Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [verb] at [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are many systems that you can install for yourself if you 're keen on DIY , but professionally installed bedroom furniture can cost about £2,500 per room , and should add at last half its cost to the value of the house . |
| 2 | Tom seemed very casual now , as if he had recently found the answer to some burdensome question and could relax at last , and he teased both Belinda and Mrs Porter mercilessly about the Christmas presents they had given and received . |
| 3 | The rift between the two brothers recalls the one between Cain and Abel and would seem at first to be heading for a similar conclusion . |
| 4 | We have found that these roles are not always as clearly divided as may appear at first sight . |
| 5 | This idea is not so far-fetched as may appear at first glance . |
| 6 | The impossibility of replication in police investigation is not as crippling as might appear at first sight because it is far less important , or even necessary , in the criminal context than in science . |
| 7 | The difference between the two kinds of training is not as great as would appear at first sight because it turns out that task training has in common with skill training an emphasis on the perceptual side of human functioning . |