Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [noun sg] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | While this is not insignificant ( a weakness of the lecture or the teacher-directed lesson is that it must take place at a pre-set time irrespective of student readiness ) it is hardly Liberty Hall . |
| 2 | Labour 's National Executive Committee agreed last night that the leadership contest should take place at a special conference on July 18 . |
| 3 | However , the studies also indicate a note of caution : Cohn and Daro conclude by suggesting that perhaps putting all resources into intervention after the fact does not make sense and that intervention should take place at a much earlier preventive stage . |
| 4 | Ideally , further education activities should take place at a time when the qualified staff can most easily be spared . |
| 5 | This should take place at a time when the individual is able to engage in detailed discussion . |
| 6 | But a body with a particular temperature must emit radiation at a certain rate . |
| 7 | In an interview last month Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison said that technical advances now make it possible to create relatively inexpensive public databases , with telephone companies acting as the backbone for what he termed ‘ a huge emerging market , ’ enabling subscribers to store and recall voice messages and receive what he calls ‘ home mail ’ electronically , and that by matching the latest parallel processors with Oracle 's software , new data services could deliver information at a tenth the current cost . |
| 8 | Now we could use plasterboard at a fraction of the price and put it up in the fraction of the time . |
| 9 | There are few exceptions where human skulls have been found in wells and which could suggest violence at a later period . |
| 10 | Such effects could take place at a number of different levels within the political system : an individual 's relationship to another could change as a result of the media just as an individual 's relationship to an institution could change as an outcome of media work , and so on . |
| 11 | This is because regular heroin use is likely to result in both physical addiction and a major psychological dependence , and these consequences would keep prevalence at a high level long after any drop in the level of social deprivation . |
| 12 | The sediment would allow diffusion at a rate of only I metre per 10 years , and ocean circulation would take 100 years to introduce radionuclides into the human environment once radionuclides enter the water column . |
| 13 | Soft ground would put stamina at a premium over the twelve furlongs , and doubts about Sir Ivor 's getting the trip contributed to Piggott 's tactics . |
| 14 | There is also already evidence that healthier lifestyles at early ages — including , in particular , abstention from smoking , a reduction in alcohol consumption , more controlled eating , and regular exercise — are now being adopted , and it is probable that they will improve health at a later stage for the cohorts which adopt them . |
| 15 | In the case of alcoholic liver disease , this may be logistically impossible , since even if biopsy specimens could be obtained from alcoholics with normal liver blood tests to ensure the absence of occult disease , there is not way of predicing whether these patients will develop disease at a later date . |
| 16 | Throughout implementation of the job , communication will take place at a variety of levels and the skill with which it is handled will often dictate the ultimate success of the job . |
| 17 | This will take place at a celebration breakfast for Opportunity 2000 's first anniversary on 17 November at the Park Lane Hotel . |
| 18 | Reed was also ordered to pay Macmillan 's legal costs , and an inquiry into the amount of damages suffered by Macmillan will take place at a later date . |
| 19 | In order to avoid disputes and unnecessary duplication of effort , where work requires remeasurement this will take place at a joint meeting of the builder 's surveyor and the sub-contractor . |
| 20 | He is leading an English team to compete in the first ever Irish staging of the Jack Charlton Trout Cup — an event which will take place at a lake near Bantry in County Cork on March 29 and 30 . |
| 21 | As to cost , a report commissioned by British Coal , British Gas and others has calculated that IGCC plants will produce electricity at a slightly higher cost than conventional coal-fired stations . |
| 22 | However , what stings the coal industry is that all but a few of the new gas plants will produce power at a total cost about 15 to 30 per cent . |
| 23 | Recent information has shown that all but a few of those plants will produce power at a total cost above that of British coal at present prices . |
| 24 | Often they will arrive unbidden at a mustering of High Elf forces and offer their expert services as scouts and skirmishers to the general of the army . |
| 25 | Not only are peak users paying for the high marginal costs they impose , but also those users who would not mind consuming at a different time ( e.g. households with night storage heaters , who can use electricity at a time when marginal costs are low ) are induced by cheaper prices to switch to consuming at off-peak times . |
| 26 | But Price Waterhouse say they are confident the original directors can run Dale at a profit . |
| 27 | To explain why the ozone hole exists , research now suggests that the Antarctic region offers an extreme situation in which chlorine molecules can scavenge ozone at a very fast rate ( Crutzen and Arnold , 1986 ) . |
| 28 | Crocodiles can lose water at a rate of up to half of that of amphibians ( which have a much more permeable skin , and would greatly suffer from desiccation on land were it not for the safety valve of a reduced urine flow , which passes much of its water content back into the body ) . |
| 29 | However , the difficulties involved in providing a safe and reassuring environment for staff working with this group of people are one reason why so many professional staff still clamour to retain the old asylums ; in such asylums staff know they can summon help at a few minutes ' notice from a neighbouring ward and from resident medical staff . |
| 30 | At a petrol station near Vigo , I got directions to Blackberry Hill , proving yet again that taxi-drivers are the only people who can get service at a garage without buying anything . |