Example sentences of "it [modal v] be at " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be at the time that they hear the person is going to die ; it may be when they suddenly recognize that the person has become very ill ; it can be at almost any stage when the threat of loss comes into their mind . |
| 2 | Men tend to put greater store by their work once there are children ( perhaps because of the burden of being the sole earner , and perhaps because their place at work is not unchallenged in the way it may be at home ) and housework , which before may have been shared equally , often now falls to the woman . |
| 3 | It may be at least partly an artefact of the methodology used to assign speakers to social classes . |
| 4 | However inept it may be at pursuing other stated goals , such as economic reform , Mr Kravchuk 's government is determined not to repeat those errors . |
| 5 | Motorola Inc is reportedly concerned the move will fuel suggestions that the 88000 RISC chip is dead even though it may be at least partially responsible for the short-fall in 88open 's funding . |
| 6 | What is less obvious is that the marine transgression , or whatever other event it may be at Locality " A " could well be reflected in some way in the different facies at Locality " B " . |
| 7 | It may be at a , at a truly rational level we can all perfectly well do all kinds of other things rationally on a truly rational level , because there we have this this er high degree of that comes with rationality , but at a deeper , kind of gut level , the emotional feelings we , we find that it 's , it 's much more difficult , and at that point if you do n't try and change things and do things that are unnatural , you find you 're kind of going against the emotional grain and er perhaps some people find it easier than others , but perhaps everybody will feel a certain erm tug as it were , certain erm discomfort or a certain emotional alienation from themselves which er perhaps is because we 're trying to do something more basic we just were n't designed for . |
| 8 | It may be at the end of end of all this that you you are nevertheless convinced that there ought to be a policy . |
| 9 | So it should be at £101.62 a case ( all prices are quoted exclusive of VAT ) from Bibendum ( 071–722 5577 ) . |
| 10 | Putting it at its simplest it should be at least a clear mission statement which the whole organisation understands . |
| 11 | It should be at least six inches longer than the tallest occupant for comfort |
| 12 | The Trap somehow appeared at the easiest end of the HVS graded list ; it should be at the top ! |
| 13 | If he needed to be questioned again it was right that it should be at home and with his parents present . |
| 14 | Maybe everything is n't the way it should be at the Regal Arms . |
| 15 | It should be at the beginning of September . |
| 16 | And the suggestion was that it should be at nine thirty , and not ten thirty . |
| 17 | In order to provide an adequate period of relief it should be at least as long as the first sentence of the theme . |
| 18 | That was not indexation but a recognition of the fact that , if an exemption is to be made , it should be at a sensible and workable level . |
| 19 | However , the sanction chosen should be real and effective , that is , it should satisfy cumulatively the following three conditions : ( a ) it should be adequate in relation to the damage sustained ( principle of proportionality ) , ( b ) it should have a real deterrent effect on the author of the infringement ( principle of effectiveness ) and ( c ) it should be at least comparable to the sanctions imposed for infringements of national law of similar nature and importance ( principle of non discrimination or of comparability ) . |
| 20 | I am pleased to confirm in writing that Christian Aid 's Executive Committee have agreed to Christian Aid supporting the proposed course , and that it should be at the University of Edinburgh . |
| 21 | It was entirely feasible , of course , that it should be at the controls of an interplanetary vehicle of some sort . |
| 22 | No , I agree with your John I mean it should be at the researcher 's discretion to dump it if necessary . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It must be at least double the length of the sleeve , say 26in or 66cm , so that the shorter end does n't enter the sleeve and get stuck . |
| 25 | But latterly I 've been here very little ; in fact it must be at least fifteen years since I stayed here for any length of time … |
| 26 | If survivors into the ninth and tenth decades of their lives are to be adequately served , it must be at the expense of younger generations . |
| 27 | The star seems to be oscillating in at least two superimposed periods , and at its peak it must be at least 8000 times as luminous as the Sun . |
| 28 | It must be at least twenty years since I first saw works by Basil Rocke . |
| 29 | Thus , just as it is dangerous to superimpose standard-based analyses on a present-day vernacular , so it must be at least equally dangerous to do this in dealing with past states , which are of course also divergent . |
| 30 | For instance , it must be at an undervalue and made at a time when the company was unable to pay its debts , the company must be in the course of being wound up in England or subject to an administration order , and so on . |