Example sentences of "[vb mod] not be at " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Sky spokesman added : ‘ We agreed to a police request that Bobby Gould should not be at the ground , even though he worked for us in the same capacity at the first match between the two sides . ’ |
| 2 | The overriding aim is to increase the value of the reports by providing more information , but this should not be at the expense of clarity . |
| 3 | ‘ But weeding out false claims should not be at the expense of prejudicing genuine claims . ’ |
| 4 | But this policy of buying time should not be at the expense of those young people who are currently losing out at school . |
| 5 | I see no reason why I should not be at Kiawah Island in Captain Bernard Gallacher 's team in September . |
| 6 | The use of sponsors ' logos should not be at the expense of the prominence of the HCIMA logo ; |
| 7 | Now the teacher entering this role may not be at all clear which of these or mixture of these or other structures is going to be appropriate . |
| 8 | This could well relate to the design of the hospital bed which may not be at the same height as the one with which the patient is familiar . |
| 9 | Although some children may be capable of finding there are the same number of things in two sets ( by matching ) , they may not be at all sure there are still the same number of the objects if one of the sets is differently arranged . |
| 10 | ‘ You may not be at risk from what is in here . |
| 11 | Opinion polls may not be at their peak of credibility , in the wake of the election predictions . |
| 12 | Adults are at least able to acquire , even though this may not be at a sufficiently high level of competence . |
| 13 | Taking the early batches of eggs or fry away may interfere with the parents ' ability to raise later batches , so I leave a few batches with a new pair until they get the knack , which may not be at the first attempt . |
| 14 | But there is little room for a comprehensive view , though it gives the generalists a basis for comparisons which may not be at first apparent . |
| 15 | The result of all this is that because of the divergence of Belfast English from other varieties and the internal divergence within it , we do not know beforehand what is the correct lexical input to any phonological variable , we do not necessarily know what the variants of the variable are , and we may not be at all certain about what precisely might count as a variable . |
| 16 | As Fineman acknowledges , the anecdote may not be at odds with the general sense but , as we observe with New Historicism 's use of anecdote , it is difficult to determine its relation to the general with any satisfaction . |
| 17 | which might not be at year end for example . |
| 18 | She feared John might not be at home but he was , and was very excited because he had been promised a job . |
| 19 | People boasted to journalists , it might not be at all difficult to get Tim to say exactly what had happened on the Jonquil the night Sabine Jourdain was killed . |
| 20 | Barbara Coleman might not be at the museum again . |
| 21 | The consequences of indulging it might not be at all to your liking . |
| 22 | If he was entertaining visitors , he might not be at all pleased to have her arriving uninvited on the doorstep . |
| 23 | They missed the train connection in Glasgow which meant that they could not be at the hotel by seven o'clock . |
| 24 | In the case of the atom , this meant that in its lowest energy state the electron could not be at rest in the nucleus because , in that case , its position would be exactly defined ( at the nucleus ) and its velocity would also be exactly defined ( to be zero ) . |
| 25 | Anne Diamond explained that she could not be at Torquay because of programme commitments and what she called ‘ another thing ’ , patting her midriff to show that she was heavily pregnant . |
| 26 | Unfortunately the outgoing Master Fellow , could not be at conference because of the serious illness of her sister , so the installation was conducted by her predecessor , . |
| 27 | Indeed , ; second , while there are connections between at least some elementary general training and the advanced forms of professional training , and while access to these advanced forms , for those who want it , is still relatively open , the form of division between ‘ artist ’ and ‘ public ’ need not be at all of a damaging kind ; it is often in practice a willing and serious interchange between professionals and those interested in the highest development of these/skills . |
| 28 | It has not proved possible to determine the composition directly , which is difficult for a condensate , but the measured abundance of ammonia in the gaseous phase above the top of these clouds is about what would be expected were this ammonia in equilibrium with solid ammonia at the typical cloud top conditions of 0.5 bar and 148 K. There are thought to be relatively few breaks in the ammonia clouds , though the cloud tops need not be at the same altitude everywhere . |
| 29 | Dry areas would no longer absorb energy , and would not be at risk from the high local power-input . |
| 30 | But very obviously our traveller 's decision would not be at all like that . |