Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His nearest shops are at the sleepy hilltop village of Saignon yet just a handful of people are aware the celebrity is a neighbour . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Application packages are at the other end of the spectrum . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | For example , unlike Brazil , Myanmar insists that all multinationals ' currency dealings are at the official rate . |
| 7 | Paintball guns are at the ready . |
| 8 | One autumn day towards the end of 1973 , Bernard was driving through Oxford and , as was his wont , stopped off to see how things were at the local shop . |
| 9 | Lloyds ' figures were at the top end of market expectations and , combined with an inflation-beating 11 per cent rise in the final dividend to 12.5p , helped the shares firm 6p to 534p yesterday . |
| 10 | Though the figures were at the top end of City expectations while the company is in the middle of a four-year business plan , the shares fell 2p to 168p . |
| 11 | The figures were at the top end of expectations and Bunzl 's shares firmed 2p to 132p . |
| 12 | Revision of the Temporary Provisions was at the sole discretion of the National Assembly , and the current changes reflected the determination of veteran members to enhance their own power , as more opposition members took seats in Parliament . |
| 13 | Worcestershire 's ground developments are at the contemplative stage . |
| 14 | teachers , particularly those whose pupils are at the adolescent stage . |
| 15 | For her , Christmas is a time when the children are at the sparkling forefront of it all — the way it used to be in her own childhood , as Diana Spencer , at Althorp House in Northamptonshire . |
| 16 | According to Scott , finance capitalists are at the very core of the business class , because they can coordinate its activities . |
| 17 | The results were at the top end of analysts ' expectations . |
| 18 | Many short-term economies were at the long-term expense of both efficiency and effectiveness . |
| 19 | Ali , for example , in the same passage , speaks of " 40-akce medreses ' and medreses of less than 50 akce " ( whereas , of course , all medreses were at the 50-akce level ) . |
| 20 | The planning and costing of staffing levels , advertising , and detailed information on current catering trends are at the experienced specialist 's fingertips . |
| 21 | legal firms whose clerks are at the harmonic meeting at the Magpie and Stump to which Lowton introduces Pickwick . |
| 22 | It seemed quite strange to read an allegation about the Royal Show being merely a big local show placed on the same page in FARMERS WEEKLY as a paragraph mentioning the fact that German ministers were at the Royal Show to forge links between the UK farmers and farm businesses . |
| 23 | But the best chances were at the other end , and John Durnin who 's enjoying a new lease of life on the south coast should have set the ball rolling before half-time . |
| 24 | The site of the latest killings is at the southeastern end of the Tonle Sap ( Great Lake ) , the headwater of the Tonle Sap river which flows into the Mekong at Phnom Penh . |
| 25 | But this balance of opposites is at the very heart of the High Elves ' concepts of rulership — being ruled by a single all-powerful dictator would be unthinkable to them . |