Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That bid is at the final stage of its examination and I expect to be able to make an announcement soon . |
| 2 | Buying something like a car is at the other end of the spectrum from holding cash . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | After that , move the point cam to its correct position when the carriage is at the opposite side to the cam being moved . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Sarah 's bedroom was at the other end of the landing , next to her brother 's . |
| 7 | Somebody told you that Vecchi and the girl were at the Regal Arms . |
| 8 | We mention also that once the vehicle is at the managing director 's home , no private use is made of it whatsoever . |
| 9 | Lunch is at the historic Culloden House Hotel . |
| 10 | Either we assume that the whole universe is at the present moment in a very improbable state . |
| 11 | Spelling is at the very heart of information technology but , so far in IT Year , it has been largely ignored . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | CPU : with a CPU performance rating of 111.45 , this machine is at the top end of the performance scales . |
| 14 | Review by Keith Thompson LIKE it or loathe it , Victorian Music Hall is at the very root of modern British mainstream comedy . |
| 15 | Data integration is especially a problem for geographers because information synthesis is at the very heart of the discipline . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The terminus at Thornton Heath was at the busy junction where the High Street met Grange Road and Whitehorse Lane . |
| 18 | The acting he saw as a boy was at the local cinema , popularly known as the ‘ Cach ’ — the ‘ Shithouse ’ . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The difference is at the very heart of the plot . |
| 21 | Just under 10 miles south-west of St Jean , on the Brouage road , St-Savinien is at the upper limit of the tidal reaches of the Charente . |
| 22 | Christians would claim that this parable is at the very heart of the meaning of prayer . |
| 23 | If the product is at the introductory stage , a considerable amount of resources will be put into advertising . |
| 24 | The next section will indicate the value of a teacher 's comment or direct intervention is at the relevant time within the activity . |
| 25 | Although the virtually monosyllabic Palance is at the receiving end of much of Crystal 's sophisticated comic patter , the Marlboro Man is the real philosophical hero of the place , a creature who has honed his life down to one simple idea . |
| 26 | A second group is at the opposite extreme of breakage , with no mandibles intact , and this includes the mammalian carnivores , the little owl and most of the diurnal raptors not included in the main analysis ( not included because the damage is so great that hardly any recognizable bone is left in the pellets : see Table 2.1 ) . |
| 27 | But the real source of interplay is at the inner , formative levels of Mind and life . |
| 28 | Granting a Sunderland council application for him to be sent to the unit , the magistrates at the Family Court hearing in the city said : ‘ It is unfortunate … the nearest placement is at the opposite end of the country . ’ |
| 29 | Granting a Sunderland council application for him to be sent to the unit , the magistrates at the Family Court hearing in the city said : ‘ It is unfortunate … the nearest placement is at the opposite end of the country . ’ |
| 30 | After my canvas was half painted , however , I realised that the canvas was at the wrong angle . |