Example sentences of "[det] [modal v] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | That should at least get the point over to the whisky bottle interior designers . |
| 2 | My Thanks are due , ’ Prince wrote to Jardine on 7 April 1840 , ‘ for your instructions respecting the specimens in spirits , which I have since carefully examined , separated and supplied with fresh spirit ; many of them I regret to add are much decomposed and I fear some may at last prove useless . ’ |
| 3 | As with transcendence and immanence , this may at first sight appear to represent a flat contradiction in terms . |
| 4 | This may at first be simple ‘ draw writing ’ but as they develop and learn more about how written language works , their writing comes increasingly close to standard adult systems . |
| 5 | This may at first appear paradoxical because robots are often — perhaps most often — thought of as mechanical workpeople , displacing humans . |
| 6 | Although this may at first seem to be an absolute method of reading the bar widths , it is actually reading the widths of the bars relative to the total width of the bar code . |
| 7 | The Department of Health publishes tar tables to encourage smokers who can not or will not give up smoking to switch to lower tar brands on the grounds that this may at least lower their risk of lung cancer . |
| 8 | We shall take it that their surface structure is : ( 44 ) This may at first make them seem somewhat analogous to the predicate qualifiers , except that the noun phrase beyond the mediating verb is here the subject of the clause rather than the object as with the predicate qualifiers , and it is to the entity of this noun phrase that the property of the adjective applies . |
| 9 | This should at the same time lead to improved continuity of care for the patient . |
| 10 | But this should at least hint at the complexity of a system of intricate , well-ordered ingenuity . |
| 11 | This should at least keep the snakes away . ’ |
| 12 | Few could at this stage afford to be as choosy as Fox Milton & Co Ltd when they sacked a new dealer on the grounds that he was dealing with his old Chartwell clients , so enraging Chartwell Securities . " |
| 13 | This would at least have allowed the dollar banana firms , such as Chiquita , to import as much as they want , and it is not clear how the dollar banana quota is to cope with a possible increase in demand . |
| 14 | This would at least have saved their deposit and left them something to carry on with . |
| 15 | This would at least enumerate the problem is he now faced , and acquaint the Chancellor about his complete lack of progress . |
| 16 | This would at least save hours of research in pursuing vessels through a vast number of published reports , with only a frail memory for a guide . |
| 17 | If applied to the British parliamentary system , this would at least acknowledge the equal partnership of women and men in government . |
| 18 | This would at best have been a major irritant for an embattled leader of the opposition But it became worse than that . |
| 19 | These , so MacDonald and Snowden told their colleagues , must amount to £25–30 millions , the bulk of them to be found out of unemployment charges … only reductions in unemployment payments would satisfy the opposition and resolve the crisis ; yet this would at the same time betray the hopes of the party 's supporters and probably split the party itself … |
| 20 | This would at once limit access to the city by private vehicles and improve access for buses and coaches . |
| 21 | Even if " organizational unity " with the ILP had been carried through , this would at best only have doubled the small membership of the Communist Party . |
| 22 | This will at least partially ensure a punctual attendance next time . |
| 23 | i think we all have to accept now that the only team in a position to catch the scum are Battyburn and in answer to Rodgers question I personally would like to see us lose the game 4/5–0 , this will at least allow someone to close the gap on them . |
| 24 | i think we all have to accept now that the only team in a position to catch the scum are Battyburn and in answer to Rodgers question I personally would like to see us lose the game 4/5–0 , this will at least allow someone to close the gap on them . |
| 25 | If , as was clear from press coverage of the recent retrospective at the Hayward , the art critical establishment is still sniffily disparaging of Magritte 's achievement , this can at least partly be attributed to the disturbing facility with which his images have been appropriated by advertisers and recycled as mere media commonplaces . |
| 26 | ‘ The enemy will be stronger , but these could at least harry their flanks . |
| 27 | Have you , Mr. Speaker , had any intimation from Ministers that they intend to make a statement , today or in the very near future , that would at least enable the House to question Ministers about that meeting and to show that , even if Ministers have no solution to offer , the Opposition have ? |
| 28 | That will at least tide you over until better days , when they come . ’ |
| 29 | In seeking committee positions , most will at least in part opt for those which match their personal political interests — someone interested in foreign affairs , for example , would probably not actively canvass for a seat on the House standing committee concerned with the Post Office and the Civil Service . |