Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] be [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Concessions which judges make to workers at one moment in the class struggle may be removed at another . |
| 2 | An emergency stop from 50 km/h ( 30 mph ) takes 33 metres , which , in a situation where a driver may be confronted at any moment by a dashing child , is clearly far too much . |
| 3 | Alternatively , payment may be made at the time of enrolment by personal cheque or bank draft drawn on a UK bank ( see section on Banking below ) . |
| 4 | Alternatively , payment may be made at the time of enrolment in cash , or by personal cheque or bank draft drawn on a UK bank . |
| 5 | The incidence may be higher in uncircumcised children before the age of 8 , although morbidity due to balanoposthitis may be offset at least partly by penile problems in children who are circumcised . |
| 6 | A settlement may be arrived at more usually before proceedings have begun , but may also be arrived at after proceedings have begun . |
| 7 | The magnitude of the electric field may be represented at the same time by the density of field lines . |
| 8 | Like many issues which determine the course of history , the challenges of keeping pace in strategic competition , holding down grain imports , maintaining energy production and earning a hard currency income may be decided at the margin . |
| 9 | A lot of tact may be needed at times , yes . |
| 10 | WHILE the Ministry of Defence may be looking at major cut-backs in all three forces , the RAF Museum ( RAFM ) has announced its own form of Options for Change that will see a welcome major change in the aircraft exhibits at Hendon . |
| 11 | The fiction may be spoken at different times by characters such as " Chaucer " , the Miller and the Reeve . |
| 12 | Finally , the benefits to be achieved from clarity of roles and greater accountability which accompany the separation of purchasing from provision may be achieved at the cost of much higher transaction costs between what are now separate organisations . |
| 13 | Therefore they must be vigilant to ensure that any advice or document-passing with legal advisers for which legal professional privilege may be sought at some stage is done with external legal advisers . |
| 14 | I think the case may be breaking at last . ’ |
| 15 | It criticises the duplication of R&D between different government departments and argues that a new division should be created at the department for energy conservation . |
| 16 | The people who moved the instruments each day to the studio had a vested interest in persuading us that the Philharmonie was no good ; people even said privately that the change must be resisted at all costs because the coffee was so much better at the church ! |
| 17 | We believe that your acquisition money should be frozen at the 1984 level . ’ |
| 18 | The disadvantages are that although most auctions allow a viewing period before the bidding starts , you have only a limited amount of time to examine the rugs , and full payment must be made at the end of the auction . |
| 19 | Remember that afterwards you may be making an offer , so a more careful visual inspection must be made at this stage , and the matters only briefly considered on your first visit should be looked at in more depth now . |
| 20 | One day Judge Raymond Dean was reminding us of the perils of ignoring men 's bestial nature-— ‘ Men ca n't turn their emotions on and off like a tap as some women can ’ ; the next , Prince Edward was vehemently denying his alleged homosexuality by expressing outrage that such an insult should be levelled at him ; meanwhile , on TV the Audi driver screeched to a halt at the hospital where — with toddler in arms — he managed narrowly to miss his second child 's birth , and Good Housekeeping boasted a curious advert showing New Man ( Audi safely in the garage ? ) in boxer shorts , cradling new baby , sitting on a German washing machine . |
| 21 | As for hats , your observation was correct that hair should be covered at all times . |
| 22 | In the meantime , and possibly in the future , permission should be sought at Far Gearstones Farm nearby . |
| 23 | Given that such an emergency admission should be avoided at all costs , how can a social worker plan an admission so that it offers the person concerned a positive choice ? |
| 24 | Firstly , the offensive must be spread at once to the Left Bank ; not , now , because this might represent the best way to Verdun , but ‘ rather on the tactical necessity of relieving our main attack ’ . |
| 25 | Alternatively/additionally , small sections of plasterboard should be removed at vulnerable points in the structure . |
| 26 | The direction must be given at the time of the refusal . |
| 27 | Action : The user supplied information after the keywords IN-PACKAGE , COMMENT or FOR-JOB must be indented at least two spaces from the ISSUE keywords . |
| 28 | On the other hand , a harder look should be taken at the range of prescribable products of doubtful value , such as , peripheral and central vasodilators , cough mixtures , baby creams , mild analgesics , and shampoos , and the value of others — for example , vaccination for foreign travel — should be reassessed . |
| 29 | If it is thought that it means that any decision should be taken at the lowest possible level , that unfortunately makes me believe that the concept is not all that it is cracked up to be , and for a number of reasons . |
| 30 | Obviously all age-groups are arbitrary ; the point being made here is that the actual divisions used should be chosen for their usefulness in classifying people for the purposes of the research being undertaken , and this decision should be considered at an early stage . |