Example sentences of "the [noun] [modal v] [verb] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | think what I 'd like , but I could n't prove anything and erm , so there was nothing that the ombudsman could do at that stage , at , as the stage complete |
| 2 | With materials designed to highlight language items , we have an indication of how materials designers approach the question of video 's role in the lesson.I will look at this in relation to the traditional stages of a language lesson , presentation , practice , reinforcement , and to the elicitation stage some teachers introduce before presentation . |
| 3 | ATNs represent the grammar as a set of networks displaying the possible orderings of constituents in a grammar and the various options that the parser will have at any stage in the processing . |
| 4 | The condition can occur at any age . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But it is easy to see what the sceptic will say at this point , quite apart from the implied oddity that there is a claim which I could not be justified in making but which another can be justified in making for me . |
| 7 | Chaired by the Scottish Office and including civil servants from other ministries , including the Treasury , the committee will look at both the future ownership of the Forestry Commission 's woodlands and the effectiveness of government tree-planting incentives . |
| 8 | He said that the campaign would continue at all levels . |
| 9 | He looked down at the child , surprised , as if the boy would vanish at any moment , leaving him holding nothing . |
| 10 | We will fight to preserve the Union , a promise which only the Conservatives can give at this election . |
| 11 | Even today , of course , whether the child will survive at all is still the overriding consideration for millions of mothers in the underdeveloped areas of the world . |
| 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 | Consequently , without having to decide whether the right of registration is a retained power or whether the Community could legislate at any time in that field , it must be held that in exercising that competence the member states must comply with the general rules of the E.E.C . |
| 14 | The purchaser should reject at all costs any attempt by the vendor to disclose any other documents which are referred to in the documents presented with the disclosure letter . |
| 15 | None of the team will say at this stage which of the pumps appears best , but the Malawi pump is certainly popular . |
| 16 | The essence of presidential power was its unpredictability : the General could intervene at any moment and on any issue . |
| 17 | Although in theory the organism could reproduce at any time during its growth phase , we can expect that eventually an optimum time for reproduction would emerge . |
| 18 | First , constraints on the combinations of survival and fertility that the organism can achieve at each age may mean that a single optimal genotype evolves , which shows senescence because fitness is maximized by increasing early performance at the expense of late ( the optimality explanation ) . |
| 19 | The landlord can opt at any time without consulting the tenant . |
| 20 | The reality of AIDS is that the person can die at any time . |
| 21 | Thus in considering whether there is a sufficient connection with this country the court will look at all the circumstances , including the residence and place of business of the defendant , his connection with the insolvent , the nature and purpose of the transaction being impugned , the nature and locality of the property involved , the circumstances in which the defendant became involved in the transaction or received a benefit from it or acquired the property in question , whether the defendant acted in good faith , and whether under any relevant foreign law the defendant acquired an unimpeachable title free from any claims even if the insolvent had been adjudged bankrupt or wound up locally . |
| 22 | However , it is submitted that the court should look at that practice rather than the civil practice in relation to the admission of fresh evidence . |
| 23 | Structures such as buildings placed on the surface will collapse at this stage . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 25 | The room was unnaturally still about her , but the stillness might shatter at any second . |
| 26 | The necessary information is supplied in the form of a graph known as the pull-out torque/speed characteristic — showing the maximum torque which the motor can develop at each operating speed . |
| 27 | Where the debtor accepts an offer made to him , a special notification of the right to cancel must be given to him and the debtor can cancel at any time up to five days from receipt of that notification ( s68(a) ) . |
| 28 | The student could leave at any time he wished and take up unqualified practice , usually permanently , but sometimes temporarily . |
| 29 | Er i it was alright if the man took precautions but if the woman did n't take precautions there was er I mean the man did n't , there was nothing the woman could do at all about it . |
| 30 | The Policyholder shall take all reasonable steps to safeguard from loss or damage and maintain in efficient condition any Caravan described in the Schedule and the Corporation shall have at all times free access to examine such Caravan . |