Example sentences of "be a [noun] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He hopes his designs will be a winner at indoor kart arenas throughout the United Kingdom . |
| 2 | ‘ No , it would n't be a pity at all ! |
| 3 | If the ordinary business investor is a market counterparty ( see page 29 above ) , he will not be a customer at all . |
| 4 | It was further decided that such watching and besetting might be a nuisance at common law and illegal on that ground also . |
| 5 | A school that loses sight of its values runs the risk that it ceases to be a school at all , and becomes instead just a learning centre , the sort of educational service station that the sub-text of the 1988 Act seems to envisage . |
| 6 | It should n't be a surprise at all . |
| 7 | But these critics do not always ask themselves whether any society does not need a degree of unity in order to be a society at all , or how much diversity even a liberal society can tolerate without falling apart . |
| 8 | Some sort of consensus exists or we should not be a society at all , and whether consensus lies in common ideals or in recognition of common interest our conjoint existence with others would be impossible without it . |
| 9 | And of course sometimes during this apprenticeship Boy knew that what he really wanted was not to be taught to be one of us , not to be taught how to be a man at all , but to be reassured that he might somehow remain a boy forever . |
| 10 | In fact , from its formula one would expect it to be a gas at normal temperatures but it is a liquid . |
| 11 | Yet chemists would guess , were it not for the evidence of their own senses , that a material containing two hydrogen atoms and one of oxygen in each of its molecules should be a gas at Earthly temperatures — like carbon dioxide , with one atom of carbon and two of oxygen , or nitrogen dioxide , with two atoms of oxygen and one of nitrogen . |
| 12 | but what I , what would be a possibility at sixty two , when I 'm at that point , I 'd be receiving half pay |
| 13 | If hon. Members know that there is to be a Division at 10 o'clock , they should get here well on time . |
| 14 | And I do n't think there 'd be a problem at four o'clock vandalizing as such I mean we did |
| 15 | Contact with other dogs may be a problem at first as well . |
| 16 | If it appears relatively flat and equidistant , or quite far away , the lack of parallax may not be a problem at all . |
| 17 | think that 's going to be a problem at all . |
| 18 | The truth was she had n't wanted to be a housewife at all : she had wanted someone else to do the washing and the shopping and the cooking and to mind the child while she breakfasted with clients . |
| 19 | Fair did not seem to Martha to be a colour at all , merely an excuse for a hard old woman to persecute a child . |
| 20 | A target of recycling 50 per cent of recyclable household waste has been set for 2000 and recycling facilities will be a requirement at new shopping developments . |
| 21 | That man may not be a vet at all . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ In those days you could take articles to be a solicitor at 16 subject to certain academic qualifications , ’ he recalled . |
| 23 | Several slices or plaquettes may be cut , which can be examined separately ( see Section 4.2 ) or used as a back-up , should there be a failure at some subsequent stage in the section-making process . |
| 24 | ‘ There 'll be a statement at twelve o'clock . ’ |
| 25 | A poison is a chemical substance which creates negative psychological effects over a certain dosage ; a psychoactive drug can be a poison at high dosage . |
| 26 | Although this is thought to be long overdue by some of my colleagues , will there be a backlash at some point ? |
| 27 | There would n't be a queue at all if everyone , even those who fought the hippy wars , did n't have to produce ID to prove they 're over 21 . |
| 28 | If you were a child again , would you like to be a pupil at this school ? |
| 29 | She would be a mother at sixteen . |
| 30 | ‘ In fact , it may not turn out to be a job at all , but without you we could n't know for sure . ’ |