Example sentences of "at some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is , in addition to the tendency to feel tired because we have been awake a long time , there is some rhythmic change that decreases our fatigue at some times and increases it at others . |
| 2 | We are concerned if we perform badly or dangerously at some times and the effects of poor performance will also be of interest to managers and the general public . |
| 3 | Managers will wish to know if the body clock means that there are times when the output of their work-force is below standard and the general public will be concerned about the possibility that safety in industrial processes , public services , transportation , etc. will be adversely affected at some times . |
| 4 | However , if one shift performs better ( and ‘ better ’ might refer to the quality or quantity — or both — of product that is made ) is it because it consists of more conscientious workers ; their conditions of working are better , or they have less distraction ; they are supervised more closely and the conveyor belt moves faster ; or their body clock enables them to work better at some times of the day than others ? |
| 5 | Particularly in countries where the diet is poor it might be of very considerable significance if the mother can make better milk at some times of the day . |
| 6 | Similarly , residential care has been preferred at some times more than others , so until the eighteenth century in the Netherlands and Flanders the foster family was seen as the best place for orphans , foundlings , and abandoned children and has long been extensively used to care for needy children in Scotland ( Packman , 1975 ; Pinchbeck and Hewitt , 1973 ; Pyck et al . , |
| 7 | Thus , as the world 's oceans are unevenly heated and cooled — more in some places than others , more at some times than others — so it tends to shift . |
| 8 | For all these reasons , there is some mixing , though it occurs more at some times of year ( during the winter storms ) than at others . |
| 9 | It is just that some days , and at some times , often in the early hours of the morning , sometimes this is what it feels like ; sometimes it gets me too . |
| 10 | The criterion of land under cultivation is crude , and resists refinement : it is exceedingly difficult to say whether in a particular country in a particular decade or generation the rate of growth was steady ; in some places at some times there may well have been local and temporary declines . |
| 11 | In some cases at some times this has led to ruthless persecution with many deaths ( USSR in the 1930s and China in the 1950s ) . |
| 12 | Like the other planets it travels around the Sun in an ellipse , which means that at some times it is closer to the Sun than at others . |
| 13 | That slag was at some times tapped during the period is shown by the debris at Shakenoak , which was accompanied by the day linings from four furnaces and forging hearths . |
| 14 | The problems that Sterling faced in recovering the aircraft were at some times almost insurmountable . |
| 15 | Dangerous circumstances as in these two examples are often easier for parents to understand and realize that in fact they do exert effective control at some times . |
| 16 | At some times , for some people , a binge may be just what is required to break through the wall of Dos and Don'ts within which one has become imprisoned . |
| 17 | Whatever the heady consequences of that ( and they have classically been found contradictory ) , Sloman 's explication does not tackle the question of why it is we are conscious of certain things at some times but not at others . |
| 18 | I have done little to remedy that myself , except to fall back on the preferred notion of level , which at least can begin to explicate how things can be reached by effort at some times but not others . |
| 19 | Without them the phrase ‘ extra-judicial documents ’ would appear almost unlimited in scope , while its French equivalent ‘ actes extra-judiciares ’ has been given , at some times and in some jurisdictions , a narrow and technical meaning . |
| 20 | Irregular employment and unemployment were also important , more at some times and places than others . |
| 21 | Although human mothers , in some places and at some times , hand over their babies to others to suckle , all other mammals provide their own babies with most , if not all of their milk . |
| 22 | The birds normally live in isolated pairs , but at some times of the year they congregate in great numbers on particular sites on river banks . |
| 23 | A river with slightly acidic water dissolves its way into limestone , and there are even larger holes — caves — for bats and bears , even in some places and at some times , human beings . |
| 24 | Although at some times of the year , individuals within the dogwhelk enclave may be scattered over the shore , at others they aggregate in large clusters . |
| 25 | IN THE PLAY Julius Caesar , Cassius tells Brutus , ‘ Men at some times are masters of their fate . ’ |
| 26 | Nevertheless , historically , local authorities have had considerable independence , more at some times than others ( Foster et al . , |
| 27 | But at some times your dilemma as a manager you say think well can he just stay on and nick us a goal knowing full well that if if he has he comes off it makes them fairly lightweight . |
| 28 | The model 's performance is better at some times than at others . |
| 29 | Geochemistry has been categorised on its own at some times , but has been combined with Petrology , or with Mineralogy and Petrology , at other times . |
| 30 | But at some times it 's apparent and at other times it 's not . |