounts of a chemical as normal people show to large amounts of that chemical . |
| 15 | In an ongoing study ( A Stewart , D Brenton , personal communication ) of 15 infants conceived under dietary control ( mean phenylalanine values in first trimester 213–496 µmol/l — twice to four times normal ) Griffiths developmental quotients at one year were within the normal range and head circumferences were at or above the 10th centile . |
| 16 | Even second hand springs and shock absorbers are at a premium . |
| 17 | DEFENCE chiefs and government scientists are at odds over how to assess the health effects of British atomic tests in the South Pacific 30 years ago . |
| 18 | Images of parties and party leaders are at the margin between perceptions and attitudes . |
| 19 | Not only was it a matter of dignity and prestige that the remaining continental possessions of the Plantagenets should be preserved , but political and material forces were at work to maintain the Anglo-Gascon connection . |
| 20 | That 's what we would do , that 's what we will do , if interest rates are at their current level . |
| 21 | But trade flows are at least as sensitive to the level of non-tariff barriers as they are to tariffs themselves . |
| 22 | It 's noticeable that BoP is in version 1.0 , whilst Designer Labels is at version 1.2 , and certainly , Designer Labels is the slicker of the two . |
| 23 | He argues that if other Americans were as good at their job as baseball players are at theirs , the country 's trade difficulties would be a thing of the past . |
| 24 | A one season bag is for typical British summer use , when night temperatures are at their highest . |
| 25 | Among other things , that paper proposed that sewerage charges should be separated out from the new council tax in the same way as water charges are at present separately levied . |
| 26 | Sea ice starts to form when surface waters are at freezing point and turbulence is low . |
| 27 | The reason for that is that they 're in a very good position in the market now , they , they can negotiate very good deals on houses they 're buying , there 's a very good choice of properties available , people by the mid nineteen nineties will look back on nineteen ninety as probably the time to have bought , when house prices were at their cheapest . |