Example sentences of "[modal v] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should at present , therefore , be reserved for those cases I outlined , where long-term anticoagulation is indicated . |
| 2 | Although I appreciate that no one should at present , and on the Floor of the House , talk lightheartedly about the deployment of military forces in Northern Ireland , will my right hon. Friend bear in mind the considerable virtue that many would feel if the border with the Irish Republic were more effectively supervised hereafter ? |
| 3 | The last point must at present be a moot one , since no guide-lines have been laid down professionally on just how deeply a social worker can be involved . |
| 4 | They might at present be choosing to hold their fire , but that did n't mean they 'd have thrown the communication into their wastepaper baskets . |
| 5 | I did anything I could at home when the children were small to make a bit of money . ’ |
| 6 | Now they could at act as : merchant banks ( advising companies on issues of securities ) ; brokers ( placing newly issued shares with customers ) ; market makers ( making a continuous succession of prices in shares ) . |
| 7 | From far above the glacier looked like modern art , a canvas of grey-white curiously etched with black lines that appeared random at first sight , but in which a symmetry could at length be discerned . |
| 8 | You can either cut this stem away , as you would at pruning or after flowering , or , if you are only budding one or two , take a bud and leave the stem standing . |
| 9 | er , er how would one would at liberty to apply in relation to monies required for purchase of new accommodation |
| 10 | Dress as you would at home . |
| 11 | At her cafe table the two men can sit as they would at home at their kitchen tables . |
| 12 | The matter is discussed in detail in Chapter 9 , where it is suggested that the quality of stock on the shelves can only be maintained through extensive stock revision , and that most public library authorities would at present benefit from allocating at least 40% of their bookfunds to stock revision . |
| 13 | Mind you I would at Christmas . |
| 14 | The dominant response may at present be a favourable one , but this is only maintained so long as it implicitly accepted that functions are being successfully and rationally fulfilled . |
| 15 | At the very least , however , unpalatable though the proposals may at present be , they may prove more acceptable than the alternative already foreshadowed by Sir Adrian Cadbury should his own committee 's voluntary code fail to command compliance — the even more unpalatable prospect of governance by legislation . |
| 16 | We can at will like Democritus develop this faculty of laughter , so that when we look at our fellowmen we can smile and even in the labyrinth of our own thoughts we can resort to humour and thus our lives can be less drab . |
| 17 | This much larger system can at present take information from the files of the PNC . |
| 18 | As it is , I have reservations about the application of the user interface in the Windows version , and will have to wait to see what the next version brings before I can make up my mind any more firmly than I can at present . |
| 19 | What has actually happened effectively as a result of the massive exchange movements of 1984 and early 1985 is that an American citizen can now go anywhere in the world and purchase goods for the same price abroad as he can at home . |
| 20 | One complained in 1802 : " In the factory we can never work the hours we can at home , nor make the best of our time . |
| 21 | With the best will in the world , this kind of multiple file ( or great tracts of copying on one spreadsheet ) can at bet lead to confusion , and at worst be totally inaccurate and misleading . |