Example sentences of "[noun] [be] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | His nearest shops are at the sleepy hilltop village of Saignon yet just a handful of people are aware the celebrity is a neighbour . |
| 3 | Manager Alan Murray , assistant manager Eddie Kyle and McAndrew were at the Northern League club at the same time . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | That bid is at the final stage of its examination and I expect to be able to make an announcement soon . |
| 6 | Buying something like a car is at the other end of the spectrum from holding cash . |
| 7 | Do two passes of the carriage to read the cams and then , when the carriage is at the opposite side to the point cam ( in this case on the right ) , move the left point cam back to its position on the right of the N1 cam . |
| 8 | After that , move the point cam to its correct position when the carriage is at the opposite side to the cam being moved . |
| 9 | The motion-work was at the very apogee of clockmaking technology and the case-work enjoyed a world wide reputation for quality of design and good taste , all at very competitive pricing . |
| 10 | Sarah 's bedroom was at the other end of the landing , next to her brother 's . |
| 11 | Richard Barnett was at the finishing line . |
| 12 | Somebody told you that Vecchi and the girl were at the Regal Arms . |
| 13 | We mention also that once the vehicle is at the managing director 's home , no private use is made of it whatsoever . |
| 14 | Lunch is at the historic Culloden House Hotel . |
| 15 | Either we assume that the whole universe is at the present moment in a very improbable state . |
| 16 | Spelling is at the very heart of information technology but , so far in IT Year , it has been largely ignored . |
| 17 | The difference between ( 77 ) and ( 78 ) is not the same difficulty we met earlier , in the ambiguity of : ( 79 ) The cat is behind the car where behind can have either a deictic usage ( i.e. the car intervenes between the cat and the speaker 's location ) , or a non-deictic usage ( i.e. the cat is at the intrinsic rear-end of the car ) . |
| 18 | CPU : with a CPU performance rating of 111.45 , this machine is at the top end of the performance scales . |
| 19 | Review by Keith Thompson LIKE it or loathe it , Victorian Music Hall is at the very root of modern British mainstream comedy . |
| 20 | Data integration is especially a problem for geographers because information synthesis is at the very heart of the discipline . |
| 21 | His village was at the upper end of the valley in which the woman of Lohali had been killed the previous week , and he told me that nothing had been heard of the man-eater since , and added that the animal was possibly now at the other end of the district . |
| 22 | The terminus at Thornton Heath was at the busy junction where the High Street met Grange Road and Whitehorse Lane . |
| 23 | The acting he saw as a boy was at the local cinema , popularly known as the ‘ Cach ’ — the ‘ Shithouse ’ . |
| 24 | Application packages are at the other end of the spectrum . |
| 25 | Some 300 watercolours by artists such as Cotman , Cox , Turner , Gainsborough , Girtin and Constable are at the Royal Academy until 11 April with the aim of providing a new overview of the medium in Britain during the years of its highest achievement . |
| 26 | In the same paper the authors summarise geochemical studies which suggest that the younger Westphalian beds are at the wet gas stage of maturity , but that the Westphalian A , the Namurian , the Dinantian , and the Devonian are all at the dry gas stage . |
| 27 | Peter and Gwenda Dixon were at the wrong place , at the wrong time . |
| 28 | It was odd when he came to think about it , but every now and again one or two of them would be posted , yet the five men who had accompanied him from Cranwell , and whose beds were at the far end of the hut , were still here . |
| 29 | My preference when fish are feeding hard on the bottom is for the fixed paternoster which , due to the lead being at the extreme end of the line , casts further and more accurately than any other set-up . |
| 30 | The difference is at the very heart of the plot . |