Example sentences of "[noun] be at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two other projects are at the development stage and there are a number of other prospects being evaluated . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In drama we have a great advantage over other subjects in that non-verbal language and narrative are at the centre of our work . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The doublings are at the unison , not the octave . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 15 | There are separate Post Office Users ' Councils for Northern Ireland , Scotland and Wales ; the addresses are at the back of this booklet . |
| 16 | There are separate Post Office Users ' Councils for Northern Ireland , Scotland and Wales ; the addresses are at the back of this booklet . |
| 17 | These distinctive characteristics come from differences in minute quantities of flavouring constituents whose concentrations are at the threshold of human sensory perception . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Provision and guidance are at the discretion of the sensitive adult . |
| 20 | This means that community and relationships are at the heart of God 's being . |
| 21 | EMMA and RICHARD are at the breakfast table . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . ) . |
| 24 | The stables were at the back of a courtyard and there was a crowd outside the door . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | During the noisy thirty-fifth anniversary celebrations , when Deng Xiaoping and his reform programme were at the peak of their popularity , few voices of dissent could be heard . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ Antonescu 's at the cutting edge of psycho-technology . |
| 30 | ‘ My thinking is at the moment that we are likely to be without him . |