Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [verb] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The railway 's team crane , which was part of a demonstration goods train at the time , turned from game-keeper to poacher as it became derailed and had to be rescued by another crane . |
| 2 | For although the Home Rule movement did for a time grow apace , with an ever increasing number of SNP candidates being elected to Parliament and , under the Callaghan administration , the old High School building on Calton Hill being refurbished to accommodate a Scottish debating-chamber ( the old one had become incorporated in the Law Courts ) , the idea of Home Rule made many of my countrymen uneasy ; less , I think , about financial disadvantages ( for oil revenue would have compensated for that ) than at the prospect of feuding between east and west , north and south , and , for some , the prospect of a semi-permanent Labour administration ; and when in 1979 a referendum of the whole Scottish nation was held , the votes in favour of Home Rule did not attain the clear 40 per cent majority on which the House of Commons had insisted . |
| 3 | On the contrary , as Professor Northcote Parkinson noted at the time , the civil service expanded as never before , locally as well as nationally , and the prominent place of central-government expenditure ( consistently over 40 per cent as a proportion of gross national product in this period ) is an outstanding feature of the period 1951–64 . |
| 4 | So if you 're going to plan ahead , now , which I think is the only thing you can do in the circumstances … what I suggest is a with-profits endowment policy linked to a seven-year maturity date with yearly incrementals — optional , if you like , or you can build them in , it depends how optimistic you are about your career , ha ha — leaving a little bit of the schools fees to pay at the time , but there will be a big chunk taken out , that 's for sure … and do it off monthly standing orders of around … let's say … five hundred a month ? |
| 5 | Because of the results of blood tests taken at the time of your accident , Len . ’ |
| 6 | Motor cycling was also popular at Brooklands and the great John Cobb was synonymous with the circuit and his lap record of 230.80 kph ( 143.44 mph ) in a 24-litre Napier-Railton stood at the time of the circuit 's closure . |
| 7 | Pitcher pooh-poohs the notion of a stock market listing at a time when so many entrepreneurs are taking their companies private once more . |
| 8 | As the law stands at present , however , even if the trial judge reveals at the time of sentencing what advice he proposes to give to the Secretary of State , it will still be necessary for the latter to consult the Lord Chief Justice and the trial judge at a later stage . |
| 9 | It is difficult now for many people to grasp , let along appreciate , the depth and strength of the feelings of loss , defeat , and outrage which mining communities felt at the time . |
| 10 | Japan was invading China , the Chinese leader Chiang Kai-Shek disappeared for a time , and Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returned to London from Munich waving a paper to proclaim ‘ peace in our time ’ . |
| 11 | Of the five multi-agency enumeration surveys conducted by the time the Wirral research was completed , two were in northern communities ( Greater Glasgow and South Tyneside ) and three in southern communities ( within Avon , London and Sussex ) . |
| 12 | Michael Codron had been going there as part of the Kenneth Williams set since the time he worked for the Jack Hylton organization . |
| 13 | Sir Matt writes of the time he became United 's manager , in 1945 : |
| 14 | Annely Juda said at the time that she would have to be carried out of the building rather than leave . |
| 15 | Gordon 's interest in vintage cars began during the time he was a traffic division police officer . |
| 16 | We had Desmond Child producing at the time when Bon Jovi were at the top of the ladder . |
| 17 | Later , I too escaped from school into the army , and the four years of war service seemed at the time , perfectly natural . |
| 18 | The cost of community care for action sample clients is of course higher than for people in the control samples because the cost of support worker time plus a proportion of the time of the development officers was included in the assessment of community service costs at the time of second and third assessments . |
| 19 | So , as Forster points out , AMV has the cash resources to expand at a time when many target companies are temptingly priced . |
| 20 | Since his recent appointment Mr Clayton has at no time had access to any medical evidence relating to the nine children . |
| 21 | It is very heartening now to witness some of the excellent combat shots taken at the time — Eighth Air Force bombers being escorted to places as far afield as Berlin with a mass of Packard Merlin-engined Mustangs indulging in a leapfrog technique which meant fighter waves could follow the bombers , fight and be relieved by another escort wave . |
| 22 | But Mr Sharp predicted at the time that there would be continued violence before that brought results and is on record as believing an extra 700 officers were needed . |
| 23 | One hundred and one transient UOS relaxations occurred around the time of 60 ( 54% ) of the 112 common cavity episodes . |
| 24 | These portions of the mantle may now be melted preferentially in relatively undiluted form , away from the present ridge , by rising plumes or hot zones because they are enriched in low-temperature melting fractions incorporated at the time of U/Pb fractionation , and because of a lower geothermal gradient in areas of old thick lithosphere where the peridotite solidus is at greater depth . |
| 25 | The one change to what he had recounted to Mrs Wilson lay in the time he had spent in London : he told Maidstone he 'd spent six months there . |
| 26 | This will cut farmers ' grain drying costs at a time when margins are under pressure . ’ |
| 27 | Even Sir Henry came out of his chill library to stand for a time , wrapped in greatcoat and mufflers , surveying the Breughel-like gathering at the lake . |
| 28 | Buchanan 's Triangles clubmate Mark Tosh pushed hard to try and catch him on the five-mile run but the Derry man won in a time of 1.28.52 . |
| 29 | ( 14 ) Section 104 of CA 1985 requires certain conditions to be met ( including an independent valuation and approval by an ordinary resolution of the company ) before a public company ( formed as such ) can ( within two years of its being issued with a certificate entitling it to do business under CA 1985 , s117 ) enter into an agreement to acquire a non-cash asset ( eg shares in the target ) from a subscriber to its memorandum of association which is equal in value to one-tenth or more of the company 's nominal share capital issued at the time or before a company is re-registered as a public company can ( within two years of the date of re-registration ) enter into such an agreement with a person who was a member on the date of re-registration . |
| 30 | Eion Young wrote at the time that Lauda had become human , and thus vulnerable , that victory was no longer his consuming goal , and he is right : one comes out of an inferno , as Niki had , with a renewed appreciation of the value of life . |