Example sentences of "was at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keen Dee McKeen was at a complete loss . |
| 2 | Nietzsche , it seems , was at a transitional stage . |
| 3 | Welshman Gary Speed added : ‘ Eric did a lot for us last season when the title battle was at a critical stage . |
| 4 | He became a commissioner of customs for Parliament from 1643 to 1645 and was appointed one of the treasurers-at-war in March 1645 , when the civil war was at a critical point , taking an active part in the financial administration of the war and in liaison with the Scottish army . |
| 5 | He ordered crosses to be erected at the nine places where her coffin rested on that journey ; one was at Waltham — and is still in existence — known as Waltham Cross , and the last was at a small place named ‘ Char ’ where there is a marked turn ( char ) on the River Thames — now known as Charing Cross . |
| 6 | Life seventy years ago was at a slower pace and people were able to cope more easily with upset routines . |
| 7 | Whereby you know going back a bit it was quite the accepted thing to stand and have a chat for ten , twenty minutes and er life was at a slower pace . |
| 8 | You must be glad the terrorists have gone away , even if it was at a terrible cost to your country . |
| 9 | And a couple of weeks ago I was at a chemical engineering company where the managing director told me that they were now using accountants for their safety experiments instead of rats . |
| 10 | Hill-Wood remains philosphical about the club 's disappointing run — ‘ you have good spells and bad spells ’ — and is certainly more optimistic about the club 's chances of winning major honours this season than he was at a similar stage last year . |
| 11 | Although it is tempting to hold up Meriden as a co-operative which was at a substantial disadvantage compared with its Japanese competitors , it is difficult to argue that its inability to finance capital-intensive production methods were solely responsible for its problems … . |
| 12 | ‘ There was a very emotional atmosphere and the town was at a virtual standstill . |
| 13 | Accordingly I was at a front row table for the show when the lights went down . |
| 14 | Gazzer was at a great disadvantage : she had him cornered , she was stronger than he was , she could remember the lay-out of these tunnels and she was after his blood . |
| 15 | More important , he could only speak Yiddish and thus was at a great disadvantage in terms of communicating with Russian travel-agents and officials . |
| 16 | Accordingly , one winter 's day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place in America , I decided to see if I could find him . |
| 17 | Clearly Fjortoft ( who has sucked at Swindon , not a single goal yet ! ) and maybe also Sorloth ( who as before mentioned was at a 14-day trial at Leeds and scored in all his test matches ) will be picked . |
| 18 | I was at a temporal disadvantage , for some things to which he made reference were unknown to me . |
| 19 | About 10 million years ago the sea was at a higher level . |
| 20 | Well , then that was at a higher level than at present , but we 're not going to take on at ten per cent interest . |
| 21 | One of the few local contestants was at a distinct disadvantage . |
| 22 | Most British Prime Ministers and party leaders have gradually lost popularity over time and retired when their reputation was at a low point . |
| 23 | Your fish responded by exhibiting classic stress-related ailments — viral , bacterial and fungal problems , which only became evident when their natural defence mechanism was at a low ebb . |
| 24 | Guy Mountfort next persuaded Bangladesh , despite the fact that the country was at a low ebb due to the recent war , to allocate part of the Sunderbans , the marshes of the Ganges Delta , as a tiger reserve . |
| 25 | At a time when the credit of the legal profession was at a low ebb , the duty solicitor scheme could be advanced as practical evidence of its commitment to the theory of community service ( Hillyard 1975 , p.6 ) . |
| 26 | However it would be correct to say that the application of natural justice was at a low ebb prior to the decision of the House of Lords in Ridge v. Baldwin . |
| 27 | These are a relic of the independent existence of Medieval Serbia when this territory was of great importance in the Balkan Peninsula at a time when the Byzantine Empire was at a low ebb . |
| 28 | Of the remaining three , George Canning , the future prime minister , was only briefly ambassador in Lisbon in 1814 – 15 , when his political career at home was at a low ebb ; and the two others , Robert Liston and Stratford Canning , represented Britain in Constantinople , a very important post but one in which high social rank was not the advantage it was in the other great capitals . |
| 29 | This suggests that the expression was at a low level . |
| 30 | Five years ago Vauxhall was losing money hand over fist and relations between management and workers was at a low ebb . |