Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [verb] at any " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fights may end at any stage with the retreat of one individual . |
| 2 | To summarise so far : a ) False sensations or sensory illusions may occur at any time in a pilot 's career and in fact commonly do occur in the normal course of events . |
| 3 | Children who have been integrated into mainstream schools can return at any time for help and are called back at six-monthly intervals for checks . |
| 4 | The lesions may present at any age and they have always been recorded as solitary , except in one case , and possibly in anothr , in which a second polyp was resected from the site of anastomosis of the previous operation six months before . |
| 5 | Passport and visa regulations may change at any time so always consult your travel agent or the Passport Office . |
| 6 | ‘ The one thing I do have in common with William , ’ conceded Preston , ‘ is that we both grew up knowing the heavens might open at any moment and drop a load of shit on our heads . ’ |
| 7 | Yet , when I saw him on this occasion , he seemed more than usually calm and quiet , which , given that the most painful of interrupters might arrive at any hour , showed that when , in the very essay I was delivering to him , he had talked about the necessity for the ‘ discipline and training of the emotions ’ , he meant what he said and practised it . |
| 8 | You c You can er you can in fact have up to er you can find in you ex in your will as many people as you like but no more than four executors can prove at any one time . |
| 9 | Some naturalists believe that tigers will mate at any time of year . |
| 10 | Accidents can strike at any time — things like broken windows , overflowing cisterns , leaking pipes or damaged roofs all need immediate attention — and , in times of crisis , working your way through a telephone directory can be extremely frustrating . |
| 11 | Apart from accidental injury at birth , accidents can occur at any time in life which may cause mental handicap . |
| 12 | But the local football authorities will protest at any attempt to transmit live football without prior consultation with them . |
| 13 | Trainees may leave at any time if , for example , they wish to take up employment . |
| 14 | Feminists must baulk at any … conclusion which implies that the vast audience of romance readers ( with the exception of a few up-front intellectuals ) are either masochistic or inherently stupid . |
| 15 | If one also supposed that only one or two electrons could orbit at any one of these distances , this would solve the problem of the collapse of the atom , because the electrons could not spiral in any farther than to fill up the orbits with the least distances and energies . |
| 16 | The police could arrive at any minute ! |
| 17 | The Sun claims that the Stonebridge council estate in north London ‘ is Britain 's tinderbox where Los Angeles-style riots could explode at any time ’ . |
| 18 | The episodes can happen at any time and nurses at the Countess of Chester Hospital , where she is a patient , have a matter of minutes to resuscitate Leah through a tube inserted into her neck . |
| 19 | Students may apply at any time during the academic year . |
| 20 | This nest set up on the flat lands beyond the power stations on the south east coast will provide the evidence to Bill and his bird watching colleagues It 's not only the owls that fly at night , waders will feed at any time , but the rising tide will force them to leave the mud flats day or night |
| 21 | Chilblains can occur at any age and are more common in women than men . |