Example sentences of "[modal v] be [vb pp] at any " in BNC.
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| 1 | If hypnotics are prescribed , enough tablets for only a few nights should be given at any one time and the medication stopped once the period of distress is over . |
| 2 | Such a notice must be displayed at any premises where the business is carried on and to which customers and suppliers have access . |
| 3 | To recognise where a reform is urgently required and must be effected at any cost , or where it may be postponed , or where it may be counted on to effect itself without outside influence , and , perhaps most important of all , to be able to recognise the fact that certain reforms would be beneficial could they be effected but that it is not possible to effect them at all ; to be able to arrive at a right decision on such points as these is what is chiefly required of a Resident . |
| 4 | The sing-song voice took all overt menace away , yet there was still a suggestion that collars might be felt at any minute . |
| 5 | A similar result was reached by Lord Somervell who was of the opinion that fraud did not go to jurisdiction and could be challenged at any time . |
| 6 | Extremely powerful local area networks will be needed to handle the kinds of data volumes that could be involved at any given moment . |
| 7 | A recent international meeting of computer-literate historians addressed these very questions and resolved to prepare a curriculum of instruction in computational methods and techniques which could be adopted at any number of institutions ( Davis , et.al. 1993 ) . |
| 8 | However , he refused to attach too much importance to these since they could be withdrawn at any time unless they were passed into law . |
| 9 | The Pathfinder Force should be on a different basis and these should consist of 45 sorties , but crews could be withdrawn at any time after the completion of 30 sorties . |
| 10 | The custody hearing could be called at any time . |
| 11 | She knew she could be killed at any moment . |
| 12 | ‘ He could be killed at any time . |
| 13 | In 1778 England had 50,000 men in America and not 10,000 regulars at home that could be collected at any one given spot . |
| 14 | As long as she was alive and working my reputation could be destroyed at any time . |
| 15 | This provision did not take into account the substantial number of businesses in the licensed trade which are owned and operated by bodies corporate or incorporate and not by individual persons , with the result that the licence holder was a company official who exercised little or no control over the day-to-day running of the premises , or was the manager of the premises , and whose employment could be terminated at any time , irrespective of the date of expiry of the licence , either by his own volition or by his employer 's . |
| 16 | A further refinement was that the entrance to the town 's harbour was under the furthest-out of the bridges , so that entry and exit thereto could be denied at any time by the castle 's occupants , with a great boom to be lowered . |
| 17 | Ella he had dismissed , as pleasure could be recalled at any time , while the business in hand was urgent . |
| 18 | This chapter is relatively free-standing , and could be read at any point after chapter 2 . |
| 19 | He could be executed at any time . |
| 20 | He thought that the prairie grassland climax had been stable since the last ice age and could be restored at any time even after interference by humankind . |
| 21 | This was so notwithstanding that the field could be closed at any time and that certain people could be refused admission . |
| 22 | Equipment could be located at any of the existing restaurants without serious dislocation or additional expense . |
| 23 | He always seemed to know exactly where Sergeant Charles Trumper of the Royal Fusiliers could be located at any time of the day or night . |
| 24 | After all , I had no real claim upon your attention , and I knew I meant so little to you I could be dropped at any moment without a second thought . |
| 25 | The family group consists , typically , of a Roman set ( normal type ) , bold , italic and bold italic and , through the magic of PostScript , the characters could be produced at any size from around 4 point to , theoretically , infinity . |
| 26 | In addition , the law lowered the voting age to 16 and established the principle that elected officials could be removed at any time and must deliver regular reports to the electorate [ for July constitutional changes see p. 39000 ] . |
| 27 | None could be admitted at any other time except for cases of sudden accident or emergency , ‘ which are taken into the House at any hour of the night or day without any recommendation whatever . ’ |
| 28 | Provided death has not occurred , the policy may be reinstated at any time during the following twelve months on payment of all unpaid premiums together with an addition for late payment . |
| 29 | Provided death has not occurred , the policy may be reinstated at any time during the following twelve months on payment of all unpaid premiums together with an addition for late payment . |
| 30 | While the Z-parameters relevant to low-frequency operation may be obtained from static characteristics , they may be determined at any frequency by measuring certain small signals of the network under suitable open-circuit conditions . |