Example sentences of "[be] a [noun] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tomorrow the agenda focuses specifically on violence in prisons , something that 's been a problem at Long Lartin jail in Worcestershire where prison officers have been the subject of attacks by prisoners in recent months . |
| 2 | ‘ I have been a runner-up at United and again since coming to Villa , but it 's always been my dream to win the big one , ’ said McGrath . |
| 3 | The excavator noted that domestic rubbish had been tipped inside the precinct because , either it had become a convenient dumping ground , or there had been an attempt at deliberate desecration , as happened at a later date in the orchestra of the Verulamium temple theatre . |
| 4 | He hopes his designs will be a winner at indoor kart arenas throughout the United Kingdom . |
| 5 | It was further decided that such watching and besetting might be a nuisance at common law and illegal on that ground also . |
| 6 | In fact , from its formula one would expect it to be a gas at normal temperatures but it is a liquid . |
| 7 | Yet chemists would guess , were it not for the evidence of their own senses , that a material containing two hydrogen atoms and one of oxygen in each of its molecules should be a gas at Earthly temperatures — like carbon dioxide , with one atom of carbon and two of oxygen , or nitrogen dioxide , with two atoms of oxygen and one of nitrogen . |
| 8 | A target of recycling 50 per cent of recyclable household waste has been set for 2000 and recycling facilities will be a requirement at new shopping developments . |
| 9 | A poison is a chemical substance which creates negative psychological effects over a certain dosage ; a psychoactive drug can be a poison at high dosage . |
| 10 | There should be a timetable at sometime . |
| 11 | Irena took an unofficial day off work and we wandered through the damp streets while she told me about being a student at Palacky University in 1968 ( and what happened afterwards : ‘ It is strange how the history books of a country can change , is n't it ? ’ ) . |
| 12 | There were an accident at top road today . |
| 13 | In his response to the January 1986 Tunnel announcement Kent County Council Leader , Tony Hart , said ‘ the fixed link offers opportunities for Kent but only if there is a determination at national and local level to make sure Kent reaps the benefits — not just the drawbacks — from having the project on the doorstep ’ . |
| 14 | Since , however , the effect is a dispersion at molecular level , rather than at particle or droplet level , for practical purposes the end result is the same . |
| 15 | Thirdly , there may be a combined rota/panel scheme where a panel normally operates but there is a rota at certain times , such as at night , weekends or bank holidays . |
| 16 | Acetylcholine ( ACh ) and the enzymes that hydrolyse and synthesize it ( acetylcholine esterase and choline acetylase ) are present in relatively large quantities in insects ( Smallman and Mansing , 1969 ) and it seems likely that acetylcholine is a transmitter at neuropilar axo-axonic synapses ; y-aminobutyric acid ( GABA ) may also play a part in synaptic transmission in the neuropile . |
| 17 | The result ( which can be deduced from Fleming 's left-hand rule — the only two-fingered gesture in the school syllabus ) is a force at right angles to both the current and the magnetic field — ie , along the main axis of the boat . |
| 18 | In Tynan v. Balmerls ( 1966 ) forty pickets in a continuous circle around a factory ( which had the effect of sealing off the highway ) were held not to be legalized by the Act of 1906 because their action was a nuisance at common law and an unreasonable use of the highway . |
| 19 | On graduating he was ordained , and for a short period was a tutor at New College . |
| 20 | As to the former , before 1968 robbery was a felony at common law and , according to Archbold , Criminal Pleading Evidence & Practice , 36th ed. ( 1966 ) , p. 644 , para. 1761 , consisted |
| 21 | He was a regular at fashionable Glasgow nightclubs like ‘ La Ronde ’ in Sauchiehall Street but when the mood took him , which was most nights ending with a ‘ Y ’ , he would wander into corner pubs and hold court . |
| 22 | Thinking that was a dig at female priorities , she smiled but said nothing as they chugged slowly to a small jetty . |
| 23 | It was hailed as one of the best heavyweight bouts of recent times and Bowe 's reward was a shot at undisputed champion Evander Holyfield on November 13 . |
| 24 | ‘ It was clear , incredible as it may seem , that there was a criminal at large on Ward 4 . ’ |
| 25 | It was clear , incredible as it may seem , that there was a criminal at large on Ward 4 … |
| 26 | When the trial started on Monday , Mr Goldring said that following a number of mysterious incidents involving youngsters at the hospital , it became clear there was a criminal at large on Ward 4 , the children 's ward . |
| 27 | Its principles were praised by reforming monarchs such as Frederick II of Prussia , Maria Theresa of Austria and Catherine the Great of Russia ; the French Code introduced by the revolutionary regime in 1791 was an attempt at direct implementation of his plan for a rigid tariff of punishments ; Beccaria also greatly influenced such English jurists as Romilly and Blackstone . |