Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] at the time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as the introduction of spinning and weaving machines at the time of the Industrial Revolution in Britain destroyed craft jobs and created fragmented tasks which were performed by unskilled workers , will the new technology also be used to de-skill work ? |
| 2 | Press announcements at the time of the cancelled shows this summer claimed that Morrissey fans who sent ‘ proof of purchase ’ of Glastonbury or Finsbury Park tickets to a PO Box number would receive free Alexandra Palace tickets . |
| 3 | Similar proportions were not seeking work at the time of the survey . |
| 4 | Twelve per cent of students were not seeking employment at the time of the survey ; |
| 5 | of the 16 students not seeking employment at the time of the survey , 14 planned to carry on writing up their theses , and two had arranged extended visits overseas . |
| 6 | ( 2 ) For purposes of this section " payment on the spot " includes payment at the time of collecting goods on which work has been done or in respect of which service has been provided . |
| 7 | As minister , he issued instructions to vignerons on the advantages of adding sugar at the time of pressing and it was the vignerons of the more northerly winemaking regions , like Champagne , who benefited the most . |
| 8 | If all these subjects had had endometriosis at the time of removal the rate in current and recent users would rise to 0.42 per 1000 woman years ( from 0.22 ) and the relative risk would be non-significant at 0.7 ( from 0.4 ) . |
| 9 | The new shares represent about 3.9% of the enlarged equity on a fully diluted basis at the time of closing . |
| 10 | Blyth Holdings Inc , Foster City , California , says it has closed a private placing , raising $3m from General Reinsurance Corp , representing a 2.7% equity stake on a fully diluted basis at the time of closing . |
| 11 | The attempt to impose stricter limits on arms exports followed criticism at the time of the Gulf War of German weapons sales to Iraq over a long period [ see pp. 37639 ; 37471 ; 36498 ] . |
| 12 | The 67 children who had reached maturity at the time of this study tended to have been diagnosed earlier in the decade than those still growing . |
| 13 | The victim had become owner at the time of the deception . |
| 14 | Of the 68 patients entered , two were retrospectively excluded from analysis : one patient had an incompletely healed ulcer at the time of entry , and the other had a substantial prepyloric ulcer associated with small duodenal erosions . |
| 15 | That MP was the minister of the previous administration having responsibility at the time for the administration of civil aviation . |
| 16 | This report is about 174 children ≤4 years of age with idiopathic chronic constipation who were 6 years and older and had entered school at the time of follow up in May 1991 . |
| 17 | Critics accused Meciar , a former communist who had joined VPN at the time of the revolution , of using information from secret police files to intimidate political rivals and of acting unconstitutionally by making official foreign visits . |
| 18 | Deposits by UK residents totalled £240m at the time of the crash . |
| 19 | So there is a negative segregation against difficult or disturbed sufferers , taking place at the time of the assessment . |
| 20 | In 756 , after successfully campaigning against the Britons of Strathclyde and besieging Dumbarton at the time of the alliance with Óengus , son of Forgus , king of the Picts , almost the whole of Eadberht 's army perished at Newburgh on the Tyne , perhaps at the hands of the Britons . |
| 21 | By the use of this technique , it will be possible to gain precise information about the nature of reading difficulties at the time of comprehension rather than relying on inferences made from memory performance . |
| 22 | A paper by David Whitaker claims an 86% hit rate for Bookseller entries with public libraries at the time of ordering titles , and 80%–100% hit rates at the time of cataloguing . |
| 23 | Patients taking sulphasalazine at the time of onset of relapse continued on this drug . |
| 24 | Normally , you will receive confirmation at the time of booking . |
| 25 | Sharon 's boyfriend Matthew Stanton , 21 , was walking with her just behind the happy , giggling girls at the time of the accident early on Saturday evening . |
| 26 | Changes in the management team and consequent changes in investment policy which may or may not have yielded benefits at the time of the dividend increase . |
| 27 | I am tempted to accept the Minister 's explanation of his motivation , but those in my constituency , one of the poorest in the country , who made claims at the time of the reforms found it more difficult to obtain any decent benefits from the system . |
| 28 | If patients are receiving sulphonylureas at the time of admission there is no contraindication to their continuation , although one should be wary of the very long-acting chlorpropamide as hypoglycaemia is more likely . |
| 29 | On Feb. 20 , 1990 , the MRG and the Association of Democrats ( Association des démocrates — a heterogeneous grouping of leading centrist personalities from which the left sought to gain support at the time of the 1988 presidential elections ) announced the conclusion of an agreement aiming to develop " the second force within the presidential majority " . |
| 30 | As Mr Tony Banks MP has said , ‘ Television should broaden peoples knowledge about parliamentary affairs and the performance of the Government and Opposition , and give them a better base on which to make judgements at the time of the election ’ . |