Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is a way through and in spite of how the sufferer may feel at the time , there will be a return to normality . |
| 2 | Politicians who pretend there is n't any recession should look at the fashion pages — hemlines are falling faster than the Dow Jones index . |
| 3 | If a motor vehicle is stationary when the accident occurs the driver must remain at the scene until he has satisfied the section . |
| 4 | ‘ Alas that a child of barely eleven summers must stand at the king 's elbow to remind him of his duty ! ’ lamented Elizabeth Woodville . |
| 5 | The polypary may occur at the end of a stalk , giving the coral the appearance of a toadstool , or alternatively , in encrusting forms , the polypary may rest directly on the substrate , attaching itself by rootlike processes as the coral grows . |
| 6 | Indeed , the results of recent research suggest that abnormalities of prostaglandin metabolism may lie at the heart of the majority of the chronic degenerative diseases — defects in particular enzymes giving rise to different aspects of chronic disease . |
| 7 | In others still , some factor in the development of relationships may lie at the root of paedophiliac tendency . |
| 8 | In spite of what the candidates may feel at the time , there is no stigma or criticism in being allocated a job flying something other than a fast jet : rescuing downed pilots in foul conditions or carrying out low level paratroop insertions in a Hercules are just as dangerous and demanding . |
| 9 | However , parties should consider at the outset the payment of their advisers ' fees in the event that the transaction aborts . |
| 10 | The interview should go at the pace of the adult and not the child . |
| 11 | At intervals an enemy horseman might appear at the edge of the village to gaze through a spyglass at the Dutch positions , but no attacks followed such reconnaissances , no skirmishers wormed their way through the fields , and no cannon crashed shell or roundshot at the fragile Dutch lines . |
| 12 | The department could look at the value of making use of the local environment as a resource for its teaching . |
| 13 | The concierge would listen at the door with a running commentary : ‘ The Italian 's had a drop ’ , or ‘ the Englishwoman seems to be winning ’ . |
| 14 | At 9am the small shop would open , Ann would serve at the counter , and Thomas would deliver loaves to their immediate neighbours on foot . |
| 15 | Sammy Meredith will jump at the chance of three months ’ work . |
| 16 | Of course the sceptics and the doubters will sneer at the influence on the affair exercised by Dicky saying that the former route was unsuitable and geographically unstable , and they will point out that such conditions have been overcome in other parts , for example , the West Highland , the Liverpool and Manchester and the Settle and Carlisle , but then those conversant with Dicky o' Tunstead will continue to believe that it is his malign influence which kept the rails away from Tunstead Farm . |
| 17 | The factories in Kington will close at the end of February . |
| 18 | More than 20 cars will contest the historic category and this year the old cars will run at the front of the field . |
| 19 | This chapter will look at the way in which science is viewed and experienced by those who teach and study it . |
| 20 | Faldo will stay at the top . ’ |
| 21 | The study will look at the distribution of stocks , their migration and the fishery potential of various species as well as ways to catch them . |
| 22 | Firstly , the study will look at the effect of earning on decisions to stay on in education , at a time when more young people are postponing their entry into full-time work and when the financing of Higher Education is under discussion . |
| 23 | Iago 's exploitation of trust enables him to make Othello kill Desdemona : all that Othello can say at the end is , ‘ Will you , I pray , demand that demi-devil/Why he hath thus ensnared my soul and body ? ’ |
| 24 | The check is terminated whenever the bounding approach either proves that the specified condition can not occur , or establishes that the condition can Occur at the level of original definition . |
| 25 | A classical physicist can decide at the beginning of an experiment to call that electron over there A and this one over here B. Subsequently they may interact and go through all sorts of complicated convolutions , but because he can in principle follow the motion the classical physicist 's labels have an abiding significance . |
| 26 | A committee may look at the rationale underlying a major aspect of policy , e.g. the investigation of the Treasury Committee into Monetary Policy . |
| 27 | Cutting may occur at the time of binge-eating . |
| 28 | Management ought to look at the work that you do and that you could be asked to do under any contractual ‘ flexibility ’ provisions before finally deciding upon the groups of people from which redundancy candidates will be sought . |
| 29 | ( 1 ) A smaller , more rapidly tumbling bar may sit at the core of the kiloparsec-scale bar discussed above . |
| 30 | On Mr Clinton 's menu , deficit-reduction must stay at the top . |