Example sentences of "[noun pl] be at the " in BNC.
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| 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 | So the experimenters are at the stage where they might just have expected to have seen one Zo . |
| 6 | His talents are at the service of the text . |
| 7 | But I think , are n't they always , their timetables are at the same time are n't they , the topics ? |
| 8 | The doublings are at the unison , not the octave . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | [ … ] How shocked one 's ears are at the Paris Opéra by the unpleasant and continual noise made with his baton by the conductor . |
| 12 | No I 've got this big problem you see because very often pianos are at the centre of orgies . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | There are separate Post Office Users ' Councils for Northern Ireland , Scotland and Wales ; the addresses are at the back of this booklet . |
| 15 | There are separate Post Office Users ' Councils for Northern Ireland , Scotland and Wales ; the addresses are at the back of this booklet . |
| 16 | These distinctive characteristics come from differences in minute quantities of flavouring constituents whose concentrations are at the threshold of human sensory perception . |
| 17 | Those are the facts about the state of manufacturing industry , and industrial disputes are at the lowest for half a century . |
| 18 | These parameters are at the limits of those allowed by treefall simulations . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | His nearest shops are at the sleepy hilltop village of Saignon yet just a handful of people are aware the celebrity is a neighbour . |
| 21 | Anthers and styles are at the same level , and less spectacularly coloured . |
| 22 | This means that community and relationships are at the heart of God 's being . |
| 23 | Books are at the heart of long-lived auction businesses : Sotheby 's started with books in the eighteenth century , and the first founders of Christie 's also auctioned off famous libraries such as that of Dr Johnson in 1785 . |
| 24 | That is why there is so much stress in Luke 's account of the life of Jesus that his deeds and words were at the inspiration of the Spirit ( Luke 4:1,14 ; 10:21 ; 23:46 , etc . ) . |
| 25 | The stables were at the back of a courtyard and there was a crowd outside the door . |
| 26 | It was also during this period that we had the strangest set of photographs taken of us , by Peter Christopherson who worked for a design company , Hipgnosis — whose offices were at the back of our Denmark Street HQ — and who later joined Throbbing Gristle , a band best known for tabloid spreads on their occult practices . |
| 27 | The exclusion of certain clergy is less easy to justify ( a relic of the time when religious disputes were at the heart of national affairs ) , as is the exclusion of 18- to 20-year-olds : when the voting age was lowered in 1969 , the age of eligibility for candidature was not . |
| 28 | I planted the polystyrene marker , scattered some flake maize , sweetcorn and broken lobs around it , then headed back to shore where my two rods were at the ready for casting out . |
| 29 | Paramedics were at the scene in four minutes of the emergency call and took over from officers who had been trying to stem the flow of blood . |
| 30 | The books were at the auditors and I did n't want to hold up the minutes and , as you 'd all mostly seen them anyway , I felt that perhaps I could let them go . |