Example sentences of "[noun sg] be at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The great green myth is that the goals of economic development and environmental protection are at odds . |
| 2 | 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 " . |
| 3 | and woodlice are at work on the word , |
| 4 | BUREAUX de change are at last being forced to offer travellers detailed information about the rates they offer and the commission they charge . |
| 5 | People with high levels of blood cholesterol are at an increased risk of a heart attack . |
| 6 | Well if it was me to keep it balanced I usually put the bigger ones near the bottom or on one side so that the small bit are at the top and the big bits are at the bottom and artistically it looks a bit better balanced but it does n't really matter for the maths where you put it . |
| 7 | In drama we have a great advantage over other subjects in that non-verbal language and narrative are at the centre of our work . |
| 8 | In the central Philippine city of Cebu , meanwhile , negotiations with the 200 army rebels who seized an air force base are at a stalemate . |
| 9 | In the central Philippine city of Cebu , meanwhile , negotiations with the 200 army rebels who seized an air force base are at a stalemate . |
| 10 | SEVEN schemes in County Durham including the Darlington Cross Town Route are at risk because more than £4.5m of European grants could be blocked . |
| 11 | A sign telling parents to keep their children under supervision and a poster stating the exhibition is of lesbian photography are at the gallery entrance . |
| 12 | B.K. Electronics are at . |
| 13 | However , where large amounts of money are at stake , the manipulation can be more serious . |
| 14 | The Cross-Rail and channel tunnel high speed link are at nothing like the state of preparedness of Jubilee Line , that 's going ahead now after a lot of work , er th it it will not be the case er it that you can do either of those very quickly , Cross-Rail 's only just started going through the House of Commons . |
| 15 | Vetting of senior commanders : the appointments of Defence Minister , CGS , and Head of the Chief Political Directorate are at least confirmed and may be initiated by Moscow . |
| 16 | A recent survey of computer managers in the UK gave the rather obvious answer that they kept missing project deadlines because of shortcomings in the following areas : CAUSE RANKING Program Maintenance 1 Estimating 2 Staff Shortage 3 Project Management 4 Planning 5 What was not considered in the results of the survey were the following further considerations , which in my experience are at least as significant . |
| 17 | From the parallel position to impact and through , the legs , hips and right side are at their strongest in the golf swing . |
| 18 | CHINKS of light are at last starting to shine through the high street gloom , reports Courts , the furniture stores business best known for its irritating TV ads . |
| 19 | SUDBURY Rugby Club are at the forefront of a campaign to give minnows of the new national league set-up a bigger slice of the game 's sponsorship cake . |
| 20 | Luke , the writer of the gospel and the book of Acts , is at pains to expose prejudice , especially religious prejudice , and to show the difference the transforming work of Christ makes on the mind where issues of prejudice are at stake . |
| 21 | If Hizir Bey held a muftilik in Istanbul at all , then-and this is by no means certain-the reasonable conclusion both from the silence of the great majority of Turkish sources on the subject of Hizir Bey 's muftilik and from the evidence indicating Fahreddin Acemi 's preeminence vis-a-vis Hizir Bey is that the claims made by d'Ohsson and Hammer for Hizir Bey 's importance in his capacity as mufti are at the least exaggerated . |
| 22 | In round two on November 21 , Waterloo Dock are at home to Ashton United and Cammell Laird host Salford City . |
| 23 | Provision and guidance are at the discretion of the sensitive adult . |
| 24 | A leading group of doctors who have researched this condition are at Addenbrooke 's Hospital in Cambridge . |
| 25 | Mr Arias , the Christian Democrat leader , said yesterday : ‘ Noriega and the defence force are at their weakest moment . |
| 26 | ‘ They are anxious that they should not go on running a system which may in the long term be at a loss , ’ he said . |
| 27 | The home side were at full stretch and with little possession were unable to threaten the RUC line . |
| 28 | During the noisy thirty-fifth anniversary celebrations , when Deng Xiaoping and his reform programme were at the peak of their popularity , few voices of dissent could be heard . |
| 29 | Sir Anthony says : ‘ The Department were at fault in failing to appreciate that the instructions given to Spicers to carry out an audit of the partnership 's client accounts would not , at least as regards some important Barlow Clowes portfolios , have enabled any reassurance to be gained on the score of the concern that the partnership could not make the payments of income they had guaranteed without eroding clients ’ capital . |
| 30 | For Franco knew that if the pro-Allied military men had been unable to secure active Allied support for an anti-Francoist coup when negotiations with the Axis for Spanish entry were at their height , their chances of success dwindled even further after June , when Hitler invaded the Soviet Union and the focus of the war moved away from Europe 's southern flank . |