Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] at " in BNC.

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1 Many beginners are at first baffled as to how to make the shout .
2 Discussions are at ‘ an early stage ’ with local authorities on how best to protect other areas of land .
3 Discussions are at an advanced stage with a number of nationally-known retailers , and one retail DIY outlet has already confirmed that it will be renting a unit .
4 These tendencies are at most tangentially in line with changes in concentration , suggesting a need to look elsewhere for causal factors .
5 Two broad tendencies are at work .
6 However , if prisoners are at risk of sentence under the Public Order Act 1986 , the pack of information can explain that just as easily as it can explain the contents of this miserable and irrelevant little Bill .
7 A further 11 States are at various stages of adopting these tougher regulations and this will lead to the benefits of cleaner exhausts being extended to a further 15% of the US car market .
8 Liabilities and short-term assets are at book value , foreign currency items are translated into sterling at middle-market exchange rates , real assets and investments are at market value .
9 All my womenfolk are at least six inches taller and a few sizes bigger than you . ’
10 The genesis of the deposits is linked to their location , generally along the central axis of ‘ spreading centres ’ , in the language of plate tectonics , where heat flows are at a maximum .
11 But trade flows are at least as sensitive to the level of non-tariff barriers as they are to tariffs themselves .
12 Our investigations are at a delicate stage … ’
13 Students who do n't know who half their lecturers are at the best of times ca n't be in a position to decide on their pay packets .
14 However the ‘ correct ’ economic policies are at best subjective and in any case other political considerations frequently come into play .
15 It may be that the policies are at fault , or it may be that corrective action is most appropriately applied to the implementing agencies .
16 Remaining manual semaphores are at Caersws Station and the Llanidloes Road crossing .
17 The contributions paid by employers are at the same rate , regardless of whether the employee pays at standard or reduced rate .
18 These two discourses are at times indistinguishably fused , at times distinctly separate .
19 Two other projects are at the development stage and there are a number of other prospects being evaluated .
20 An abstract reaction mechanism , where the chemical reactions are at most second order and give a detailed mass balance when the system is closed , can be reduced to the system [ 40 ] : ( 2.5 ) unc The unc are concentrations of reactants that are held constant , giving an open system , and the hi are rate constants : thus the a and the hi are positive .
21 On the other hand it is equally important not to minimize the effects of sentencing practice on penal policy by assuming that the courts are at the mercy of pressures over which they have no control , and to which they can only passively respond .
22 Tennis The competitions involve boys and girls in the under-12 and under-14 age groups and the first matches on the centre 's main tennis courts are at 9.30 am each day .
23 From the comments in the article it would seem that sporting activities are at an all time low at this school this is far from the truth .
24 Amid the banter and foul jibes of the crowd — drunk as all crowds are at a blood-letting — the God-bearer Mary and a few disciples stood numb with horror and dread as they saw their Lord and their champion humiliated , despised and broken .
25 So the experimenters are at the stage where they might just have expected to have seen one Zo .
26 His talents are at the service of the text .
27 The rest of their opponents are at present in the lower half of the table .
28 Because teeth are at their sharpest when the horse is four , five and six years old , the mouth is more prone to ulcers .
29 It read : ‘ Dear Moishe , Your teeth are at Maureen 's .
30 Cyclists are at substantially less risk from exhaust fumes than car drivers , according to a new report by Greenpeace .
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