Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are clearly determined not to be beguiled and are prepared to trade quickly at the first sign that sterling 's recent advantage is beginning to dissipate — although they are also finding that the money market is an ants ' nest where one man 's guess is as good as another . |
| 2 | Costs do rise , as you are careful to point out at the start of the feature , but there can be no excuse for the blatant abuse of the costings given . |
| 3 | They 're all turning up at the Evesham Leisure Centre to learn circus skills . |
| 4 | And so we 're able to , to , once we 've found which birds er have arrived , picked a nest and er have laid eggs , we put a careful watch on them and then we 're able to tot up at the end of the breeding season , how many young have actually fledged . |
| 5 | Unix System Labs and Open Software Foundation presidents Roel Pieper and David Tory are supposed to turn up at the roll-out in New York with signed technology exchange agreements in their hands . |
| 6 | They are all pumped up at the moment . |
| 7 | If they are receiving thousands of pounds as members of Cardiff Bay development corporation , they are unlikely to look dispassionately at the interests of their wards . |
| 8 | We have become so obsessed with dowries and transfer payments that we are unable to look comprehensively at the needs of users |
| 9 | In the UK we have become so obsessed with dowries and transfer payments that we are unable to look comprehensively at the needs of users , let alone ask their views , and community care encourages this approach to service delivery . |
| 10 | Then he would have been able to sit down at the table , loosen his shirt collar , his shoelaces , and read the evening paper until Patsy was ready . |
| 11 | In this it surpassed all that Lanfranc had been able to achieve even at the height of his influence in 1072 . |
| 12 | It would be ironic to pick away at the mortar for a few decades only to break through into the next-door cell . |
| 13 | It seemed to be impossible to straighten both at the same time ) and thrust out his chest . |
| 14 | It would probably be better to drop in at The Times ' party , see who he could find to have dinner with and take pot luck in a town not noted for its restaurants . |
| 15 | Yes , I c I was fortunate to be able to carry on at the same place . |
| 16 | She could have hired a team of professionals to do the work , of course , but she 'd wanted to be able to look round at the end of it all and know she 'd done it . |
| 17 | As I say you 'll probably be able to pay in at the Nat West cos you have got an account with them . |
| 18 | Provided he could use the motion , he might be able to rock away at the melancholy and eventually shift it off its fierce sticking point . |
| 19 | It would be advisable to build in at the planning stage something which would create a need for co-operation on the new planet . |
| 20 | This is especially the case where we have an instruction set defined for a compatible range of computers , since it will be difficult to implement economically at the lower ( and cheaper ) end of the range the complex facilities required at the upper end ( though microprogramming may be an answer ) . |
| 21 | I suppose that the average Briton , although not naturally vindictive and revengeful , would be inclined to smile broadly at the idea of 3000 Inland |
| 22 | And he especially wants to encourage female football players to join : ‘ We do n't get the response we should from the girls it would be nice to see more at the schools . ’ |
| 23 | It therefore seems to be necessary to look carefully at the contract terms before deciding whether or not there is redundancy . |
| 24 | It will be necessary to look closely at the relief sought , and the grounds advanced in support , but it is convenient first to establish the background of statutory and common law to the matters now in issue . |
| 25 | And even if Gazza fails to make his mark in Italy , there will be no shortage of interest in him , with his hometown club Newcastle last night reported to be ready to step in at the end of the season . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm scared to go there at the moment . |
| 27 | We were relieved to stop off at the Hotel de la Cachette in Arc 1600 for a delicious buffet lunch . |
| 28 | As it was , they were all staring fixedly at the entrance to the place , so I had already been inspected by them . |
| 29 | For the first few weeks I enjoyed being able to go out at the weekends , to buy trendy clothes and other things that I did not really need or appreciate . |
| 30 | As far as Wales are concerned , the feeling afterwards was a sense of relief for being able to throw back at the French everything their opponents threw at them and a mood of confidence that their hard work is slowly paying dividends . |