Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most current schemes of assessment for lower-attainers existing at the time the report was written , concentrated on computational skills . |
| 2 | Some early maps of this type show , albeit crudely , the kinds of houses existing at the time of drafting , and it is possible to appreciate the difference between the houses of , say , the more well-to-do freeholder and the lowlier tenant . |
| 3 | In December a series of articles appeared in The Times by two journalists , Pat Butcher and Peter Nichols , on drug abuse in athletics . |
| 4 | However , in spite of promises made at the time by the then Scottish Secretary , Malcolm Rifkind , nothing has happened . |
| 5 | Grades shown are typical of offers made at the time of initial application . |
| 6 | An indication of the direction and degree of interest can be given by listing the series of reports produced at the time ( and generally known by the name of the person who chaired the relevant committee ) : |
| 7 | A comparison of the columns in Table 3 reveals the changes in proportion of theses produced within the time intervals . |
| 8 | Consequently , the real significance of the Optional Procedure in the handling of claims comes from the time limits imposed on parties , the speed with which a date for Proof is allocated and the obligations of disclosure on both parties . |
| 9 | There is a double stillage with casks marked with the time as well as the date . |
| 10 | Will he confirm , in line with undertakings given at the time of privatisation , that he expects British Steel to consider offers for the sale of Ravenscraig on a commercial basis at opportunity cost — at a price which British Steel could expect to get for the plant on world markets ? |
| 11 | The losses were in line with forecasts given at the time of Wembley 's £37m rights issue in January . |
| 12 | Many experts in the auction rooms make it their business to hang out with aristos waiting for the time Uncle Marmaduke 's Van Dyck has to bite the dust , so they are privy to the ‘ who 's just acquired a new mistress whose florist is Cartier ’ chatter . |
| 13 | During the commission set up in 1888 to inquire into charges made by The Times against Charles Stewart Parnell [ q.v. ] he provided crucial assistance to Parnell in exposing Richard Pigott [ q.v. ] as a forger . |
| 14 | Later research has shown that some of the statements in that paper do not agree with records made at the time in the laboratory notebooks of some of the people concerned . |
| 15 | Without the adjustment , it had been estimated that the budget deficit would have exceeded L147,000,000 million , which was the level predicted by the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) in criticisms made at the time of the adoption of the 1990 budget in December 1989 [ see p. 37509 ] . |
| 16 | Thus , just as place deixis encodes spatial locations on coordinates anchored to the place of utterance , so time deixis encodes times on co-ordinates anchored to the time of utterance . |
| 17 | In his view , the minister 's responses to questions asked at the time the legislation was proposed were consistent with the interpretation that the words ‘ the expense incurred in or in connection with ’ meant that the provision of the benefit would produce a charge to tax on the additional or marginal cost only . |
| 18 | The question for the court is whether the views could honestly have been held by a fair-minded person on facts known at the time . |
| 19 | The western media tended to portray Chea Sim as the leader of a " hardline faction " in opposition to Hun Sen and his " liberal grouping " , an analysis denounced by both men during interviews given at the time of the congress . |
| 20 | The following policy exclusions are of importance in determining whether a valid subsidence claim exists : o Defective design or inadequate construction of the foundations — e.g. where the foundations of a property have not been constructed to a level required by regulations applying at the time of construction . |
| 21 | This is an attempt to bring a greater level of uniformity than we have achieved so far , but we are bound by agreements made at the time of amalgamation and we can not undermine or contradict those particular decisions , and that 's why in a few cases , particularly in relation to the size of conference , there is some slight imbalance . |