Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [verb] at [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prisoners welfare group Nacro , says every prisoner leaving jail should be given at least the basics to make a fresh start . |
| 2 | Any baby soother should be played at least a couple of feet away from her head . |
| 3 | The intervals at which plastic pipe should be supported depends on the temperature of the water that the pipe will carry , but generally speaking the supports should be positioned at least every 0.5m for horizontal runs and lm for vertical runs . |
| 4 | For example , a general election for the House of Commons must be held at least every 5 years but only certain people have access to the vote and not all votes for different parties are of equal power in the absence of proportional representation making for a close correspondence between votes cast and seats won ; the House of Lords ( once a very powerful state institution ) can now only delay bills passed by the House of Commons ; the Prime Minister " must " come from the Commons ; and it is " expected " that a government will resign and call a general election if it is defeated in a vote of confidence on the floor of the House of Commons . |
| 5 | All adults enjoy the right to vote in free general elections that must be held at least every 5 years . |
| 6 | In Britain elections to the House of Commons , from which the government is formed , must be held at least every five years ( until Parliament says otherwise ) but may be held at any time during the five years , for example there were only eight months between elections in 1974 and the average length of a parliament is around four years . |
| 7 | Obviously all the planets that we see orbiting the sun must be travelling at exactly the right speed to keep them in their orbits , or we would n't see them there because they would n't be there ! |
| 8 | In a month , she thought , in just a month , I might be looking at quite a different view . |
| 9 | Round about , as a erm a ball park figure , because it does vary on the dealer 's claims rate , but you 'd be looking at about a hundred and seventy five . |
| 10 | It works particularly awkwardly for married women at any age , since they may be employed at quite a different level from their husbands , or not at all . |
| 11 | Lateralised processing mechanisms may be engaged at either the acoustic , phonetic , syntactic or semantic levels of language . |
| 12 | However , Lord Redesdale thought that if the Government ever wanted the larger site , ‘ the truest economy would be to purchase at once the ground about Charles Street . |
| 13 | There would be limits on political campaigning and ballots would be held at least every three years on membership of the National Union of Students . |
| 14 | They all have interest in the scheme so that we would believe the thing to do would be to have at least an equal number of employer appointed trustees and employee appointed trustees and the employee in this , I 'm using it globally , so it does cover all three groups and we also believe it would be advisable because er inevitably the e er members er probably would n't know a lot about pensions themselves to have an independent trustee from an independent company who specialises in pensions and pensions laws and could a advise them on exactly what the law says and what they they 're legal duties etcetera are . |
| 15 | Total capital expenditure , £852m in the 12 months to February , will be maintained at almost the same level in the current period . |
| 16 | The monitoring will be applied at either the commencement of the case or at the point where it becomes defended , and will require notice of the defendant 's intention to defend . |
| 17 | Money at call is money which can be withdrawn at only a few hours ' notice . |
| 18 | If these variations pass through the criterion for instability ( such as the critical Reynolds number of the entry boundary layer ) , the instability can be renewed at just the same phase of each cycle and the flow will pulsate with a well-defined period . |
| 19 | A wall-hung basin , which is held in place by secure wall brackets , can be fixed at exactly the height you want , although the supply and waste pipes will be exposed . |
| 20 | The expert capable of detecting a Raphael at ten paces is admired almost as though he partook of the genius of the artist himself , and can be guaranteed at least a modest fame in the mass media . |
| 21 | If the pipette is repeatedly driven head-on into the globule of cold glass a break can be produced at approximately the correct internal diameter . |
| 22 | Good-quality collars can be bought at virtually every gunshop but do ensure that a top-quality swivel is located between the collar D and the line itself . |
| 23 | Obtain some calcium carbine this is and can be found at nearly every hardware store . |
| 24 | Please note that all events in the Festival which are bookable in advance can be booked at either the Festival Booking Office or the Grand Opera House Booking Office . |