Example sentences of "[conj] at time " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the seasonal loss was not great enough to cause an ‘ ozone hole ’ of the sort above the Antarctic , where at times the layer has reached a wafer-thin 10 per cent of normal this winter . |
| 2 | It is proposed , despite the fact that it is the unorthodox view of insider dealing which is singled out for special attention , to review the policy arguments for and against the use of inside information , even where at times the debate seems more applicable to the traditional view of insider dealing . |
| 3 | For while the earlier forms of patronal relations are in general residual from more culturally integrated societies , many of the later forms are precisely interventions either within , or at times against and beyond , normal market forces . |
| 4 | those not based on formal membership or any sustained collective public manifestation , but in which there is conscious association or group identification , either informally or occasionally manifested , or at times limited to immediate working or more general relations . |
| 5 | Vice versa , at times of high rates of unemployment , or at times of low rates of unemployment but with abundant population reserves , the human capital theory was on the sidelines of mainstream economic thought . |
| 6 | I just avoided the boys in the town for a while , only going in with my father or at times when I knew they would be in school . |
| 7 | The significance of this observation is still unknown , but it is thought that such larvae may resume development if the adult hookworm population is removed by an anthelmintic or at times of stress such as lactation . |
| 8 | This includes financing any public sector borrowing requirement ( PSBR ) that exists as a result of a shortfall in government revenues compared with expenditures , or at times managing the public sector debt repayment ( PSDR ) when government income is greater than government expenditure . |
| 9 | They do not usually have hiding places , except at times of stress . |
| 10 | She 's well regarded , except at times in her local supermarket where Phyllis occasionally undergoes something of a personality change . |
| 11 | Pickled brisket and chopped and fried fish are the specialities , although at times Laps bizarrely mixes the Eastern European tradition with that of south Lancashire . |
| 12 | I found comfort — although at times I had to struggle to do so — from knowing that God is the Father , par excellence , and he therefore knew exactly how I was feeling . |
| 13 | Although at times her behaviour can be challenging , she is growing in confidence and is lively and chatty , with a great sense of humour and imagination . |
| 14 | On occasions I also added acrylic medium to the Quink to prevent any unnecessary bleeding of the line , although at times I enjoyed its non-waterproof qualities and allowed the ink to run . |
| 15 | Apparently they have already made up their minds , to separate one of the odder , although at times stimulating , hybrids of the museum world : the Tate as the gallery of British art and the Tate as the gallery of modern art , and they may well unveil their decision then . |
| 16 | People are not born with a repressed set of experiences , but they acquire them , although at times Freud seems to suggest that some parts of the repressed material of earlier generations is inherited . |
| 17 | Although at times Freud seems to hold an empiricist view of science — one based on collecting observations and then finding theories to explain them — he did also use the insights of myths , as with Oedipus . |
| 18 | ‘ So now we simply wash Graham 's clothes along with the rest of the family 's laundry , ’ says Kathleen , ‘ although at times we have tried powders for hyper-sensitive skins . ’ |
| 19 | When we read in Strabo , certainly from Posidonius , that the Druids " have pronounced that men 's souls and the universe are indestructible , although at times fire or water may temporarily prevail " ( 4.4.4 ) , it is easy to suspect that Posidonius attributed ordinary Stoic doctrines to his Druids . |
| 20 | For the college , the experience of developing and mounting the course has been a beneficial one , although at times it felt like self-inflicted punishment ! |
| 21 | Although at times he displayed symptoms of stress and irritation , in general Clinton continued to show the resilience which had maintained his scandal-ridden campaign . |
| 22 | Remember that they want your custom , although at times it might not seem that way ! |
| 23 | You see them much more as people , you know their interests much more than if they are just there listening to the lesson and so in a way this open access to the teacher , I think , although at times it does give extra pressure in the long run I think it 's tremendously beneficial . |
| 24 | Ian Scott , co-ordinator of its rural adult education project , said that at times the enthusiasm of the groups being taught had to be dampened : ‘ At the opening class of a course being run in Co Durham , the students frightened the tutor by demanding that there should be a march on County Hall . |
| 25 | As it is occasionally covered by the sea this sand is not compact so that at times we could walk fairly comfortably , but at other times we sank in unexpectedly , which broke up our rhythm and made us tired and frustrated . |
| 26 | Worse still , she had married into a life so public that at times she felt there was no place on earth where she could escape from the prying eyes . |
| 27 | He admits that at times incidents were not handled perfectly . |
| 28 | It has embroiled Dr Sandage in such controversy that at times he has almost completely withdrawn from the world . |
| 29 | What we mean by this , is that at times of great stress we can all be overwhelmed by the experience and find ourselves ‘ at sea ’ , not knowing what to do . |
| 30 | Comparative evidence from better-documented periods indicates that at times of monetary reform transitional arrangements were made to enable people to exchange their old coins for the new ones . |