Example sentences of "be at [art] low " in BNC.
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| 1 | Self-confidence can be at a low ebb if you 've just been told to p … off by an embittered pedestrian . |
| 2 | She was a pretty little thing , but I fear the libido of the young men she encountered in here would be at a low ebb . |
| 3 | Royal College of Nursing members at the hospital had expressed worry over possible job losses and morale was said to be at a low ebb . |
| 4 | If you live with a ‘ grown-up ’ child or children , you have a right to claim for yourself ; but if you are not a separate householder , your benefit will be at a lower rate . |
| 5 | But note that you must use fittings and valves which comply with the water byelaws and that if the cold supply is connected up to a washing machine from the rising main , this will be at mains pressure while the hot supply ( if there is one ) will be at a lower pressure . |
| 6 | Opposition Members argue , with a great deal of support from industry and commerce , that such decision-making should be at a lower level . |
| 7 | ( As suggested in Chapter 1 , ‘ larks ’ tend to be at the lower end of the range and ‘ owls ’ towards the top of it. ) • Where are the sense organs that pick up such external factors ? |
| 8 | Where the beneficiary receives dividends paid after 5 April 1993 , the value of the credit will be at the lower rate . |
| 9 | I honestly believe that because they 're certainly not strong enough erm to be up with the top boys , well they 're not going to disgrace themselves having said that , as I said before , the League 's pretty well evened out , but I think they 'll be at the lower part rather than the top part . |
| 10 | I make no bones about believing that this should always be at the lowest possible level , making me an enthusiastic decentraliser and a sceptical centraliser — whether to Whitehall and Brussels , or Westminster and Strasbourg . |
| 11 | However , the introduction of the new lower 20% tax band on the first 2,000 of taxable income in March 1992 should help improve the position of some 4 million people who are thought to be at the lowest end of the income scale . |
| 12 | Just when their prospects appeared to be at the lowest ebb , Murray , in the 3,000 metres , and McKean , at 800m , pulled off a golden double triumph in Toronto at the World Indoor Championships . |
| 13 | On January 22nd Alan Greenspan , chairman of the Federal Reserve , suggested that it would be at the low end of that range largely because much of the equipment being used would not be replaced . |
| 14 | That was a case in which the house had a path running to the steps which went up to the road , the house being at a lower level than the road , and the plaintiff met with an accident on those steps … |
| 15 | Admittedly , the weather was worse , English fortunes were at a low ebb , and the higher charges may well have deterred many people , especially the Caribbean fans ; but one suspects that some thousands of people simply could not face the prospect of yet another day almost entirely given over to fast bowling . |
| 16 | He had taken up a woman 's role , and in the most feminine way taken up the nursing of Sien when his own mental and physical health were at a low ebb . |
| 17 | We bought Dowty knowing that we were at a low point in the aircraft build forecast , that was part of the reason for the timing . |
| 18 | The shift between 1931 and 1951 is particularly significant , since the former census was taken during a period of heavy unemployment when employment opportunities for older workers were at a low level and public opinion did not favour efforts to promote it ; whilst in 1951 the exact opposite conditions prevailed . |
| 19 | In 1870 Stroudley was appointed locomotive and carriage superintendent of the London , Brighton , and South Coast Railway at a time when its locomotives , rolling-stock , and workshops were at a low ebb . |
| 20 | The fortunes of wartime Britain were at a low ebb in July 1941 . |
| 21 | Recalling Thatcher fortunes when they were at a low ebb , Baroness Castle of Blackburn , as she now is , reminds us that Margaret Thatcher was at one stage rated the most unpopular Prime Minister in history a tag now attached to John Major . |
| 22 | He came in when the lads were at a low ebb somewhere on the ocean bed . |
| 23 | However , most of the civil servants in the top category were at the lower end of the pay scale , with 82% of men and 83% of women in category 1 earning between £18020 and £27065 . |
| 24 | Ozone levels over much of North America and Europe were at the lowest levels on record in February , at between 9 and 20 per cent below normal , following a winter of persistently depleted levels . |
| 25 | It highlights any modules outside LIFESPAN which are at a lower version than currently held within LIFESPAN i.e. modules which have been updated in LIFESPAN since they were withdrawn to the directory of interest . |
| 26 | However , funds for the day-to-day running of the Mill are at a low ebb . |
| 27 | Such features are usually called raised beaches if they are at a low level , approximately below 50 m ( 150 ft ) OD , and marine terraces , platforms , benches or erosion surfaces if they are above this level . |
| 28 | Note that critical angles for shadowing effects ( A-D ) are at the low α side of the peaks and those for blocking effects ( A'-C' ) are at the high α side of the peaks . |
| 29 | Those are the facts about the state of manufacturing industry , and industrial disputes are at the lowest for half a century . |
| 30 | Thus priority is given to existing employees in the allocation of individuals to posts , and entry points to the system are at the lowest level of any particular hierarchy . |