Example sentences of "could [vb infin] at the [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 They could laugh at the absurdities of life and people that made no sense to those who had n't lived in Ireland .
2 Sequent was also told the NT client could ship at the end of May , simultaneous with system 's launch at Comdex Spring/Windows World .
3 Sequent was also told the NT client could ship at the end of this month , simultaneously with system 's launch at Comdex Spring/Windows World .
4 As we discussed at the meeting on May 17 1989 , it would be extremely helpful if you could look for places where captions carrying additional information could appear at the foot of the screen and write the caption .
5 It was a move from a concern with the intrinsic character of the student 's experience to an interest in what the student knew and could do at the end of the course .
6 We could do at the end of the lesson .
7 The department could look at the value of making use of the local environment as a resource for its teaching .
8 Well these were the hottest place that you could work at the ovens of dough in the bread ovens .
9 Such individuals , who would be described as good readers , are able to use the preceding context to reduce the number of possible words which could occur at the end of the sentence , making use of many sources of information and not relying exclusively upon any one source .
10 This meant that preparation for future ‘ learning ’ could occur at the expense of present understanding ; on the other hand , not to take notes , but to concentrate on the lecturer 's words , would prevent students from being able to learn the work later .
11 However , that is not an accusation that I could level at the Leader of the Opposition , as he has not found time to say anything at all about the environment — true or false .
12 The Wizard King could sneer at the games of mortals .
13 Consultants told the paper that IBM has been dissecting the two most recent pre-release versions of NT at its Toronto labs to assess the time and money that would be required to do the implementation , and reckon a product could arrive at the turn of the year .
14 Consultants told the paper that IBM has been dissecting the two most recent pre-release versions of NT at its Toronto labs to assess the time and money that would be required to do the implementation , and reckon a product could arrive at the turn of the year .
15 The fear for it is that it could easily be hurt without complaining and could suffer at the hands of careless children who would treat it too much like its namesake .
16 And you know yesterday she had the nerve to ask me if she could sit at the end of our table .
17 An illegitimate birth in the degrading surroundings of the workhouse was about the deepest stigma that anyone could bear at the start of life .
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