Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe everything is n't the way it should be at the Regal Arms . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | You need a seat which supports your back and the book should be at the right distance from your eyes ( the optimum reading distance is between 15 and 22 inches from your eyes ) . |
| 4 | Another consideration is the use of humour , which should be at the right level of sophistication , otherwise it can fall flat ( the best kind of humour is that generated spontaneously in the classroom ) . |
| 5 | If we assume that you are writing on the right-hand page of an examination book or on loose examination sheets , bound at the top left-hand corner , then the identifying number of the question should be large so that it is easily seen and should be at the top right-hand corner . |
| 6 | Apart from the managing director who , it is felt , should be at the initial meetings , which disciplines should be represented on the team will vary to some degree from industry to industry , according to Hardie . |
| 7 | Somewhere people are drumming — it must be at the far end of the village , because at times the rhythm is distinct but when the wind takes it it becomes muffled , merging with the roar of the full monsoon river . |
| 8 | For a full equilibrium two conditions must be fulfilled : first the economy must be at the natural level of unemployment , where expectations of inflation are correct ; and second the government must have no incentive to fool people by stimulating aggregate demand . |
| 9 | As she continued her searching look , trying to make out what might be at the far end , she became aware that she was gliding . |
| 10 | I think she I think she might be at the far side . |
| 11 | This might be at the local golf club , the WI , the church , the Ratepayers Association , trade union , bird-watching club and so on . |
| 12 | That 's all for now , but before we go a reminder that tomorrow I 'll be at the International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire . |
| 13 | We 'll be at the deserted village . |
| 14 | Tonight at nine , he 'll be at the British premiere of his latest film at the Phoenix Theatre in Oxford . |
| 15 | ‘ Could be at the other end . |
| 16 | but you 've got to find the place there it could be at the other end a mile away could n't it ? |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't picture it , ’ she said , ‘ but it could be at the far end from the flat . ’ |
| 18 | He 'd ring once to make sure I was in and then he 'd be at the front door , would n't he ? ’ |
| 19 | On January 22nd Alan Greenspan , chairman of the Federal Reserve , suggested that it would be at the low end of that range largely because much of the equipment being used would not be replaced . |
| 20 | He remembered how pleased she would be at the mere thought of a visit . |
| 21 | They would be at the light barricade at the bottom of the dip in ten minutes . |
| 22 | because he would be at the top end of the other school |
| 23 | ‘ It is input twice , ’ admits Mr Johnson , ‘ in the sense that sales would be at the invoicing stage and then put into FDC at the total stage with the two systems running side by side . |
| 24 | fast , he would be at the public mortuary doing the post-mortem . |
| 25 | Reimbursement for all these sales would be at the commercial rouble exchange rate set in October . |
| 26 | In Archdale & Co Ltd v Comservices Ltd [ 1954 ] 1 WLR 459 a contract between the defendant decorators and property owners provided that : existing structures and the works and unfixed materials shall be at the sole risk of the employer as regards loss or damage by fire and the employer shall maintain a proper policy of insurance against that risk . |
| 27 | But this would now seem directed against the invalid so I hold back , thinking , in two years I will be at the comprehensive and only five years after that — providing I pass the scholarship exam , which I easily should — I 'll be at boarding school , and then I 'll be free , free to scratch and do whatever I like . |
| 28 | WHEN engineers working for the Tokyo gas company , get a telephone call in the middle of the night , the chances are that a computer will be at the other end . |
| 29 | It will be at the following sites between 10am and 4pm : Monday , Billingham shopping centre ; Tuesday , Yarm High Street ; Wednesday , Stockton High Street ; Thursday , Thornaby town centre car park and Friday , Stockton High Street . |
| 30 | Now the price has fallen and future purchases by discount houses will be at the new , lower rate . |