Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I therefore wrote to express the hope that I had not appeared to expect him to intervene ; that I did not necessarily disagree with what he said ; and that my underlying feeling was that the Baldwin government , though apparently trying to get rid of a bad king , might damage the monarchy at a time when a great international crisis seemed to be upon us . |
| 2 | US intelligence sources , who revealed the deal at a time which coincided with a visit to the USA by Israeli Prime Minister Itzhak Shamir ( see p. 36599 ) , alleged that Libyan pilots were receiving training in the Soviet Union to fly the planes and that a Libyan Il-76 transport plane was being converted into a refuelling tanker . |
| 3 | If you are using the divider to separate cichlids or other particularly aggressive fish , it 's wise to leave it in place for a couple of weeks and then only remove the divider at a time when you are likely to be around if trouble occurs . |
| 4 | Though Wooderson failed to beat the two healthy Swedes Gundar Hagg and Arne Andersson before 54,000 people , his effort lifted the spirits at a time when , without the tension of war , there was still the dreariness of rationing and shortage . |
| 5 | It is quieter here , and we hold the shot for a time to allow it to make its impact … |
| 6 | If the notice is not complied with then the disposal authority may under s.9(4) ( b ) serve on them a further notice revoking the licence at a time specified in the notice . |
| 7 | ‘ Professor Summerfield , you should never underestimate the guile of a Time Lord . |
| 8 | This encouraged the transfer at a time when the son was still willing and able to make some changes to the farm . |
| 9 | New fairs have crowded the calendar at a time in the market cycle when there has been a sharp decline in the volume of business and in the enthusiasm of American collectors , in particular , to travel long distances to look at art which they do not want to buy . |
| 10 | Catherine Coey was the first woman to cross the line in a time of 45min 57sec . |
| 11 | The old texts describe the science of a time past , before we became a people . |
| 12 | If possible it is probably helpful to leave the draft for a time , so that the drafter can return to it later and view it from a more detached position . |
| 13 | Next you have to decide when to enter the date and time information — do you want to use the spreadsheet like a time clock where you record what you are doing at the time you do it or will you use it to maintain a post-hoc record and enter dates and times in batches . |
| 14 | In Stenner v. Taff-Ely Borough Council ( The Independent , 25 May 1987 ) , the Court of Appeal held that a local authority which employed a gymnastics coach at its leisure centre was not liable to the plaintiff ( a friend of the coach ) , whom the coach had permitted to use the gym at a time when the leisure centre was closed to the public . |
| 15 | For the non-obese patients , simply reducing the intake of refined carbohydrate may control the diabetes for a time at least . |
| 16 | This would help to protect the dollar at a time when the United States was experiencing balance of payments problems . |
| 17 | He trained as a safety officer with ICI before joining the council at a time when the Health and Safety at Work Act greatly uncreased the duties of local authorities . |
| 18 | ‘ You do n't join the EMS at a time of turbulence in the foreign exchange markets . |
| 19 | ‘ Look , if you ca n't find anywhere else in Cromer you can share the caravan for a time . ’ |
| 20 | Only a single user can access the computer at a time , and he has to write , debug , and run his programs in the most basic computer-oriented form . |
| 21 | He investigated the city at a time ‘ of average prosperity ’ . |
| 22 | The reshuffle , which included the addition of two new Cabinet posts , was criticized for enlarging the Cabinet at a time of economic hardship . |
| 23 | According to the SEP light will travel at a velocity c in any direction in the frame of the capsule , so that light will reach the roof after a time Δr/c . |
| 24 | What is interesting about this disc is the way in which Padilla , presumably familiar with the polyphonic style of his peers , including that of Victoria , crossed the Atlantic at a time of considerable change in European music only to uphold and preserve the traditions of Spain 's musical heritage . |
| 25 | respondents are able to assemble the information at a time convenient to them ; |
| 26 | In the dry season , groups of families travel out into the forest , moving camp every few days and living off wild foods , thus more uniformly exploiting the environment at a time of scarcity and the risk of irreversible depletion of the local forest . |
| 27 | The grounds for relief were , inter alia , that Lautro failed to comply with the rules of natural justice and to act fairly in that it failed before the service of the notice to inform the applicant or Winchester of the allegations being made therein , failed to allow Winchester or its controllers , directors , senior management or authorised company representatives the opportunity of answering or responding to the allegations made against them , failed to take into account the interest of Winchester , its controllers , directors , senior management or authorised representatives when deciding to exercise the notice ; that Lautro acted unreasonably and came to a decision such that no person or body properly directing itself on the relevant law and acting reasonably could have reached in that it acted with bias against Winchester and its officials , issued the notice at a time its investigations were incomplete and on the basis of findings which were erroneous and provisional , and failed to conclude its investigations before serving the notice ; and that Lautro acted ultra vires and in error of law in that the rights of appeal applied to any person subject to the rules of Lautro whether or not members . |
| 28 | With a motor and tyres made from plumber 's tubing , their entry had to be able to travel three metres and to carry a weight — and they proved to the judges that it could and it completed the distance in a time of 8.5 secs . |
| 29 | Is it not ironic that the Government are introducing the Bill at a time when virtually all the political parties — parties which rarely find common ground , as we have tragically and sadly witnessed over the years — see eye to eye in opposing the scheme ? |
| 30 | The suffering and self-conscious first-person singular manifested in Dyer could be considered a creation of the Gothic novel that came after him , and Dyer can also bring to mind the magus of a time before . |