Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case for such objective assessment before operation seems particularly strong in women over the age of 50 because they may have suffered occult damage to the anal sphincter during the childbirth and could be at particular risk of a poor functional outcome if the sphincter were to sustain further damage at the time of operation . |
| 2 | Both flashbulb and vivid memories can be inaccurate and do show some forgetting over time ( McCloskey et al. , 1988 ) and there certainly are memories of this type which do not necessary involve emotional arousal at the time . |
| 3 | We designed ideal standard criteria for using dilatation and curettage : clinical suspicion of tuberculosis ; failure of medical treatment for menorrhagia and dysmenorrhoea ; severe menorrhagia presenting as symptomatic anaemia ; to exclude early pregnancy at the time of tubal ligation ; to remove an intrauterine contraceptive device if not possible in outpatients . |
| 4 | Some real research , I suggest , is needed into a condition which , though frequently rib-tickling in retrospect , causes widespread anguish at the time . |
| 5 | Therefore if a purchaser is in a strong negotiating position , it should remember not to demand excessive restrictions at the time of contract despite its relative negotiating strength . |
| 6 | People who owned such land at the time that pressure for development came upon it — whether industrial or residential ; indeed obviously , the two went together — were faced with two choices . |
| 7 | COSE being such a last orders affair , they were n't given much time at the time they were asked , apparently by Sun Microsystems Inc . |
| 8 | It 's true that I did feel that way at the time . |
| 9 | Such occurrences caused some anxiety at the time , but were accepted by members as part of their responsibility . |
| 10 | Naturally nobody would have made this distinction at the time and certainly Julian and all her friends thought that she was at death 's door . |
| 11 | Those readers who remember the 1951 Festival of Britain in London will no doubt recall the shot tower which attracted much attention at the time . |
| 12 | These issues caused great controversy at the time of the takeover battle . |
| 13 | Both were serving long sentences at the time , Finucane for possessing firearms and ammunition and Clarke for the attempted murder of a member of the Ulster Defence Regiment ( a part-time regiment of the British Army ) . |
| 14 | The most important effect of the crash , however , received less attention at the time — a further collapse in profits . |
| 15 | When Paul ( or the writer ) in I Timothy 2 tails about women not teaching men he makes this an absolute because he was reflecting Jewish society at the time . |
| 16 | We know people were treasuring this hope at the time of Jesus , because in the caves of Qumran there has turned up a messianic anthology which includes the prophecy given to David in 2 Samuel 7:14 . |
| 17 | Every bill of lading in the hands of a consignee or endorsee for valuable consideration representing goods to have been shipped on board a vessel shall be conclusive evidence of such shipment as against the master or other person signing the same , notwithstanding that such goods or some part thereof may not have been so shipped , unless such holder of the bill of lading shall have had actual notice at the time of receiving the same that the goods had not been in fact laden on board : Provided , that the master or other person … may exonerate himself … by showing that it was caused without any default on his part , and wholly by the fraud of the shipper or the holder , or some person under whom the holder claims . |
| 18 | I wanted to use different coloured pens to mark out various patterns on the same sheet as I could only afford to buy one sheet at the time . |
| 19 | The labels which Darwin had attached to them did not say where the specimens were found ; he simply had not had any reason at the time to think that geography was important . |
| 20 | In the absence of such a general right many multilateral treaties have accession clauses to encourage wide participation ( especially from among States which may not have had treaty-making capacity at the time of the treaty 's conclusion ) . |
| 21 | It all made good sense at the time , but it has turned the middle-classes into sitting ducks , waiting to be plucked by Mr Smith . |
| 22 | Curiosity may have been aroused by their performances but , according to Watman , ‘ they enjoyed incredible popularity at the time and there was never any suggestion of race as a factor ’ ( personal communication , 1981 ) . |
| 23 | These accurate determinations constituted important problems at the time . |
| 24 | It escaped general attention at the time , but Joseph Guglielmi , Taligent 's chairman and chief executive says that one of his first moves on joining the company was to create three quite separate divisions . |
| 25 | It escaped general attention at the time , but Joseph Guglielmi , Taligent 's chairman and chief executive says that one of his first moves on joining the company was to create three quite separate divisions . |
| 26 | It escaped general attention at the time , but Joseph Guglielmi , Taligent 's chairman and chief executive says that one of his first moves on joining the company was to create three quite separate divisions . |
| 27 | And the people who were farming Blind Beck at the time killed a pig and sent down a lovely pork pie to us . |
| 28 | The mercantile agent must be in possession of the goods or documents of title ; and he must have that possession at the time he sells , pledges or otherwise disposes of the goods . |
| 29 | What were the central features of this democracy , which aroused such controversy at the time , and still provokes debate today ? |
| 30 | Some of the fossils uncovered proved to be previously unknown and this aroused great interest at the time of the publication of Darwin 's ‘ Origin of Species ’ . |