Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] at a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These benchmarks would indicate to teachers the things which all children ought to know at a particular stage of their development . |
| 2 | It is my considered opinion that we should stay at a safe distance and await further developments . ’ |
| 3 | But you should descend at a higher rate so as to reach 2500ft before you turn . |
| 4 | Where the case is to be tried by a jury in the crown court , the judge should decide at a pre-trial hearing whether to admit the video as evidence . |
| 5 | Processes such as indexing , sorting , extractive lists , spelling checks , etc. , should perform at an acceptable speed to a user . |
| 6 | Whether the ‘ pollution ’ comes to light as a result of proactive or reactive enforcement , however , the field man must decide at an early stage whether what he is observing constitutes a ‘ pollution ’ or not . |
| 7 | Erm he erm I should say at a rough guess there would be at least eight . |
| 8 | The timely award of an extension of time may avoid problems which might arise at a later stage when a contractor submits a claim for taking extraordinary measures to recover lost time owing to the late issue of an instruction , for example . |
| 9 | In cross-section ( Fig. 3 ) , the wound front generally has a rounded or only slightly angular profile , rather than the flattened cellular protrusions one might expect at a leading edge that was actively crawling forwards over the exposed mesenchyme . |
| 10 | Do they have sexist , ageist or racist attitudes that might emerge at a critical point in your work together ? |
| 11 | Furthermore , it is often possible to replicate the artefacts in order to test the hypotheses about a particular object , although in some cases several different technological methods might arrive at an identical end-product . |
| 12 | Some people might argue at a local level rather than a central level , you 're much more likely to get effectiveness at a local level , than of by central dictate . |
| 13 | As a result , any error-handling and estimation procedures should be sufficiently general as to be able to incorporate any new error model that may emerge at a later date . |
| 14 | Erm , let's look at a few quotations . |
| 15 | Well let's look at a few examples I 'll take the Korean war of nineteen fifty to fifty three , the Cuban missiles crisis which , although was not an actual war , very nearly threatened a nuclear war , of nineteen sixty two and the Vietnam war of nineteen sixty three to nineteen seventy two . |
| 16 | More recent histopathological and microvascular studies suggest that vascular involvement may occur at an earlier stage and play a more important role in the disease process than had previously been supposed . |
| 17 | Harriet drove her to the local hospital as soon as the pains started in mid-afternoon and , knowing how hazardous the road back in the dark could be at this time of the year , brought an overnight bag so that she could stay at a nearby hotel . |
| 18 | Clearly individuals could survive at a low standard of physical efficiency and in housing which to those accustomed to greater comfort was grossly overcrowded and substandard . |
| 19 | But these inconveniences can not be related to those which could result at a given moment from the capture by the enemy of three or four battalions , with a loss , by consequence , of several thousands of men . |
| 20 | Erm I did say at the time if the Council agreed it was we would approve the new application it would only be if the original was rescinded and I did speak to the Town Clerk so there 's no need , I 'm not making a big issue , but I think the Council should be aware and the Town Clerk I believe has notified because again this is one of those things that could happen at a later date and as we all know if we have n't made these things perfectly clear . |
| 21 | He marched out of the barracks to make his way to the station — he wondered how long it would be before he could walk at a normal pace . |
| 22 | They say twenty five children at the primary school get more individual attention than they 'd get at a larger school . |
| 23 | The Kingscote mosaic itself , like those of rooms 5 , 11 and 14 at Chedworth , could lie at a stylistic crossroads ' . |
| 24 | We spent the first day climbing on Anglesey 's big sea cliffs to prove that we could climb at an extreme level . |
| 25 | Before we start talking about Britain in some detail , erm just to conclude talking about the world as a whole , do estimates suggest that the world population may stabilize at a particular level at some point in the future ? |
| 26 | This is closely related to perceptions of life expectancy ; some people not only anticipate that they may age more quickly , but also that they may die at a younger age . |
| 27 | Students taking the degree without honours have a choice of the subjects which they may take at a higher level . |
| 28 | A successful applicant is normally admitted as a candidate for the degree of MPhil but may apply at a later date to transfer his or her registration to that for the degree of DPhil . |
| 29 | Using matrix algebra we may arrive at a numerical solution for the factor premiums , where F -1 is the inverse matrix of F , . |
| 30 | This process may lead at a certain stage to the establishment of parties . " |