Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] be at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Needles to be brought into holding position must always be at the opposite side to the carriage . |
| 2 | ‘ British Sugar often want to move a load at very short notice and we must always be at the ready ’ he adds . |
| 3 | He could justifiably be at the British Museum if asked . |
| 4 | Among the many shocks being delivered by the declining years of the twentieth century is that of discovering , after decades of thinking we were the true moderns , how modern they could already be at the other end of the century . |
| 5 | Therefore instead of walking all the way along the cliffs that morning , he decided to go down to the beach on the last lap of his journey , knowing that Edna and her small charge could well be at the far end , from whence he could quickly scramble up the pathway to the Tremayne property . |
| 6 | She could not tell whether he also meant he would not be at the flat long , only long enough to collect his bag and take a taxi to whichever friend 's spare room he had negotiated to borrow . |
| 7 | Since calls must be made close to a node , then why not simply find a telephone kiosk — must work these days and the cost will only be at the standard rate . |
| 8 | The Fellowship stipend , which will normally be at the appropriate academic salary scale , is paid direct to the fellow 's employer , and help towards other costs involved in the Fellowship may also be available . |