Example sentences of "and [noun] [modal v] be at " in BNC.

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1 For instance , the users and data might be at different sites , support in their use and access could be provided from a additional site , and the extracted data processed at a further one .
2 This apparently simple concept of cause and effect will be at the root of much of our early work on narrative in drama .
3 Inputs and outputs should be at the same level of abstraction ; in other words conversion of an abstract notion ( such as customers needs ) to a tangible form ( such as the specific goods or services that are supplied ) is not supportable in a root definition .
4 And Fenella would be at the mercy of Goibniu and the rest .
5 In the sense that , in a way going on from what I was saying on the face of it south China ought to be the area where land reform will be easiest to achieve in the sense that here you 've got a society which is landlord dominated , heavily landlord dominated and therefore w where one would expect that the antagonism , antagonisms between landlords and tenants would be at their greatest .
6 The Allies would be still at war with Japan , while Russia and China would be at peace — a situation which would be fraught with obvious dangers and embarrassments from our point of view .
7 Batsmen , bowlers and fieldsmen must be at a peak throughout the day to ensure success : there are no second innings or chances to make amends .
8 I do n't think your mother and father would be at all keen on the idea . ’
9 Weenie and Co. might be at school then and he wanted a word with Sarah on her own .
10 And Celia will be at school anyway , so she ca n't visit until tonight . ’
11 The er that 's one of your bro or er how many of your brothers and sisters will be at home now ?
12 He/she might be constrained by loyalty to ministers ; as a result , reputation and career might be at risk .
13 Derek Alcorn , regional director of the Citizens ' Advice Bureaux , said pensioners and children would be at risk of illness and hypothermia if the plan went ahead .
14 The properties that we 're building will be available er , the initial lettings a and sales will be one hundred percent er , to council nominees subsequent lettings and nominations will be at seventy one percent which is the maximum level that we can agree under the housing corporation rules .
15 Housing tenure , quality and location can be at least partly responsible for other handicaps , such as poor access to jobs , education and services , from which households may suffer .
16 During the next few years many alternative possibilities for compost making will be tried with varying degrees of success , and gardeners will be at the forefront of this revolution .
17 Of course , political and other values and prejudices must be at work in the minds of others who are active in shaping the implementation of the project .
18 For non-emergency patients the time between admission to hospital and surgery will be at least 14 hours .
19 Many elderly people who suffer from backache and stiff joints find bending and stretching difficult , so it is important that the cooker , sink and work-tops should be at the correct height for them , and that cupboards and larder shelves that are in daily use should not be too high or too low for them to reach without strain .
20 The Liberal Democrats have claimed that over half a million bottle-fed babies in England and Wales may be at risk from mental retardation due to lead pollution of tap water .
21 Once again the popular show ‘ The World of Drawings and Watercolours ’ will be taking place at the Park Lane Hotel , and Spink and Son will be at Stand M1 with as distinguished a collection as ever .
22 She was , as Clara had discovered at an early age , colossally inconsistent ; and sometimes Clara thought that it might have been easier to live with a true religious fanatic , whose fads and fancies would be at least predictable and well-marshalled , with the backing of some kind of external authority , from which there could be some appeal .
23 Pray that God 's vision and detail will be at the centre of organising Go ‘ 92 children 's ministries .
24 I predict with some confidence that Chew and Blagdon will be at top levels for the start of the 1991 angling year .
25 It is simply an appetite , like any other , and Jackie can be at his funniest when he is mocking this propensity in himself : the endless appearances , the systematic use of his celebrity , the unlimited sponsorships , the directorships , the new business ventures , the life that is taken up , 100 per cent , in ‘ making it ’ and , having made it , in making some more .
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