Example sentences of "be [adj] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their Korean hosts were said to be upset at the way they barely acknowledged each other in public except for a few surly and petulant exchanges . |
| 2 | In general , children under 5 years were more likely to be upset at the birth , but neither sex of the child nor separation at the birth determined the reaction . |
| 3 | However , as it tends to be dry at the ends , we trimmed off an inch and tamed the frizz with heated rollers . |
| 4 | SHL Systemhouse , the new owner of the remains of Interactive Systems Corp — now minus the Lachman technology piece ( see front page ) — is targeting client/server computing and what it calls transformational outsourcing through its new buy , thinking competitor Anderson Consulting may be asleep at the switch . |
| 5 | The mother who ‘ ca n't be so cruel ’ as to wake her sleeping baby if he happens to be asleep at the appointed feeding-time , fails to realize that a few such wakings would be all she would have to resort to … |
| 6 | If we can give tax concessions for unleaded petrol to improve the environment , surely we should not be aghast at the prospect of tax concessions to secure that alarms are fitted in our cars and that some protection is provided to stop a lot of this senseless crime . |
| 7 | FIL file creation time to determine the maximum number of SSR/SPR Listing Requests which may be outstanding at the same time . |
| 8 | FIL file creation time to determine the maximum number of SPR distribution messages which may be outstanding at the same time . |
| 9 | FIL file creation time to determine the maximum number of new SSR relation messages which may be outstanding at the same time . |
| 10 | For some reason or other , the money would be scarce at the time . |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't be specific at the moment , sir . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , tropical rain forest may be flammable at the edges , so that savanna may spread . |
| 13 | A panel full of increment/decrement wheels and pads can be confusing at the best of times , but in the heat of the moment the effect on a performance can prove more than negative — it can be destructive . |
| 14 | They show that the field can be strong at the core surface during transition , that longitude-confined VGP paths are consistent with strongly non-dipolar fields , and , most important , that blocking at the Pacific rim ( as observed in the SV ) can give rise to VGP paths through either of the two longitudes favoured by the data . |
| 15 | I want to ride as much as I can , but I want to try to be sensible at the same time . |
| 16 | Yesterday 's meeting of Sedgefield District Council development sub-committee recommended that the council bar the development because it would be unsightly at the entrance to the town . |
| 17 | If management can obtain high levels of output from individual workers by designing jobs , such as those on assembly lines , which force people to work hard then output may be high at the expense of job satisfaction . |
| 18 | Both tend to be high at the northern edge of the pack ice , over continental and island shelves where turbulence brings fresh resources to the surface , and at boundaries between water masses . |
| 19 | Driving through fog on the M25 , listening to yet another radio programme about the recession , it is difficult to imagine that there might be light at the end of the tunnel ; but spring is on its way , and I hope it will bring with it some sign of the long-promised upturn in the economy . |
| 20 | Folly was still confused , but at least there now seemed to be light at the end of the tunnel . |
| 21 | As the activation mechanism by CRP-cAMP appears to be different at the lac P1 and gal P1 promoters , we have decided to test the binding of the reconstituted polymerases to lac and gal up promoter variants in the presence and in the absence of the CRP-cAMP complex . |
| 22 | According to my understanding of , of Labour history , it was er during the war years , at one of the Labour Party conferences , that a NUPE resolution supported by COHSE , actually er brought about some of the , the , the many things that were written within the Beveridge report , and committed the Labour Party to the foundation of the National Health Service that would be free at the points of need for every member of the community . |
| 23 | Far from being dogmatic , our objective is to achieve the best possible delivery of health care through a health service that continues to be free at the point of delivery to patients . |
| 24 | Services will continue as at present to be free at the point of delivery . |
| 25 | One , that is should be free at the point of service . |
| 26 | So I mean , we could , we could recruit people in to do it , but the problem there is they 've got to be free at the times when this course runs . |
| 27 | I 'm quite scared erm I 'd be scar I mean I 'd be scared if I saw one but be interesting at the same time , I sort of want to and I sort of |
| 28 | I got to be careful at the doorways , cos there 's people coming in and out and a couple of times I nearly get knocked over by people bumping into me . |
| 29 | I mean you 've got to be careful at the end of the tax year that you 're actually okay on that ground , er but , and you can make a declaration to the revenue if you 're over the limit , it 's just that I mentioned that because some people like a joint account for it to be received into so that they can both spend it basically . |
| 30 | Now it seems to me that they are challenging on that basis that they can it can be it can be detailed at the local level that individual boundaries can be challenged . |