Example sentences of "[modal v] be at the mercy " in BNC.
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| 1 | His daytime fear is that ordinary people in the coming , computerised society ‘ could be at the mercy of the technocrats ’ . |
| 2 | Something neither short nor long , beginning with V. Somewhere in or near Paris , though how near could be at the mercy of French postal zoning . |
| 3 | Within two or three years , the majority of a grafted vine 's network would be dependent not upon the grafted roots , but upon the regenerated root system of the producing vine and as such would be at the mercy of phylloxera . |
| 4 | ‘ And Fenella would be at the mercy of Goibniu and the rest . |
| 5 | You would be at the mercy of the hall 's acoustics and ideally you would need to practise a bit beforehand . |
| 6 | If there is no non-contingent link between behaviour and mental state ( that is , if we accept ( a ) ) , we shall never be able to show ( b ) to be true , and hence we shall be at the mercy of a local scepticism of the very strongest form ( cf. 1.1 ) . |
| 7 | There is a great need for more careful use of language , otherwise we shall be at the mercy of bureaucrats and their jargon . |
| 8 | Every man 's hand will be against him and gassing , snaring and poisoning will be the order of the day , with perhaps a bounty on his brush and he will be at the mercy of every council official , cowboy and yobbo in the country . |
| 9 | For the election of the other four you will be at the mercy of other people 's votes . |
| 10 | Future pension rates will be at the mercy of employers who take over subsidiaries of the Scottish Bus Group . |
| 11 | Future pension rates will be at the mercy of employers who take over subsidiaries of the Scottish Bus Group . |