Example sentences of "[be] at the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For another thing , the region is one of the edge of things if I may so put it and that 's why I 'm down here I mean as , as I know when we 're up there we 're at the centre of things , but lots of people do n't |
| 2 | Future pension rates will be at the mercy of employers who take over subsidiaries of the Scottish Bus Group . |
| 3 | Future pension rates will be at the mercy of employers who take over subsidiaries of the Scottish Bus Group . |
| 4 | The prosperity of the Catalan economy had thus come to be at the mercy of events outside Spain . |
| 5 | There is a great need for more careful use of language , otherwise we shall be at the mercy of bureaucrats and their jargon . |
| 6 | He seemed to me to be at the mercy of waves that tossed him back and forth between then and now : the real-and-actual and the desired . |
| 7 | SHOULD she win , Labour 's city and corporate affairs spokesperson will doubtless be at the Institute of Directors annual convention on April 28 ( cost £120 , including lunch ) . |
| 8 | Local government is full of excitement and variety ; it is an opportunity to be at the centre of things in the community and an excellent stepping stone to work in private practice as well as commerce and industry . |
| 9 | These may be at the level of little-associations , anecdotes , etc. , some-examples , attributes , defining features , etc. , or more superordinate concepts , definitions , analogies , etc . |
| 10 | Such a positive-sum game must be contrasted with a zero-sum game in which the game to some can only be at the expense of others . |
| 11 | There is little doubt that some of the 700 million dollars would be at the expense of others and some practitioners of ‘ small ’ science , whose projects can sink or swim on fluctuations of tens of thousands of dollars , see calls for 700 million with less than total enthusiasm . |
| 12 | The accepted explanation was that the capitalist system of production was based on selfishness since only some in the community could prosper , as their prosperity had to be at the expense of others . |
| 13 | Kylie determined to be at the forefront of moves to get the same principles introduced in Australia and Britain . |
| 14 | There was a sense of importance , of being at the heart of things . |
| 15 | She has English rose looks and charm , and while she thrives on being at the centre of events she is still extremely shy . |
| 16 | And erm I think too , some ways of allowing people to have more power over their own lives , and not just being at the mercy of agencies , such as social services and erm |
| 17 | They were at the centre of things . |
| 18 | She thought she would also hint to Miss Potts that Alicia and Daryl were at the bottom of things , but she did n't get very far with this , she had to go and see Miss Potts about some returned homework . |
| 19 | They were at the forefront of sports photographers excelling at their work . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | No I 've got this big problem you see because very often pianos are at the centre of orgies . |
| 22 | ‘ We also play a major role , of course , in teaching and research and are at the forefront of developments right across the spectrum of medical and surgical care ’ . |
| 23 | Thinking of Minnie was to think of days long ago when she had been at the centre of things . |
| 24 | Nude or clothed , the female figure has been at the centre of debates about the genius in art . |
| 25 | The decision ends a seven-month wait to settle the issue at the home which has been at the centre of allegations of declining standards . |
| 26 | Pre-twentieth-century poetic texts have commonly been at the core of syllabuses in the older universities , whereas the novel and more contemporary writing are commonly at the centre ( or at least imagined by many in the academic establishment to be the centre ) of course structures within the newer universities and polytechnics , institutions which are also usually viewed as less socially elite . |
| 27 | But , if women 's bodies have always been at the forefront of discussions about painting and sculpture , it was women 's bodies seen and portrayed by men that were dominant . |
| 28 | A new national organisation will be launched this weekend to campaign to protect small historic towns and villages and among the founder members is Kirsty Thomas , secretary of the Save Our City group , which has been at the forefront of battles over development schemes in Durham City . |
| 29 | If only Nubenehem remembered it , then at least he could establish for certain which girl had been at the City of Dreams . |
| 30 | Where economies in Whitehall have been made , they have usually been at the expense of services or functions . |