Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] at any " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fights may end at any stage with the retreat of one individual . |
| 2 | To summarise so far : a ) False sensations or sensory illusions may occur at any time in a pilot 's career and in fact commonly do occur in the normal course of events . |
| 3 | US and allied governments stressed that the exact moment was unimportant as it was not a " trigger point " , but that military action might begin at any time they chose thereafter , unless Iraq had complied with the UN resolutions . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Children who have been integrated into mainstream schools can return at any time for help and are called back at six-monthly intervals for checks . |
| 6 | ‘ Blood can come at any time . ’ |
| 7 | The condition can occur at any age . |
| 8 | Since delegation can occur at any time a basic question you the manager should regularly be asking yourself is : ‘ At this moment , am I making the best use of my time ? ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He also must know that my ships from Denmark might arrive at any moment . |
| 11 | He looked down at the child , surprised , as if the boy would vanish at any moment , leaving him holding nothing . |
| 12 | An election could come at any time , and policies across the board were being honed in readiness . |
| 13 | No , a sister could marry at any time , and leave me . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The essence of presidential power was its unpredictability : the General could intervene at any moment and on any issue . |
| 18 | If society in all its aspects has always been in a state of flux , it is highly unlikely that this process will end at any particular time . |
| 19 | Essentially , the vulnerable times are the beginning and end of each journey , although danger can strike at any time . |
| 20 | A similar consequential surplus can arise at any stage of the count after the first . |
| 21 | Passport and visa regulations may change at any time so always consult your travel agent or the Passport Office . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 23 | Yet , when I saw him on this occasion , he seemed more than usually calm and quiet , which , given that the most painful of interrupters might arrive at any hour , showed that when , in the very essay I was delivering to him , he had talked about the necessity for the ‘ discipline and training of the emotions ’ , he meant what he said and practised it . |
| 24 | Some people live with a more or less permanent anxiety that this shattering event could happen at any time . |
| 25 | The agents of the Phoenix King could appear at any time and drag away the most reputable people . |
| 26 | The pipeline from Petrobras passes beneath the houses ; an explosion could occur at any time . |
| 27 | The reality of AIDS is that the person can die at any time . |
| 28 | The landlord can opt at any time without consulting the tenant . |
| 29 | The room was unnaturally still about her , but the stillness might shatter at any second . |
| 30 | The student could leave at any time he wished and take up unqualified practice , usually permanently , but sometimes temporarily . |