Example sentences of "[be] at time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is likely that the funeral will be at times when the cemeteries or crematoria are not busy , such as early in the morning . |
| 2 | It is usually paid for via state-funded organisations and can at least be relied on even if it can be at times both economically and spiritually unrewarding . |
| 3 | Vain they might be at times , dangerous , vicious even , when the devil was in them . |
| 4 | ‘ It does n't have to happen , ’ she said , her voice almost as stubborn as his could be at times . |
| 5 | Spoiled and wilful she might be at times , but the emotional distance between them caused by the difference in their ages and their forced separation in childhood had slowly been closing over the past two years . |
| 6 | ‘ How very predictable you can be at times . ’ |
| 7 | So th the sort of help that was that would come to the surface would it be at times like birth , death , accidents ? |
| 8 | In primary sclerosing cholangitis standard liver function tests may improve after diagnosis — a result of diagnosis tending to be at times of maximal abnormality in a fluctuating course and likely therefore to be followed by a period of partial remission . |
| 9 | In this environment , students will be given opportunities to realise the need for new skills and abilities and their development will be supported in , what may be at times , personally challenging situations . |
| 10 | It was felt that however frustrating or exasperating our relationships with the churches may be at times , our ‘ bias to the churches ’ must continue but not at the cost of excluding other ‘ efficient ’ partners who are non-church . |
| 11 | There was no getting away from the fact that , as a unit , the Scotland back row were so disjointed as to be at times perilously close to a vacuum . |
| 12 | His achievement lay in his ability to paint portraits and landscapes of exceptional clarity : the light is translucent and northern , the colours are exquisite and apparently naturalistic despite being at times capriciously combined . |
| 13 | If indigence were the sole criterion , then the category would include Oliver Goldsmith , the young Samuel Johnson , Christopher Smart and numerous other poets who enjoyed the distinct privilege of a university education but were at times besieged by duns . |
| 14 | Although he obviously trains hard , the English management were at times left frustrated by his preference for playing over preparation . |
| 15 | Some other aspects of the anti-Modernism of the new fiction , it must be conceded , were at times more chauvinistic than reasoned . |
| 16 | Other young fellows were doing the same thing ; we used to meet and recognize each other and compare notes — and pretty scathing we were at times with what we found . |
| 17 | We ran into some bad weather on the way , with heavy rain followed by thick fog , which was frustrating because we were at times up near the permanent snowline , and had occasional glimpses of birds like rough-legged buzzard , with Lapland bunting and red-throated pipits by the roadside . |
| 18 | Not all members of commissions could be stifled , however , and debates were at times acrimonious . |
| 19 | Lady Laura Riding , speaking in support of the proposals , declared that if prostitutes were at times ‘ liable to be harried ’ , that was the consequence of their own actions . |
| 20 | In the aftermath of the Cuban revolution , the Communists , forced to contend with Castroite , Maoist and Trotskyist dissenters , all of whom advocated armed struggle , were at times uncertain how to respond to the rise of guerrilla activity in their own countries . |
| 21 | But er however things went on and er we , we 've had very bad years some years when the we , stuck too much I think to some of the Morris of course er they had their troubles of course and , and then eventually we , it was funny we were the only two people in the whole of Britain who h ho held the agencies for Austin and Morris together and we were at times we were thinking we must lose one of them . |
| 22 | The two brothers were at times united in their hostility to Chilperic 's son Chlothar II , and at one moment they reduced the latter 's kingdom to territory between the Seine , the Oise and the sea . |
| 23 | This is important in the treatment of self-poisoning patients because , as has already been noted , they are at times regarded with hostility by hospital staff ( p. 22 ) , and by relatives and friends ( p. 23 ) . |
| 24 | All are at times unusually active and distractible . |
| 25 | The major differences between the two positions — and they are at times crudely drawn — focus on : |
| 26 | It is when understanding , compromise and trust in sexual matters are lacking in a marriage that the sexual problems which are at times inevitable assume their largest proportions . |
| 27 | Rather than analysing ‘ social ’ history in isolation from political developments , as social historians are at times accused of doing , they have dwelt upon the interaction between popular experience and mentality , on the one hand , and the struggle for power on the other . |
| 28 | These two discourses are at times indistinguishably fused , at times distinctly separate . |
| 29 | Adequate personal financial resources are an essential component of community care and an essential prerequisite , too , of dignity and self-worth , but , surprisingly , the financial needs of people with mental disorder are often ignored or , at the other end of the scale , such people are at times even treated rather like children — they are provided with pocket money for ‘ treats ’ but all other financial decisions are taken out of their hands . |
| 30 | The offences committed by such people are at times of a rather bizarre nature and may be trivial or serious . |