Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] [verb] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I 'm sure that it will be only a short time before the imaginative gentleman of this funeral business ( or after-care service , as it apparently now likes to be called ) will overcome these problems that in any case may be outweighed by one great advantage to which he points with pride : namely , that it is above all discreet , in that the girlfriend of the departed may view at any time , giving any name , and the wife and family will be none the wiser ! |
| 2 | The Laws of Manu , an ancient law book of the Hindu way of life , which discusses the customs , conventions and laws , that should operate at each stage of life and govern the relation of the different orders with one another , regards the four āśramas as the best means of attaining co-operation For the common good . |
| 3 | Some may baulk at such a suggestion but it is only making explicit what archivists do implicitly . |
| 4 | This may start at any position in the line . |
| 5 | This could occur at all levels . |
| 6 | Some would flinch at such language as a description of how medical resources are allocated , but would agree with what is behind it , that rational allocation or planning is an illusion . |
| 7 | This can occur at any time but particularly when the student has been observed or supervised in her nursing care . |
| 8 | Faisal wondered if getting rich would help at all . |
| 9 | As many as possible would cluster at that end , and the stalls would thin out quickly as one went northwards away from the abbey towards the open country , with all its dangers for the peaceful trader . |
| 10 | Further thrusting may develop at this stage through sliding of large rock masses under the force of gravity along the flanks of the uplifted orogen ( see Section 7.3 ) . |
| 11 | ‘ The Attorney General should look at this case , ’ said Billericay MP Teresa Gorman . |
| 12 | Old Lincolnshire folk claim that in the 1920 's one could stand at this point and see no less than sixteen windmills noiselessly at work . |
| 13 | ‘ Better than what ? ’ she asked innocently , thinking that two could play at that game of acting as though everything were the same as it had always been . |
| 14 | If you want to get personal then two can play at that , and I swear on my lifelong friendships with the late Mrs Gandhi , Brian Clough and Michael Parkinson that I will burn my brand new membership card of the NUJ on the square at Headingley if you can name me the full Yorkshire team you 're chairman of . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , two can play at that game , ’ she said angrily . |
| 16 | But two can play at this game . |
| 17 | In many cases it is simplistic to make a bald differentiation between an obligation and a right , for each can exist at many different levels . |
| 18 | it can be seen that the feature list for the ’ dance ’ sense of ’ ball ’ needs to be modified to include the act of ’ hitting ’ ; and with it , everything else that can occur at such a function . |