Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [modal v] be at " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | A BREAKTHROUGH may be at hand in combating one of the most perplexing diseases of adolescence , juvenile diabetes . |
| 3 | What women normally did was " what a boy would be at when half-way through his apprenticeship " . |
| 4 | Thus a LECTURER could be at a ‘ head of department , ‘ course tutor ’ and ‘ tutor ’ level ( we used the term involuted relationship in Chapter 3 ) . |
| 5 | On the IBM 360 range restrictions are placed on which sets of consecutive bytes may be considered to form a word-oriented unit ; thus the left-hand byte of a half-word must be at an even address , that of a full-word must be at an address divisible by four , and so on . |
| 6 | Such a border can be at least as ornamental as the conventional one , given the range of plants which are now considered to be herbs , and it is much more likely to be the haunt of bees and butterflies , as well as being more aromatic and fragrant . |
| 7 | On the IBM 360 range restrictions are placed on which sets of consecutive bytes may be considered to form a word-oriented unit ; thus the left-hand byte of a half-word must be at an even address , that of a full-word must be at an address divisible by four , and so on . |
| 8 | A woman can be at once lovely and loathsome , chaste and lecherous , Sacred Bride and Queen of Hell . |
| 9 | A song may be at number one , but if it does n't ‘ feel ’ right for Radio 1 , it wo n't be playlisted . |
| 10 | Yet it may be asked how a man can be at once free and forced to conform to wills which are not his own . |
| 11 | As Rousseau said , ‘ yet it may be asked how a man can be at once free and conform to wills which are not his own ’ . |
| 12 | The early evening sun was warm on her face and the sky so clear and calm that it seemed impossible so beautiful a world could be at war ; that small , beautiful world that was Yeoman 's Lane , and Tingle 's Wood , through which it ran . |
| 13 | The junior transport minister , Mr Robert Atkins , proposed yesterday that drivers supervising a learner must be at least 21 and have had a full licence for at least three years . |
| 14 | In response to a further telephone call from the police station at 1.17 a.m. the ambulance services said that an ambulance would be at the scene in five to seven minutes . |
| 15 | Joining or leaving an Airway will be at a certain point , usually a designated or " on request " reporting point . |