Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bach 's Sarabande from the E minor Lute Suite may at first seem to be a freely flowing melody ; in reality , it is a skilful decoration of what was probably a simple basic conception : The rhythm ( bar 2 ) is really a diminution of ( bar 4 ) ; the quavers in bar 1 are echoed in augmented values in bar 3 ; while the note succession in bar 1 is used again to form bars 3 and 4 . |
| 2 | Where the lessor recovers possession after the making of an order under s 138(3) above , the lessee may at any time within six months from the date on which the lessor has recovered possession , apply for relief ; the court may grant the lessee relief , subject to such terms and conditions as it thinks fit ( s 138(9A) ) . |
| 3 | Government optimism that the crime wave may at last be under control will be little consolation to Franc Hyde . |
| 4 | In respect of any claim or series of claims for which this cover provides an indemnity to an Insured Person against his/her legal liability , the Insurer may at any time pay to the Insured Person the limit of indemnity after deduction of any sum(s) already paid as compensation or any lesser amount for which such claim(s) can be settled , and upon such payment being made , the Insurer shall relinquish the conduct and control of and be under no further liability in connection with such claim(s) except for payment of costs and expenses recoverable or incurred prior to the date of such payment . |
| 5 | I think we have to face facts , first fact is the the priority of the board must at this time be survival . |
| 6 | erm Under the new erm system erm every G P must at some time during the visit erm persons over seventy-five . |
| 7 | If Christianity is true and if religion affects culture , then non-Christian religions , whose creeds must at some point involve the denial of some aspect of Christian truth , will reveal cultural problems resulting from inconsistencies which are impossible to reconcile given their religious postulates . |
| 8 | IRAQ 'S splintered opposition may at last have found its voice . |
| 9 | Even though it was suggested that such crises may at some point lead to a collapse of the system , this is not inevitable nor even highly probable . |
| 10 | If that too decides prices are too high , the record industry may at last be forced to reduce them . |
| 11 | The austerity of the positivist programme may at first sight seem highly scientific , with its rigid adherence to what can be measured and its banishing of all that is not the immediate fruit of experience . |
| 12 | Gaps in numerical sequences may be identified and samples lacking clear labels may at this stage be returned to their correct sequential position . |
| 13 | First , the stable closed orbits may at some energy become self-intersecting and second , at a given energy these orbits may form more than one sequence . |
| 14 | The main criteria for taxis is that drivers must at all times act civilly . ’ |
| 15 | If Mr Hussein had the wit to get out of Kuwait before the Americans and their allies can push him out , the war would have lost its overriding purpose — and the coalition might at last have lost its cohesiveness . |
| 16 | The curator-in-chief in charge of sculpture , Jean-René Gaborit , asked that the courtyards of the Richelieu wing be covered so that his department might at last have the space to show pieces from stores and also sculptures brought in from the Tuileries gardens and elsewhere , many of them suffering from atmospheric pollution . |
| 17 | The Old Pretender could at any time become a menace if taken up by England 's enemies . |
| 18 | During the second half of the eighties , InterCity could at last boast five complete ten-coach VIP train sets all based and serviced at London 's Bounds Green depot . |
| 19 | The more conscientious among her readers would at these words stop and think , knowing that they too could , if they were clever enough , look at it all in the right way . |
| 20 | The loss of sudomotor function seen in constipated patients in this study would at first indicate a degree of impairment of the sympathetic nervous system which would result in the loss of inhibitory tone on gut smooth muscle . |
| 21 | An ideal operational amplifier would at all frequencies exhibit infinite gain , no electrical noise , zero output impedance and infinite input impedance so that the mathematical operation would be completely determined by the feedback network . |
| 22 | Basing himself on authority from the United States , La Forest J. concluded that any other rule would at best be inefficient , and at worst could lead to financial chaos : see pp. 194–197 . |
| 23 | If the threads are faulty or if the weaving goes awry , the fabric will at best be " seconds " . |
| 24 | Indeed , one can point to notable successes such as the investigations of the intelligence agencies ( see above ) , but the sheer size of the federal bureaucracy means that oversight can at best be random and episodic . |
| 25 | Failure of a biomaterial can at best cause discomfort to the patient and at worst can be fatal . |
| 26 | Weavers and combers might at most times make common cause against clothiers , but when the import of ready-combed Irish wool was the issue at Tiverton in 1749 they came to blows . |
| 27 | Indeed , the carbon-based molecules of which living things are constructed , and which they employ for life 's purposes , are so various and can be so complex that the study of biochemistry might at first sight seem quite impossible . |
| 28 | However unpopular such a measure might at first appear , the long experience of the commissioners had shown them not only the inefficacy in most cases but also the cruelty of issuing executions against the goods of defendants — ‘ as regards the wives and children of debtors by selling their beds from under them , and the expense and oppression attending the levy ’ . |
| 29 | Where a judge is the judge for two or more districts the judge or district judge may at any time upon application or upon his own motion direct that the hearing of proceedings pending before the judge in one court shall take place in some other court of which he is the judge . |
| 30 | ( 8 ) In the event that a Member holds any Shares or a beneficial owner has an interest in any Shares in the Company in such circumstances that the Rules are broken the Directors may at any time resolve that the Member holding the Shares concerned shall ( unless he shall have already given a Transfer Notice ) be deemed to have given a Transfer Notice in respect of such Shares . |