Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | Professor Connor , in a fascinating paper on computers in classical studies , claims that computers came just at the wrong time , at a time when scholar 's interests were moving from textual studies to critical theory , women 's studies and the like . |
| 32 | There is no doubt that the removal of the child by this mother was done precipitately at the very time when the child 's future care was already under consideration by the Ontario court . |
| 33 | Nor , she was sure , Bert , whom she had seen yesterday for the first time as a potentially responsible comrade . |
| 34 | They can do both at the same time . |
| 35 | What you can do both at the same time can you ? |
| 36 | Now , if we think about actions which might have a beneficial effect on welfare or on conservation , there are some which benefit both at the same time . |
| 37 | In such reciprocating systems , the magnitude of causal effect of X on Y or Y on X depends strictly on the exact time at which we conduct the survey . |
| 38 | At about this time , the BBC offered him a World Service job based in London and , at the age of 30 , he came here for the first time . |
| 39 | By opening the way for military forces to serve overseas for the first time since 1945 , the Peace Keeping Operations ( PKO ) bill marked a significant shift in Japanese foreign policy . |
| 40 | The move came four months after the Diet had approved a law permitting Japanese forces to serve overseas for the first time since the end of the Pacific War [ see pp. 38962-63 ] , and followed a request from UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali . |
| 41 | When you walk you wait there for the first time do n't you ? |
| 42 | She came across for the first time today , I was out egg yard getting some eggs |
| 43 | And another good old word is the crome , now er that was one I came across for the first time when I came into Suffolk , the crome . |
| 44 | All in all , it was a happy and stimulating Course and as one resident put it ‘ looking forward to the next time in ‘ bootiful ’ Norfolk ! |
| 45 | ‘ The old adage is to promote harder during the difficult times , ’ admits Mr Bacon . |
| 46 | The 12 governors met yesterday for the third time in a week at Bush House , in London . |
| 47 | A NEW blood vessel ‘ drill ’ which can relieve blocked arteries supplying the heart has been used successfully for the first time by surgeons in Britain . |
| 48 | Local officials said that the move could result in the police and army being used locally for the first time , but reflected members ' anger and frustration . |
| 49 | On Oct. 25-27 the African National Congress ( ANC ) and the Pan-Africanist Congress ( PAC — which had split from the ANC in 1959 — see p. 17449 ) , acted together for the first time since 1960 to become part of the Patriotic Front , an initiative launched to create a united front in negotiations with the Pretoria government . |
| 50 | You will find the prevailing rate of interest shown daily in the Financial Times and on Prestel , and it is also displayed in all our branches . |
| 51 | Each Marking Kit contains seven overlays , so up to seven teachers can mark together at the same time . |
| 52 | To enable the vehicles to be shown together for the first time , and to celebrate the work of the ‘ Store ’ carriage works , an exhibition entitled ‘ Cobbles and Carriages ’ will be held in the Main Hall at Chambers Street from 5 June — 1 August . |
| 53 | It was The Association of Women Artists and Friends of Art in Berlin , an association of women artists , who banded together for the first time on 13 January , 1867 , to overcome some of the structural obstacles to women artists . |
| 54 | Turning away for the umpteenth time , she gave a little frustrated sigh . |
| 55 | When the first episode of the cult series , The Prisoner is broadcast tonight for the fourth time . |
| 56 | The election arrived just at the right time . |
| 57 | The problem is not to find an alternative to a system that once worked well but no longer does ; the problem is to make it work efficiently for the first time in its 3,000-year history . |
| 58 | International : Iran election feeds debate on ‘ Islamic solution ’ Iranians vote today for the first time since Khomeini died . |
| 59 | ‘ Green in the snow ’ is a hot , hardy mustard , sown outdoors at the same time . |
| 60 | In times past , I had tried to get across to the continent as much as possible , but now , while other people were going abroad for the first time because of all the cheap travel around , I was ( without intending to be anti-social ) doing exactly the opposite and taking a look around the British Isles . |