Example sentences of "which [modal v] [vb infin] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although terms such as lentement and vite are unambiguously indicative of tempo , many other expressions commonly found in French Baroque music which may appear at first sight to have no definite connotations of tempo were commonly understood as tempo indications at the time . |
| 2 | I understand from 's nephew that the electric convector in the sitting room is dead , and shall speak to about some kind of replacement , though there is of course the second convector in the bedroom which should suffice at this time of year . |
| 3 | They also recommend large trials to examine the effectiveness of a range of interventions , which should look at broader outcome measures than just hearing loss . |
| 4 | It struck Mungo as being like a time-bomb , planted even before memory , which might explode at any moment . |
| 5 | As we said then , these were indicative in character and not comprehensive as to the levels or to the range of performance which might emerge at any one level or from a particular child . |
| 6 | A curious fact which might seem at first to constitute an exception to this explanation turns out to provide further confirmation of it . |
| 7 | One of Brazil 's biggest industrial areas has become an environmental time-bomb which could explode at any time . |
| 8 | As it was not yet open , she sat on the step beside a broken box of rotting plums and watched the market traders going about their business : they all seemed to be in their usual mood of precarious good humour which could splinter at any moment into invective and menacing gesture . |
| 9 | The British successfully tested the H-bomb in May 1957 , while Bomber Command was gradually acquiring aircraft which could strike at key Soviet cities . |
| 10 | AGLOBAL aviation security network is needed urgently to prevent another Lockerbie disaster , which could happen at any time , an expert on international terrorism warned yesterday . |
| 11 | He told members to get ready for an election which could happen at any time . |
| 12 | And , if it is at all possible , the number of changes which could occur at any one time is better curtailed and staggered . |
| 13 | St. Leonard 's Street , Sheepmarket and Broad Street were notorious arenas for these events which could occur at any time through the winter months . |
| 14 | The decree exempted a list of raw and construction materials and production and technical goods , which would remain at fixed prices . |
| 15 | It is currently budgeting for a modest deficit on the Income and Expenditure Account for 1993–4 , which will result at 31 July 1994 in an overall deficit of £4.2m . |
| 16 | Tax , which will start at 59 per cent , will climb to such rates as have not been seen since Roy Jenkins with his 103 per cent ‘ top slice ’ . |
| 17 | The rate of interest fixed by the Commissioners on Landed Securities ( which was fixed at 11 ½ per cent for the six months from and after Martinmas 1974 and which will continue at that rate for the six months from and after Whitsunday 1975 ) . |
| 18 | This will be on Thursday 2 April in the school following the Annual Parish Meeting which will begin at 7.30 p.m . |
| 19 | In the pond there lives a grass snake , which will emerge at some random point on the surface , and eat whichever frog is closest to it . |
| 20 | Pneumonia is another infection which can strike at young foals . |
| 21 | " Quotation " thus seems to be a code-switching phenomenon which can work at several levels . |
| 22 | This process of adaptation and acceptance may be broken into several phases which can proceed at varying speeds and may be complete only after several generations have passed . |