Example sentences of "it [modal v] be [verb] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of pregnancies that do not produce a viable infant but end in miscarriage , induced abortion or stillbirth or , of those that result in a live born baby with serious health impairment , can not be reliably assessed but it may be put at a much larger figure . |
| 2 | The Bill requires the development corporation to operate the barrage so that the water immediately behind it should be maintained at a level between 4 m and 4.5 m above ordnance datum except in certain circumstances defined in the Bill . |
| 3 | In Winter it should be kept at a temperature around 58°–60°F . |
| 4 | The important point is that it should be used at a time when for some reason pressure is to be taken off members of the class — putting them in what is virtually a ‘ spectator ’ role can give them time to recover from what had perhaps been inadequate non-projected work . |
| 5 | This version of a marketable discharge licence process employs a national airshed , but it could be applied at a state or local level and for other pollutants in the future . |
| 6 | Another complaint was the waste of police time in court , but by a relatively straightforward change in the law — to allow certain evidence to be produced by sworn statement without the witness having to appear personally — it could be eliminated at a stroke . |
| 7 | ITV also announced this week that , with the agreement of the Football League , they had taken out the Arsenal v Liverpool match from the fixtures for February 24 and it would be played at a later date , invoking a clause in their contract with the League that allows them to use three matches a season in this way . |
| 8 | I suppose we we would run the Independent as a professional publication , but it would be run at a loss for a very long time before you could turn it around . |
| 9 | Where work can be done by a less senior collegue it will be charged at a lower rate . |
| 10 | It will be offered at a price of $70million-plus into a booming sector of the market for civil aircraft , which is expected to generate $110billion of sales by the year 2005 . |
| 11 | Oil deserves to be found and pumped out if and only if , it can be sold at a price that covers the cost of appropriate environmental safeguards , by a company with a powerful incentive to keep those safeguards working . |
| 12 | It is mainly inherited , although it can be learned at a very early age in the nest . |