Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [verb] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather he thinks that ants ' social organisation and skills should make them at least as rewarding to study as the birds and mammals on which animal behaviourists have focused . |
| 2 | It should be stressed that the figures do not reflect the fact that a considerable number of respondents answered ‘ yes ’ to the principle of capping but went on to argue that institutions should receive nothing at all by way of grants ( see , for example , the response from the Legal Resources Group ) . |
| 3 | But an intensively worked arable farm growing continuous corn with the use of synthetic fertilizers , herbicides , and pesticides may have none at all . |
| 4 | Mrs Castle , as it turned out , had opposed this allowance , again on the characteristically doctrinaire grounds that an allowance which made it necessary for the disabled to purchase motor cars would place them at the mercy of the commercial interests of motor manufacturers . |
| 5 | Firepower , too : there were laser cannons built into both arms , and the thrusters beneath her heels would melt anything at close range . |
| 6 | If there are four candidates in a constituency — Conservative , Labour , Liberal Democrat and Scottish Nationalist Party — and if thanks to the AV the Labour candidate is elected , first votes given to him will get 100% political representation in the constituency and first votes given to the other three candidates will get none at all : a strange sort of PARR , just like the sort our present system provides ! |
| 7 | Most London homes will find themselves at the top levels . |
| 8 | Anyone interested in that idea , or in the turning systems for schools can contact him at The Croft , Brough , Thurso , Caithness , Scotland KW14 8YE , ( 0847 ) 85605 . |
| 9 | A Beginner 's Guide To Adventures costs a mere £3.00 , though regular readers can get it at 50p off with last month 's coupon . |
| 10 | The teams each had to prepare a menu for 50 diners under the added pressure of working in glass-fronted kitchens so visitors could watch them at work . |
| 11 | Visitors can see it at any time . |
| 12 | Different individuals may place themselves at different points in the middle of the continuum and use a range of varieties above and below their " home base " . |
| 13 | Next Wednesday , a score of television bigwigs will meet him at a special seminar at the Department of Trade and Industry , part of the D T I 's efforts to boost British exports . |
| 14 | A wife entitled to a reduced pension on her own contributions can claim it at 60 , regardless of whether or not her husband is receiving his pension . |
| 15 | To ensure publication your dates should reach us at least 14 DAYS before our cover date . |
| 16 | ‘ We still have some trade space available and anyone wishing to be present at the championships should contact us at 0232 370222 . ’ |
| 17 | It may reassure your readers who need protection from reality , but grown-ups must find it at best sloppy and at worst malicious . |
| 18 | How could gas companies give any guarantees to gas suppliers , especially on gas volume , if their customers could by-pass them at any time ? |
| 19 | Trains will stop immediately at Wargrave and Shiplake and passengers may join them at any stopping point . |
| 20 | Signor fragolli would meet us at one thirty P.M. outside the Central Naval Museum , which he insisted upon calling the Stock Exchange . |
| 21 | ‘ Just as I believe that the taking stock initiative improves the quality of government at national level so I believe that moving to single-tier all-purpose authorities will improve it at local level . |
| 22 | Computers are not used in the primary school although some children may have them at home . |
| 23 | If rail travel gets worse before it gets better , voters may dump them at the next general election . |
| 24 | The volunteers may find themselves at the centre of an even more important discovery . |
| 25 | As George Orwell noted in 1984 , the fear that the thought-police might monitor everybody at all times was enough to keep Big Brother 's subjects in a state of paralysed terror . |
| 26 | More and more trainees will present themselves at centres with widely varying degrees of knowledge , skills and attitudes in different areas and will ask for these to be recognised in some way or other . |
| 27 | The children will perform it at the Edinburgh Festival . |
| 28 | Meadows rich in herbs can support up to 24 different species of butterfly , chemically treated fields can support none at all . |
| 29 | Such males have large numbers of offspring while others might have none at all . |
| 30 | Both states were regarded as not only undesirable but criminal : after the Burgess/Maclean scandal in 1951 , police prosecutions against homosexuals reached a peak in 1953/4 , while the scare headlines accorded by the press to the Clapham Common murder in the summer of 1953 lodged in the public 's heads the equation that people who wore Edwardian clothes would knife you at the drop of a hat . |