Example sentences of "[adv] [be] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most amateur gardeners are ‘ afraid of the knife ’ and do not prune hard enough , leaving too much old wood , with the result that the growth buds that grow on are at the top end of 3 or 4 or more inches ( 8 or 10 or more cm ) of the previous season 's growth . |
| 2 | California has long been at the green cutting edge , and had the bill been passed , other states and possibly nations may have followed in its wake . |
| 3 | As the royal party came through the school gates , however , an entire youth brass orchestra , who again had obviously been at the ready for several hours on a cold wintry day , burst into life in the playground . |
| 4 | Since calls must be made close to a node , then why not simply find a telephone kiosk — must work these days and the cost will only be at the standard rate . |
| 5 | The Fellowship stipend , which will normally be at the appropriate academic salary scale , is paid direct to the fellow 's employer , and help towards other costs involved in the Fellowship may also be available . |
| 6 | She could not tell whether he also meant he would not be at the flat long , only long enough to collect his bag and take a taxi to whichever friend 's spare room he had negotiated to borrow . |
| 7 | Among the many shocks being delivered by the declining years of the twentieth century is that of discovering , after decades of thinking we were the true moderns , how modern they could already be at the other end of the century . |
| 8 | ‘ British Sugar often want to move a load at very short notice and we must always be at the ready ’ he adds . |
| 9 | Needles to be brought into holding position must always be at the opposite side to the carriage . |
| 10 | He could justifiably be at the British Museum if asked . |
| 11 | With a rope break , the climb out is at the normal towing speed when the rope breaks , whereas when engine problems occur the tow is usually slow and the climb is far worse than normal . |
| 12 | Most of the blocks mentioned here are at the physical level , but the emotional and mental blocks are equally important . |
| 13 | Therefore instead of walking all the way along the cliffs that morning , he decided to go down to the beach on the last lap of his journey , knowing that Edna and her small charge could well be at the far end , from whence he could quickly scramble up the pathway to the Tremayne property . |
| 14 | The Boro boss added : ‘ Forwards are at the sharp end , especially away from home , where it is harder for them . |
| 15 | So they too were at the papal Curia ready with their reply when the monks of Canterbury arrived . |
| 16 | And he got the pi and then held the pig and I never was at the actual killing but I know they did er Then they cut its throat you see ? |