Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] be at [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these dialect-divergent studies ( J. Milroy , 1981 ; Johnston , 1983 ; Newbrook , 1986 ) , however , it is the linguistic analysis that is the greatest immediate challenge facing the investigator : if we do not investigate the internal linguistic structure of the speech community itself , the sociolinguistic interpretation of the data will be at best superficial , and , at worst , wrong . |
| 2 | She had n't imagined that this woman could be at all assertive , but she was being exactly that now , and Alain had so far said nothing at all . |
| 3 | I do n't think your mother and father would be at all keen on the idea . ’ |
| 4 | Erm and I I ca n't help wondering , this is perhaps something that Mr Donson may well want to come back to , erm what Mr Donson 's position would be at subsequent local plan inquiries where local plans were to contain such policies and there was was n't to be a strategic basis er for those policies . |
| 5 | Even if all these animals were buried on-farm , the long term environmental consequences would be at best uncertain " . |
| 6 | It is unlikely that the Panel will be at all interested in reading drafts of any document . |
| 7 | IBM is claiming that OS/2 is now what Windows NT will be at some future time , which may be true . |