Example sentences of "be at [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The snips should be at intervals of 5mm ( ¼inch ) . |
| 2 | Pameton has been kept on the market as a means of making paracetamol available to patients who may be at risk of self harm , but only on private prescription . |
| 3 | You could be at risk of heart disease or other stress-related illness . |
| 4 | The Child Protection Register provides a central record of all children in a given area who have been identified as abused , or who are considered to be at risk of abuse , and who therefore are currently the subject of an interagency plan to protect them . |
| 5 | Different atmospheric conditions in the northern hemisphere would afford some protection , but far larger populations would be at risk of exposure to dangerous ultraviolet light . |
| 6 | On the other hand , if an explanation is given , the creditor may be taken to have assumed a duty of care and to be at risk of liability in damages if the explanation is subsequently held to be inadequate . |
| 7 | Without such warranties , the purchaser will be at risk of liabilities arising out of matters which have not been disclosed . |
| 8 | Derek Alcorn , regional director of the Citizens ' Advice Bureaux , said pensioners and children would be at risk of illness and hypothermia if the plan went ahead . |
| 9 | UP TO three quarters of a million elderly people could be at risk of hypothermia this winter . |
| 10 | Earlier this month the campaigning charity Sane ( Schizophrenia — A National Emergency ) reported the story of a mentally ill woman known to be at risk of suicide who attempted suicide while living rough . |
| 11 | When acting for a buyer of vacant land who intends to build on it , or for a buyer of a recently erected house , a hidden danger has recently been highlighted — the possibility that the foundations may be at risk of subsidence or of sliding either through infilling of the site , or a dangerous geological stratum . |
| 12 | The Milan-based Centre for Cetacean Studies , in association with several other wildlife and research groups , has petitioned the Italian Government for an end to the swordfish drift-net fishery , warning that the cetacean populations of the Italian seas would otherwise be at risk of extinction by the year 2000 . |
| 13 | A spokesman for the health authority said only eight mothers were believed to be at risk of infection and not all of them had asked for an AIDS test . |
| 14 | This is a national resource and prisoners are sent here who staff believe would be at risk of violence ( because of their offence ) in a normal prison setting , or whose fear of violence has led them , themselves , to request such a transfer . |
| 15 | The other thing to remember is that women who have sex with women may be at risk of HIV infection if they share needles or syringes to inject drugs , or use semen that has not been tested for HIV if they want to get pregnant through self-insemination . |
| 16 | Any potential parent who thinks they may be at risk of HIV infection should consider being counselled and tested before conceiving . |
| 17 | In addition to imprisonment , those believed to have advocated Irian Jaya 's independence , whether through peaceful or violent means , continue to be at risk of torture , ill-treatment , ‘ disappearance ’ , and extrajudicial execution by Indonesian security forces . |
| 18 | Not like being at home of course , not so cosy , but I expect it 's quite interesting . |
| 19 | Being at risk of abuse , then , does not lead to a simple intervention strategy . |
| 20 | The majority of changes were at minister of state level , including the appointment as Minister of State for Planning of former National Education Minister Kighoma Malima . |
| 21 | The Prince of Wales yesterday called for £1m aid for the victims of Saddam Hussein 's regime in south eastern Iraq and warned that half a million people were at risk of genocide . |
| 22 | Earlier this year the World Food Programme was reckoning that some 5m people were at risk of famine in the north of the country ; if so , some 1.2m tonnes of grain would be needed to feed them , of which a bit over half has been pledged by donors . |
| 23 | People with haemophilia were at risk of HIV infection before October 1985 , because they regularly received injections of contaminated blood products which help their blood to clot ( Factor VIII and cryoprecipitate ) . |
| 24 | A post-mortem examination revealed she was HIV positive and health chiefs decided to alert women who had given birth at the hospital and might feel they were at risk of infection . |
| 25 | Only a minority of the blood spots on the glasses would have entered my eyes ( the glasses were fairly large , at 16.5×5 cm ) , but my experience suggests that the eyes are at risk of contamination even in minor surgical procedures carried out under local anaesthesia , especially if diathermy is used . |
| 26 | However , if prisoners are at risk of sentence under the Public Order Act 1986 , the pack of information can explain that just as easily as it can explain the contents of this miserable and irrelevant little Bill . |
| 27 | All surgical patients are at risk of disturbances in their fluid and electrolyte balance due to the effect of trauma and stress on the body . |
| 28 | Around two-thirds of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSI ) in Wales are at risk of damage by acid rain unless current targets for sulphur dioxide emissions are tightened , according to the Countryside Council for Wales . |
| 29 | Yet more than half of the appliances are at risk of damage even personal danger if fitted with the incorrect safety fuse . |
| 30 | MORE than a million people in southern Ethiopia are at risk of starvation in a famine that has killed 5,000 in five months , according to the country 's Relief and Rehabilitation Commission . |