Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] be at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If you prefer that the algorithm should not invent new weights , but only select existing weights from the parent strings , then the crossover points marked ’ x ’ may only be at the ends of 8-bit sequences .
2 Guarantee costs of these should normally be at the vendors ' expense .
3 Some of the remainder must still be at the Institute in Rome ; a delegation from the Venice Soprintendenza and Padua 's Eremitani Church , which owns the fragments , is due to travel to Rome shortly to resolve the problem .
4 It would be in keeping with Mr Premium to lament that a young man must now be at the years of discretion before he is allowed to ruin himself .
5 And if the controls were to be positioned as on the 650 , the volumes , not the tones , should really be at the top .
6 However , Parke may soon be at the heels of Del Harris , the 20-year-old England No. 1 who had to battle hard for the second day in succession .
7 We 'll soon be at the station , and it 'll be noisy enough there . ’
8 And it might easily be at the expense of tone if it was .
9 An improvement in one area might easily be at the expense of another .
10 Some churches are of basilican plan with semi-circular eastern apse ( though the altar might still be at the west end ) and a western or central tower standing on the ground .
11 Unfortunately , I 'll probably be at the end of my life when it happens
12 And there 'll also be at the club tomorrow morning an antiquarian bookseller , a dealer in manuscripts , and an expert in drawings , to see if there 's been the hanky-panky suggested by those few notes about Fishbane . ’
13 True Confessions in 1981 was an attempt at getting my stage nerve back after a disastrous premature version of Blood and Ice , my first try at a real play , went on in the studio of the Belgrade Theatre , Coventry ( ‘ I 'd rather be at the dentist — Birmingham Evening News ’ ) .
14 I 'd rather be at the dentist , like they think I am , than with them .
15 That could possibly be at the end of the year . ’
16 ‘ Greed and the marketplace may well be at the root of many of our economies .
17 Er you see when I was , this would just be at the start of the First World War , oh damn I have n't put a switch in have I ?
18 Some men would already be at the boats , others coming down the steep path from the village .
19 I would usually be at the foot of the platform stairs as Billy went on at the start .
20 Even if there were agreement , much of the disputed territory would still be at the mercy of both Serb and Croat irregulars , acting outside the control of their Government , and those forces would continue to be a source of fighting and unrest unless they were disarmed .
21 Her mother had been informed and would probably be at the station .
22 ‘ If we 're going to be ruthless , it would probably be at the end of next summer [ 1994 ] , ’ says one minister , mulling over the possibility that Mr Major 's taint of failure proves harder to expunge and that , in best Tory blood-sport tradition , he may have to be cleanly knifed .
23 The yellow steps rose in steep flights but now it was clear that when she reached the top she would also be at the bottom , starting out .
24 Since a few ladies who had been at the tea would also be at the committee meeting , and , anyway , Boyd had messed up her best black afternoon dress , she wore now a pretty gown in green wool which she had picked up in the last sale at Eaton 's .
25 ‘ & yet I would fain be at the Beginning of my Willows growing .
26 I shall definitely be at the airport to meet you and I hope to have some startling and important news to give you in person .
27 The evidence from the case studies suggests that while change will occur it will only be at the margins , but this may be enough to achieve significant behavioural change in service providers .
28 It will only be at the end of time that God 's glory will be fully visible in the church .
29 Most of the young birds will still be at the nest , and if the weather lets up , we might get across to the Treshnish Isles as well .
30 This means that in the long-run the level of real income will always be at the level associated with full employment , whatever the price level .
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