Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was startling to discover that a race which was identifiably mutant had laws for the suppression of mutations , and he guessed that the origin of cause and principle alike lay somewhere in the lost time of the isolation of Tarvaras from the Empire . |
| 2 | If they are to be more than mere training , then a process of informed reflection has to go on at the same time . |
| 3 | The fish tend to spawn all around the same time and pay attention to their own broods — equally the parents will see off any attempt by another pair to eat their brood . |
| 4 | The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects . |
| 5 | Trident sub goes down for the first time |
| 6 | In December 1989 the ‘ First National Conference on Knowledge Representation and Inference in Sanskritam ’ was organised by the Computer Society of India in Bangalore , bringing together for the first time linguists and computer scientists from all over India . |
| 7 | Dealers were expected to get these cards filled in at the same time as fulfilling their quotas of business , but nobody had time . |
| 8 | And now to a village where the church bells have been rung properly for the first time in twenty years . |
| 9 | China , if the one-child policy continues to be pursued successfully at the same time that life expectancy is being extended , looks set for an extraordinarily rapid transition to being the oldest society ever known — an apparently unforeseen consequence of her birth-rate policy , according to work being carried out by James Smith and Peter Laslett at the Rank Xerox Unit for the Study of Ageing , University of Cambridge . |
| 10 | What I might actually do it see if Ian 's not doing anything if he not come in for the full time that they 're cleaning up , but come in for those sort of things . |
| 11 | Those who must let them enter do not like the work , for they fear what sidles in at the same time — the jealousies , the old rows and the suspicion of old fraud . |
| 12 | But she had a sudden change of heart and the pair were yesterday perched together for the first time . |
| 13 | They were watching the camp pack away for the last time before it moved on without them . |
| 14 | THE recovery in the housing market has come just at the right time for CALA , the Scottish house-builder , which saw interim losses nearly double to £2.85 million . |
| 15 | He can tell them in training , but they 've got to perform out there on the pitch , and probably this game has come just at the right time , after suffering a defeat like that , this is the time to get out there and show the supporters what they can really do . |
| 16 | The fact that the army and guerrillas had agreed to meet directly for the first time was seen as a breakthrough and a indication that " professional " elements in the army leadership wished for a political solution . |
| 17 | ‘ I am particularly excited about the opportunities that it will provide for opening up for the first time higher educational facilities in the area . |
| 18 | Miguel must have rung the policía , because their car drew up at the same time as Miguel 's jeep . |
| 19 | ‘ Piece of cake , ’ Nails agreed as they lined up for the first time on the pool edge . |
| 20 | All the pubs and clubs empty out at the same time . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's not snowing so heavily now , ’ he said , on climbing back for the sixth time . |
| 22 | If it had come out at the same time , it would have been submerged , and if it had come out afterwards it would have been seen as merely reactive . |
| 23 | It hits his head and you do n't hear the noise it makes because you cry out at the same time , as though it 's you in the bed , you being attacked , you being killed . |
| 24 | Davis Cup nerves certainly got to them as they started their defence of a trophy they had only just won back for the first time since 1932 but full marks to the British challengers who gave of their best in terms of commitment and attitude . |
| 25 | It is essential that proper planned maintenance of equipment is carried out at the recommended time and is correctly recorded , and rectified as quickly as possible , stating the remedial action taken . |
| 26 | This allows for the entries to be made by machine accounting whereby several operations can be carried out at the same time . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , in our protocol , the denaturation of plasmid DNA and degradation of the contaminating RNA is carried out at the same time in the alkaline solution at high temperature . |
| 28 | After an accident it is often found that maintenance work as well as repairs is necessary and it is quite natural that the Policyholder will want both carried out at the same time . |
| 29 | Wings appear externally for the first time and the insect takes on the appearance of an adult . |
| 30 | The statement reported the summit 's decision to establish a " special commission to consider the suggestions of the countries on the key aspects of co-operation within the CMEA framework and to work out in the shortest time drafts of new fundamental CMEA documents " . |