Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [verb] [adv prt] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The instructions warn that if the stove burns with a high yellow flame it should be turned off at the fuel valve and allowed to cool . |
| 2 | When the emergent leaves are formed , they should be cut back at the bottom at the stalks . |
| 3 | There is no requirement that all the stages of the investigation should be mapped out at the planning stage . |
| 4 | And then , all I 've done is worked out some time management and say well if these guys turn up at half past eight every morning and I give them a break at ten o'clock , and they get a lunch break and then in afternoon , another break , and they finish at half past four , if everything goes to plan , by four o'clock Friday , my van should be backing up at the end of the production line to load itself up with a thousand widgets . |
| 5 | Reductions in support levels should be carried out at a pace that gives efficient farmers time to adjust and diversify . |
| 6 | Questions are often raised in this respect as to whether disinfection should be carried out at the end of a day , after work or the following morning before work . |
| 7 | Nitrates should be in single figures and water changes should be carried out at the rate of 20% each week for the time being . |
| 8 | William Denny recommended that the local opposition should be bought out at the huge cost of £720,000 . |
| 9 | He should be brought in at the earliest stages to advise on venues — which would save time , money and frustration . |
| 10 | Besides trends that come and go , there are basic pieces that should be snapped up at every opportunity — anything that has been hand-made or finished : beaded and embroidered cashmere cardigans , beautiful lace shirts , superbly cut Thirties and Forties jackets or satin brocade robes . |
| 11 | For proper ventilation , cool air must be drawn in at the base to replace the hot air that has been extracted . |
| 12 | As far as the Channel Tunnel is concerned it has reluctantly accepted the need for on-train immigration checks but is still insisting that customs checks must be carried out at the terminals , against the advice of commercial interests who see such checks as detrimental to the ‘ user friendliness ’ of the Tunnel . |
| 13 | Through the provision of contracts on admission , and ongoing reviews of each resident 's career in the Home , difficulties might be ironed out at an early stage . |
| 14 | Special Branch had warned that political violence was a possibility as the communists were planning to disrupt the meeting ; they allegedly had plans to locate the main power switch so that the lights could be cut off at a favourable moment . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , unknown Graham Kavanagh could be tossed in at the deep end for Middlesbrough 's FA Cup clash with Chelsea on Sunday . |
| 16 | ‘ Next year 's Eurovision could be put on at the King 's Hall . |
| 17 | The problem for Galileo was that , once suspicions were aroused , the machinery of censorship could be switched on at a moment 's notice . |
| 18 | erm We saw the beginning of the factory , industrialization , big manufacturers where lots of people worked and where cloth could be churned out at a very fast rate , and therefore , cloth was cheaper . |
| 19 | Agreements could be drawn up at the request of the government , the management or the unions : ‘ it was tripartism at the grass roots ’ ( Smith 1979 , p. 168 ) . |
| 20 | The implications of scientific advances , and the value of new pieces of science outside the narrow group of professionals , could be spelt out at the Royal Institution ; it was a centre for evangelism , and for a meeting of minds trained in various traditions . |
| 21 | That , if need be , could be sorted out at a later date . |
| 22 | It remains a mystery whether this meant he retained hopes that some deal could be stitched up at the Conservative tables in the Members ' Dining Room , or was simply threatening to drown his sorrows . |
| 23 | Norma Thomson , secretary of New Deer Community Association , said : ‘ Perhaps whoever did the break-in knew there would n't be a policeman going back and forth and that he would be tied up at the meeting . ’ |
| 24 | Our excitement would rise ; soon we knew the names ; on the left the Lawley and Caradoc , on the right the Longmynd , and in two minutes we would be drawing up at the nerve centre Church Stretton . |
| 25 | Two days later Horst Teltschik ( CDU ) announced that he would be stepping down at the end of the year as Kohl 's foreign policy adviser at the Chancellery . |
| 26 | She told Lizzie now that she would be coming down at the weekend and asked her if she would be kind enough to get her old room ready for her . |
| 27 | because if he put the bath right in there , I would be standing up at the end of the bath |
| 28 | Only 125 staff will be kept on at the Junction making washing machines . |
| 29 | Sir Hector , who will have his own form to fill in as a farmer in Dumfriesshire , says in the letter : ‘ I recognise that many of you will be fed up at the prospect of yet more literature and more form filling . |
| 30 | Starting with this edition , braille copies of NOTES will be sent out at the same time we do the bulk NOTES despatch . |