Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [noun sg] [is] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 There is nothing that the dog could do that could express the difference between the two thoughts : ‘ My master is at the door ’ and ‘ I am thinking that my master is at the door ’ .
2 I just wondered if you also knew , as I 'm sure you do , that her bedroom 's at the rear of the house ? ’
3 Syrians have a sense that their country is at the heart of the Middle East .
4 However , she points out proudly that her films have been faring better than her rival 's at the box office .
5 A dog may well think that his master is at the door : but unless a dog masters a language it is hard to see how he can think that he is thinking that his master is at the door .
6 A dog may well think that his master is at the door : but unless a dog masters a language it is hard to see how he can think that he is thinking that his master is at the door .
7 It is felt that these require the full-time attention of a senior director to ensure complete compliance , that our company is at the forefront in this area and is proactive in improving our standards .
8 It is easy to sympathise with a traveller who writes : ‘ I have seen a quantity of things here — churches , palaces , statues , fountains and pictures ; and my brain is at the moment like the portfolio of an architect , or a print-shop , or a common-place book . ’
9 His fearsome single knockout punch is no longer a factor and its absence is at the centre of Piper 's plans .
10 But if your family is at the bottom or middle of the community hierarchy it is under constant critical scrutiny and the women particularly have to conform ( see Chapter 7 ) .
11 Record companies , managers or anyone in the music business can only notice your music if your band is at a venue playing in the public eye .
12 But my spine is at the back . ’
13 Judging by the mood prevalent up till now in the DDR the planned freedom of travel will scarcely influence those who want to leave because their patience is at an end and their trust in the government has been destroyed .
14 The adventures of Someone , Something and their five children are a hallucination experienced by Larry while his body is at a low level of psychic energy .
15 But we ask far more of you before your bondage is at an end .
16 PARTB is seen to translate in two planes ( as its origin is at the centre of the yoke ) and also rotate in two .
17 A recent experiment in America showed that people of normal weight might start eating at a reasonably rapid pace at the beginning of a meal , when their hunger is at a peak , but this eating rate will steadily slow down as the meal progresses .
18 The need , or wish , to buy your first home may well happen before you are firmly established in your career and when your salary is at a relatively low level .
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