Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [is] [adj] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Harvey Wilson , says , ‘ Nobody puts their name to a business they 're not proud of and , by the same token , it gives the customer confidence to know that somebody is accountable at the end of the day … that they are dealing with a company that is owned and run by the people whose names appear on the top of letterhead . ’ |
| 2 | Although it 's annoying at the time |
| 3 | YOUNG pretenders Curtis Robb and David Grindley last night discovered that it 's tough at the very top . |
| 4 | We check and re-check the information about accommodation and resorts both at home and abroad to ensure that it is correct at the time of going to press Dec ( 1989 ) . |
| 5 | Position the sarcophagus lid on to the base , so that it is open at an angle — use a cocktail stick inserted into the corner to help secure the lid if necessary . |
| 6 | ‘ save that it can be required by Matlodge [ the purchaser ] to give possession on not less than one quarter 's notice in writing upon Matlodge certifying that it is ready at the expiration of such notice forthwith to proceed with the development of the property and the neighbouring property involving , inter alia , the demolition of the property . |
| 7 | THE Conservative-controlled Stirling District has been told by the local MP , Michael Forsyth , that he is horrified at the way in which the council has handled a housing matter . |
| 8 | Another Tory MP , Henry Bellingham , Norfolk North West , has told Lord Chancellor Lord Mackay of Clashfern that he is concerned at the severity of the punishment . |
| 9 | So you 're looking for mm well if she 's ten at the moment you 're looking at ten years plus I suppose . |
| 10 | What indeed if she is pregnant at the altar ? |
| 11 | But now there 's a war on , and everybody 's frightened at the French … |
| 12 | Linfield manager Trevor Anderson is confident that any appeal by Tbilisi will fail — and he 's surprised at the leniency of the original sentence . |
| 13 | Meanwhile my mind 's racing , or at least trying to race ; right now it feels like it 's stuck at the side of the track trying to get its legs out of its tracksuit bottoms and hopping around and falling down while the race takes place elsewhere . |
| 14 | These results suggest that knowledge of the overall theme of a passage is useful only if it is available at the time the passage is read or heard . |
| 15 | LTP is associative in the sense that a ‘ weak ’ input can be potentiated if it is active at the same time as a strong tetanus to a separate but convergent input . |
| 16 | Cos it 's fashionable at the time . |
| 17 | ‘ But she 's good at the work , I expect , ’ said the first . |
| 18 | She wants to do it but she 's terrified at the same time . |
| 19 | but she is preoccupied at the moment with her exams and in a way I 'm glad . |
| 20 | Hughes readily admits to being something of a sexual tearaway but he is uncomfortable at the thought of superseding Michael Ignatieff as the thinking woman 's crumpet . |
| 21 | So that the , the dress reflects fashion , you can see we 've got a slightly puffed sleeve and it 's quite full here , but it is tight at the shoulder , and the shoulder itself , here we are , sort of slopes down , so you 've got the basic line of the full skirt , a bodice at the waist , and this is very pretty , this pleating here . |
| 22 | This answer is worked out in detail as the Essay proceeds , but it is important at the outset to see what it amounts to . |
| 23 | S so , so it i it 's a radical document but it 's moderate at the same time ? |
| 24 | ‘ But it 's dull at the old point , Rose . |
| 25 | Quote of the week is from Don Johnson : ‘ They say it 's lonely at the top , but it 's lonely at the bottom and in the middle too . ’ |
| 26 | But it 's obvious at the moment that you need to be more self centred . |
| 27 | and it would n't surprise me one bit , because it , as I say it 's bitterly cold here , while it 's dry at the moment , it 's bitterly cold |
| 28 | The resulting Wald statistic provides evidence of instability as it is significant at the 5% level ( critical value 2.42 ) , although not at the 2.5% level . |