Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is a case of dramatic irony when we as readers recognize and share with the fabliau author a knowledge of the " realities " of the fictitious situation denied to the merchant of Orléans and may laugh at the merchant 's misguided belief as a result .
2 Words flung out in temper , for instance , do not carry lasting conviction although they may wound at the time , whereas a calm statement , arising from inner knowledge , is likely to come from the centre of one 's being and to hold fast .
3 The story — accompanied by more than 150 colour paintings — of how they find a land where humans and dinosaurs live in harmony is an imaginative and interesting read , although adults may baulk at the price .
4 Some may baulk at the name though : Converse Rear Entry .
5 First , variation in a character must exist at the outset of the evolutionary process .
6 In fact in Duru [ 1976 ] 1 WLR 2 the Court of Appeal thought that both charges in relation to the thing in action represented by the cheque and to the paper itself were to be upheld but the judges ' minds were not directed at this issue whether property must exist at the time of the obtaining .
7 Arranging to receive goods before they have been stolen does not amount to handling : Park ( 1988 ) 87 Cr App R 164 ( CA ) , because " guilty knowledge must exist at the time when the offence is committed " .
8 ‘ Trade union involvement must remain at the heart of the party but it must be based far more on individual choice and decision rather than through the exercise of a block vote , ’ he said .
9 It would have been impossible to have brought an airliner into the gallery — they must remain at the Museum 's ‘ out-station ’ at Wroughton , Wilts , but the next best thing was achieved .
10 If a motor vehicle is stationary when the accident occurs the driver must remain at the scene until he has satisfied the section .
11 Until that time your child must remain at the place named on the supervision requirement .
12 My view ( the view of a confirmed industrial privatizer ) was that the National Health Service should remain at the centre of our health-care system and that politically we would reap the whirlwind if we could be portrayed as moving away from it .
13 Publication should remain at the editor 's discretion .
14 She challenged Vi with her eyes , demanding she should stay at the table .
15 On Mr Clinton 's menu , deficit-reduction must stay at the top .
16 I 'll have a word with her when she 's awake , she 's still on a third dream I should think at the moment but she 's er , certainly good talking , I could , I could try and get her without her knowing about it and see what happens , just dinner time I 'll take it down and try it , oh you 're gon na take it round Steve 's ai n't you ?
17 Ashley was glaring at me over the candle flame the way a hawk must glare at a field mouse the instant before it parts mouse from field forever .
18 This will help to avoid clouds of falling soot from blowing into the room through the air vent which you must install at the bottom of the closed flue .
19 At Wentworth Woodhouse we advised on what we thought the West Riding should buy at the sale to keep in the house .
20 Officials are particularly strict in the capital , Suva , where arriving yachts must wait at the quarantine buoy , or anchor nearby until visited by the medical officer .
21 However , parties should consider at the outset the payment of their advisers ' fees in the event that the transaction aborts .
22 It is not a condition of the relief that a trainee must qualify at the end of a course .
23 The rest of the sack matched up to the quality of manufacture and finish of the back system — as it should do at the price .
24 It is one of the requirements of any British Prime Minister that every Tuesday and Thursday between 3.15 and 3.30 p.m. he or she should appear at the dispatch box and answer questions from MPs on any subject .
25 Cooke was due to slip below Prean on the next list , which should appear at the start of the New Year , but unless there is a rapprochement between the player and the ETTA , whose chairman is Prean 's father John , the rankings will have lost much of their meaning .
26 Also the exact date of signing the report should appear at the end , under the signatures of those who accept responsibility for the report 's findings .
27 If counsel settled the pleading for further and better particulars , his name should appear at the end .
28 Any commentary must acknowledge at the outset the difficulty in effectively representing diversity of both sectors in terms of quality , quantity and of ‘ style ’ , that is to say , in the attitudes and values that underpin service .
29 There is no compelling reason why a Bill should lapse at the end of a parliamentary session .
30 If the money was there , I think we should look at a link .
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