Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [verb] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both groups should have reported at the end of 1982 , though engineering will take longer , and other subject groups will be set up in due course . |
| 2 | The Times Educational Supplement applauded the increased use of intelligence tests and deplored the existing exams : ‘ Some day our successors may come to marvel at the degree of assurance which leads us to think that ability to profit can be predicted thus . |
| 3 | Do you think that that is a hint that perhaps the high litre cars — that is the four litre efforts and er the company cars might get taxed at the next budget round ? |
| 4 | How Crapper 's eyes would have gleamed at the sight of a pampas plug-flush , low-level siphonic . |
| 5 | The harder we work , the more our lads will have to throw at the bastards . ’ |
| 6 | The old slate quarry here is one of the largest man-made holes in Britain , and such is the fascination that holes in the ground exercise on the mind of man that there are special viewing platforms where visitors may stand to gape at the awesome chasm . |
| 7 | It was easy to imagine what relief the miners must have felt at the end of a long day 's work in those conditions when they saw the mouth of the tunnel framing the daylight before them . |
| 8 | If the doorsteps could have curled at the edges , they would have done so . |
| 9 | Many other countries would have grabbed at the straw , but with Johnson virtually admitting guilt , the SFA representatives were unwilling to appeal . |
| 10 | Before Mr Boutros-Ghali 's announcement , Red Cross officials in Sarajevo said the city 's soup kitchens would begin closing at the weekend because they were running out of food . |
| 11 | Mark Benson won the toss for Kent and , as is customary these days , put Hampshire in But 11 o'clock on a July morning is very different from 10.30am in September and , while it was cloudy , there was nothing like the assistance the bowlers will expect to find at the start of the NatWest Trophy final later in the year . |
| 12 | It was also suggested that theologians may need to look at the theology of play in order to gain a more positive understanding of the entertainment role of the media . |
| 13 | Nonetheless , the farmers could have bought at a slightly higher price certified seed , which , being certified , was less likely to be suffering from the virus which affected the seed actually bought . |
| 14 | However , it is difficult to believe that sufficient quantities of suitable substances could have appeared at the Cytherean surface to mop up anywhere near the amount of oxygen that would be liberated from an Earth-like quantity of water . |
| 15 | Okay , but I just wanted to go on to say that I think in reviewing how the budget may be brought more closely under control in the coming year , officers will need to look at the erm size of the committees because we are working with committees at the moment that are larger than those committees which used to exist when this year 's budget was set and that has had some impact and we need to have the implications of any change of committee size whether that might affect the budget , how that would affect the budget , also whether there is any potential for reducing the number of committees further and also whether the rates might be changed , I particularly would like officers to report on what , whether there would be any significant saving from er setting the rates at the round figures they were at a couple of years ago erm |
| 16 | But although spots may seem to improve at the beginning , post-holiday , you may well find you are getting eruptions . |
| 17 | The financial year runs from April 1 , and by that time , departments must have arrived at an estimate of their needs . |
| 18 | When the Archimandrite suggested that the two ladies might like to lodge at the monastery that night , she was briefly dismissive ; when he pressed his offer of hospitality further , she was brusque . |
| 19 | Shortly before the 1927 Cup final , a series of bars with a football tied to them was installed in the St John 's College training ground adjacent to the club , so that players could practise kicking at the bars and trapping the ball as it rebounded at awkward angles . |
| 20 | And anyway , most girls would have jumped at the chance of lameducking them . |
| 21 | Similarly , teachers who have specialised in the education of children with disabilities can feel daunted at the prospect of handling and coping with young children . |
| 22 | The tall beans should have gone at the back . |
| 23 | Schemes such as the furniture stores would have operated at a much more modest level whereas now they are the main providers of this service in the city . |
| 24 | Employees may try working at the new location for a short time and then decide not to continue . |
| 25 | It screwed me up thinking how the invalid 's hopes must have soared at the sound of my entry , and how she must now be falling into deeper and deeper misery because of the silence and the nothing happening . |
| 26 | any authorised deductions should have occurred at an earlier stage than when the trustees received the monies ; when the monies came to the trust they had " come home " ; and 2. there was no heading under which the deduction could be made . |
| 27 | We were constantly frightened of being burgled our doors would have opened at the touch of a finger . |
| 28 | With the issue priced right at the bottom of market expectations , analysts last night forecast that shares will start trading at a hefty profit . |
| 29 | With the issue priced right at the bottom of market expectations , analysts last night forecast that shares will start trading at a hefty profit . |