Example sentences of "[noun] be at the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Students who do n't know who half their lecturers are at the best of times ca n't be in a position to decide on their pay packets . |
| 2 | The contributions paid by employers are at the same rate , regardless of whether the employee pays at standard or reduced rate . |
| 3 | Two other projects are at the development stage and there are a number of other prospects being evaluated . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Well if it was me to keep it balanced I usually put the bigger ones near the bottom or on one side so that the small bit are at the top and the big bits are at the bottom and artistically it looks a bit better balanced but it does n't really matter for the maths where you put it . |
| 6 | In drama we have a great advantage over other subjects in that non-verbal language and narrative are at the centre of our work . |
| 7 | So the experimenters are at the stage where they might just have expected to have seen one Zo . |
| 8 | His talents are at the service of the text . |
| 9 | I 'll be talking to John Hume , the leader of the S D L P , according to Mr Major his talks with Gerry Addams are at the end of the road . |
| 10 | A sign telling parents to keep their children under supervision and a poster stating the exhibition is of lesbian photography are at the gallery entrance . |
| 11 | But I think , are n't they always , their timetables are at the same time are n't they , the topics ? |
| 12 | Poolewe and Dundonnell are at the ends of a classic walk of nearly thirty miles crossing this wilderness and , because of the rigours of the journey , calling for careful advance planning . |
| 13 | The doublings are at the unison , not the octave . |
| 14 | The Col du Somport and the upper valley of the Aspe are at the western end of the Pyrenean National Park — to be exact , a narrow tongue of this extends across on the other , western side of the valley into the ring of mountains forming the Cirque of Lescun . |
| 15 | ‘ Not only is this crucially important to women voters , but we need women there to ensure that women 's experiences and views are at the centre of our policy . |
| 16 | The lacewing 's ears are at the base of each forewing , and cause the wings to fold whenever they pick up the bats ' echolocating sounds . |
| 17 | [ … ] How shocked one 's ears are at the Paris Opéra by the unpleasant and continual noise made with his baton by the conductor . |
| 18 | No I 've got this big problem you see because very often pianos are at the centre of orgies . |
| 19 | Kuiken says that : " These animals are at the top of the food chain , so they would have the highest concentration of pollutants in their bodies . |
| 20 | SUDBURY Rugby Club are at the forefront of a campaign to give minnows of the new national league set-up a bigger slice of the game 's sponsorship cake . |
| 21 | There are separate Post Office Users ' Councils for Northern Ireland , Scotland and Wales ; the addresses are at the back of this booklet . |
| 22 | There are separate Post Office Users ' Councils for Northern Ireland , Scotland and Wales ; the addresses are at the back of this booklet . |
| 23 | These distinctive characteristics come from differences in minute quantities of flavouring constituents whose concentrations are at the threshold of human sensory perception . |
| 24 | Those are the facts about the state of manufacturing industry , and industrial disputes are at the lowest for half a century . |
| 25 | These parameters are at the limits of those allowed by treefall simulations . |
| 26 | To British voters , especially those who identify strongly with a political party , ‘ energetic ’ or ‘ decisive ’ probably imply approval : for them , images are at the margin between perceptions and attitudes . |
| 27 | If Hizir Bey held a muftilik in Istanbul at all , then-and this is by no means certain-the reasonable conclusion both from the silence of the great majority of Turkish sources on the subject of Hizir Bey 's muftilik and from the evidence indicating Fahreddin Acemi 's preeminence vis-a-vis Hizir Bey is that the claims made by d'Ohsson and Hammer for Hizir Bey 's importance in his capacity as mufti are at the least exaggerated . |
| 28 | His nearest shops are at the sleepy hilltop village of Saignon yet just a handful of people are aware the celebrity is a neighbour . |
| 29 | Provision and guidance are at the discretion of the sensitive adult . |
| 30 | Anthers and styles are at the same level , and less spectacularly coloured . |