Example sentences of "the [noun] be at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defences were at that time concerned with 59 Squadron which was bombing the docks . |
| 2 | ‘ The park 's at its widest point here , ’ Caro said , stretching her arms to demonstrate . |
| 3 | Ten parts of South Africa ( not necessarily contiguous geographical entities but based on ethnic groupings ) have been designated by the government as " homelands " for Africans ; four of these have been declared independent sovereign states but are recognized only by South Africa and by each other ; the remainder are at various stages of " self-government " . |
| 4 | Reveille for the remainder was at 0600 , as the transit camp we had been living in for the fortnight had to be handed over to the next inhabitants spick and span . |
| 5 | Well we had a r a sch classroom in the infants school there for our headquarters and er storing cos we used to make use , we had a palliasse on the floor for when we was on night duty erm but I can never understand why we had our he headquarters over there but we had to do guard duties over in the elementary school on th school on the other side because that was the only one that had got a telephone and we had to man the telephones from the Brigade Headquarters or the to be able to phone to should they want us to be called out and so we had to do the guard duty over there but we slept in the , when we was off duty we was in er Alma Green School and that was there and then the we moved from there eventually and th th the longest part of our life of the Home Guard , the headquarters was at the cottage , I 've been trying to think what the name of the cottage is , it ha it , it has a name it 's the cottage next door to the Sir Robert Peel public house in Bell Lane . |
| 6 | The new unionists , he discovered , were wrong in supposing that funds mattered less in the class struggle than the unity and solidarity of the workers and the Seamen were at a disadvantage compared with other unions in having , because of the nature of their occupation , to appoint and pay so many full-time officials . |
| 7 | THE suspense is at an end . |
| 8 | Sartre in particular was especially reprehensible as a consequence of his advocacy of ‘ la littérature engagée ’ — such a delineation of a social and political function for the writer was at direct variance with the formalist prerequisites of the nouveau roman . |
| 9 | G Those discussions were fitted into a regular CDP meeting which itself discussed ‘ polytechnic autonomy ’ , and in which a variety of views were recorded — the institutions were at different stages of development ; the CNAA had established national status and its degrees were accepted currency ; the CNAA was known to be giving serious attention to ways and means of giving greater freedoms to experienced colleges ; emphasis should not be placed on charters as such … . |
| 10 | AT CRAIGENDARROCH , THE MANY SPLENDOURS OF THE HIGHLANDS ARE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS . |
| 11 | Energised by new coach Bobby Ross , the Chargers are at last rewarding their patient fans . |
| 12 | Among the plastic rats , fluffy animals and copies of the Sun decorating the desks was at least one Labour red rose . |
| 13 | My first introduction to the RAF was at Lord 's cricket ground . |
| 14 | The cinema was at the back of the present hotel . |
| 15 | But between overs and when the bowling is at the other end adverts can be shown . |
| 16 | The winner was at 66-1 . |
| 17 | But murder it is , and whatever leniency is called for must find itself reflected either in a verdict of not guilty by a jury , despite the facts , in the sentence of the court ( though in England the sentence is at present fixed by law ) , or in the exercise of some executive discretion . |
| 18 | On one occasion Crawford was left hanging above the stage for ten minutes when there was a bomb scare and everyone left the theatre quickly , forgetting that the top-of-the-bill was at the top of the stage . |
| 19 | Devismes 's letter of 22 June 1800 ( see above and n.20 ) included the sentence : ‘ He is [ to the Opéra ] what the heart is at the centre of the human body ’ This might be seen as hyperbole , taken in isolation , but it is wholly supported by a remarkable testimony written by the composer Jean-François Le Sueur ( 1760-1837 ) . |
| 20 | The afternoon is at leisure . |
| 21 | The afternoon is at leisure to enjoy the marvellous scenery . |
| 22 | However , the British civil courts have ruled that the payment was unlawful and that the money was at all times the property of Guinness . |
| 23 | It was amazing how little the money was at such a famous and unbelievably well-supported club . |
| 24 | I think that I must assume the existence of some person in the defendants ' employment who accepted and appropriated the money with a full knowledge of all the facts , particularly the discussion which had preceded the institution of the action , and the pending of the action itself , who knew and realised that the right of the defendants to receive the money was at the moment sub judice , and indeed on the point of coming before this court for decision . |
| 25 | An inadequate return on capital might mean that we are getting less than we would if the money was at work in the money market but whereas the development of the business is within our control interest rates are not . |
| 26 | Thinking was difficult … and the banquet was at night . |
| 27 | Some 200m peasants have no real work , and unemployment in the cities is at least 4% . |
| 28 | International relief efforts were hindered by the regime 's pro-Iraqi stand on the Gulf crisis , its initial refusal to recognise the gravity of the famine , and fears that it would obstruct the distribution of food , especially to non-Moslem regions in the south where the war with the SPLA was at its height . |
| 29 | The cost of the damage was at least £1,100 , Fraser said . |
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