Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] at [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The draft reply contained one threat to report I M R O to the Securities and Investment Board for excessive enquiries er and for an unreasonable attitude and the other er bit of the reply was effectively a form of covering up presenting full financial information and disclosure to I M R O. Those replies were drafted by people inside the Maxwell organisation and you may want to comment on er the position , although I should stress at this stage that I like you have not seen the final version of any reply and I do not know whether I M R O persisted . |
| 2 | Some say that when data is damaged , its integrity is compromised , so you must look at each record before you automatically recover it . |
| 3 | Now you must have at some time or other in advertising closed the deal on the phone . |
| 4 | He asked Molla Gurani about the protocol of the seating arrangements , whereupon Molla Gurani replied : " The most fitting thing for Gurani is that he should serve at this feast and not sit . " |
| 5 | I must admit at this juncture that I 'm on Graham Taylor 's side on this one . |
| 6 | We should emphasise at this point that Garrett is much less specific than we are being in describing the model . |
| 7 | I must say at this point that all the controls have a nice , rubberised feel to them , although they may be slightly on the flimsy side for any serious , rough handling . |
| 8 | I should say at this point that the channel 1 ‘ clip ’ indicator on this example does n't work , although you ca n't blame the British distributors , as we were in such a rush to lay hands on the Acousticube that they did n't have time to check it ( also , pushing the Line/Mic button on channel 2 produces a large bang through the speaker ) . |
| 9 | I should say at this point that I never read my own articles once they have appeared in print . |
| 10 | I should say at this point that I have no reason to think my man has ever been unfaithful to me . |
| 11 | Many parents who have given their children a clear understanding of right and wrong , and those who have laid the foundation of Christian faith , may feel at this stage that their children are rejecting their values once and for all . |
| 12 | The lesions may present at any age and they have always been recorded as solitary , except in one case , and possibly in anothr , in which a second polyp was resected from the site of anastomosis of the previous operation six months before . |
| 13 | One might think at first blush that a passing reference to a person that all your readers will have heard of would serve to authenticate your story . |
| 14 | Her voice was stretched very tight , as though it might snap at any moment and tumble her into tears . |
| 15 | The impossibility of replication in police investigation is not as crippling as might appear at first sight because it is far less important , or even necessary , in the criminal context than in science . |
| 16 | Historians , of course , might feel at this point that they are in some sense losing control over what material is selected for future use ( Zweig 1992 : 181 ) . |
| 17 | It might work at international level but at club level you need a hardworking manager with a good business head . |
| 18 | One of the problems for local government is that it is easier to see how this might work at national level where the interests are clearer and more easily identifiable . |
| 19 | One might suggest at this point that the level and module metaphors are not really opposed , because there could be a module that did the translation between the uppermost level and the one below it , and so on downwards . |
| 20 | ‘ We might hear at any moment that it 's a bomb , ’ said Haig . |
| 21 | It might seem at first sight that this pace was unambiguously beneficial to demand ( being crucial to market growth ) and equally unambiguously detrimental to profitability ( being the only thing preventing a phenomenal profits bonanza ) . |
| 22 | ‘ The one thing I do have in common with William , ’ conceded Preston , ‘ is that we both grew up knowing the heavens might open at any moment and drop a load of shit on our heads . ’ |
| 23 | The telephone may ring at any moment and an account executive will be expected to know when a client can see the " Answerprint " of their new commercial or proofs of the latest press advertisement , so complete knowledge of the minutiae of the client 's business ready at his finger tips is required . |
| 24 | Acute cocaine overdose may occur at any stage if a package bursts . |
| 25 | The agents of the Phoenix King could appear at any time and drag away the most reputable people . |
| 26 | Old Lincolnshire folk claim that in the 1920 's one could stand at this point and see no less than sixteen windmills noiselessly at work . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've had doubts that I could play at this level but I 've had great support from everyone . ’ |
| 28 | You could check at this time that there is actually a male present , as two females sometimes act out the spawning procedure , producing infertile eggs ; I have not seen this where males were available , so do not be too hasty to split up a pair , especially if you are not yet confident about sexing your Angels . |
| 29 | They could fail at any minute unless the ice was removed from the intakes . |
| 30 | To Branson , arguments had never been a symptom of animosity ; rather , he and Powell had always argued ‘ like a married couple , knowing you could shout at each other and it would n't matter ’ . |