Example sentences of "at [det] is a " in BNC.

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1 The proportion of absentee canons at each is a good indicator of royal exploitation , which obviously was directed at the better endowed prebends .
2 At one extreme is a horticultural holding , with a high proportion under glass , growing vegetables or flowers for sale in a specialized market ; at another is an all-grass farm where livestock are reared or fattened .
3 Now a behavioural analysis , or perhaps another way of looking at this is a decision analysis , is quite interesting .
4 That the building exists at all is a wonder , as it was very badly damaged in World War II .
5 The very fact that some of the critics got their letters published at all is a demonstration of ZZAP ! 's commitment to its readership .
6 Such successes may be short-lived , but the possibility of it happening at all is a dimension to be considered by the major political parties .
7 Encompassing such a range at all is a considerable achievement , and its value will no doubt be reflected in the increased skills of both the students and tutors who use it .
8 But taking them at all is a special achievement .
9 That J&F Johnston find themselves in the Middle East at all is a testament to the good works of Scottish Trade International , the joint Scottish Enterprise/Scottish Office agency .
10 Unification if it happens , is likely to be a slow process , but the fact that the visit took place at all is a dramatic break through on one of the last frontiers of the cold war .
11 That it is here at all is an act of faith on the part of the Academy 's management , who were well aware of the political overtones the show carried in the States and has inevitably brought with it to London .
12 In this perspective to set up as a writer at all is an extraordinary act , while artist becomes a word only to be invoked only of others , never about the self .
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