Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [vb infin] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I would say that we should obviously look at the financial aspect of the review erm dates , which might be yearly . |
| 2 | So I must not jump at the first chance . |
| 3 | The first is whether in construing ambiguous or obscure statutory provisions your Lordships should relax the historic rule that the courts must not look at the Parliamentary history of legislation or Hansard for the purpose of construing such legislation . |
| 4 | LEEDS UNIVERSITY must surely rank at the worst venue in Europe . |
| 5 | LEEDS UNIVERSITY must surely rank at the worst venue in Europe . |
| 6 | In this connection s 28 of the SGA should be noted ; unless otherwise agreed delivery of the goods and payment of the price are concurrent conditions , and must therefore occur at the same time . |
| 7 | One should certainly look at the following poems : |
| 8 | Because games may vary slightly in length you may not start at the exact time given . |
| 9 | A proxy may not vote at the same election for more than two people unless the proxy is a close relative ie husband , wife , parent , grandparent , brother , sister , child or grandchild of the people he or she is voting for . |
| 10 | Thus , in construing a written agreement the court is entitled to take account of surrounding circumstances ( with reference to which the words of the agreement were used ) and the object appearing from those circumstances that the person had in view ; but the court may not look at the prior negotiations of the parties as an aid to construction of the written contract resulting from those negotiations ( Prenn v Simmonds [ 1971 ] 3 All ER 237 ) . |
| 11 | Searching may thus cease at the first level or spread down and out , through the analysis of the primitives or entity geometry , into a fine check of a region of local geometry . |
| 12 | It is difficult to miss the phallic connotations of the weapons the miller seems to make such a show of having about his person : — the diminution in scale to the " " joly poppere " " may already hint at the bawdy belittling the miller is to suffer . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought you might not balk at a straight proposition . ’ |
| 14 | On the other hand , when one is obsessively searching for the solution to a problem , it may be consciously recognised when it occurs as a fluctuation in the random activity of the subconscious whereas in other circumstances it might not emerge at the conscious level at all . |
| 15 | It 'll now run at the same time as his main sentence and means he 'll spend less time in jail . |
| 16 | Well now we 'll now look at the second part of the er sales video as a help first and again give you an example , a flavour of how to conduct the next set of role plays . |
| 17 | But McGrath , who has had eight operations on his knees , revealed this could be his swansong , saying : ‘ I will decide at the end of the season , but I 'd rather quit at the top than drop down to a lower level , and the knees cause me a lot of pain . |
| 18 | The ex-Manchester United star admitted : ‘ I 'd rather quit at the top than drop to a lower level . |
| 19 | Fleury would have liked to have gone , too , but both he and Harry could not go at the same time ; someone had to stay behind to fight off the sepoys . |
| 20 | He was talking but could not think at the same time . |
| 21 | It rained upon them at Elgin and Johnson again ran into culinary difficulty with a lunch he could not eat at the Red Lion inn . |
| 22 | The outside world could not guess at the disturbing cross-currents . |
| 23 | What criteria would police and immigration officials use in their search for ‘ potential terrorists ’ on a train that they could not use at a static checkpoint or airport ? |
| 24 | Whatever the truth , the unwelcome publicity could not come at a worse time for Mercedes — just as it is launching its new top-of-the-range ‘ S ’ model after 12 years of development . |
| 25 | Newspaper reports on 12th March that the Bank of Ireland is to shed 600 of its staff over the coming years could not come at a worse time for the economy . |
| 26 | The carcass , unfortunately , was in quite an advanced state of decomposition by the time we got to it , so we could not look at the detailed histology ( cell structure ) of the internal organs or the central nervous system . |
| 27 | You could always look at a small selection of the best furniture on display , chosen by fashion designer Paul Smith and on show at his Avery Row and Floral Street shops from Monday 16 October . |
| 28 | I was so disappointed that I could n't speak at the final whistle . ’ |
| 29 | When his coolie picked up the shafts and broke into his loping stride , Joseph found he could n't look at the narrow , sweat-streaked shoulders bobbing in front of him without seeing the bleeding welts caused by the French colon 's cane . |
| 30 | Where the rule is not completely clear the court may also look at the factual background , including the genesis and objective aim of the " transaction " . |