Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] at a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again Moses pleads for the people at a time of crisis . |
| 2 | These shared residential houses for single elderly persons provide an important new welfare resource for the Association at a time when increasing numbers of those who served in World War II , and their dependents , are reaching an age when they need the support of a housekeeper . |
| 3 | It is designed to optimise weights in one layer of the perceptron at a time , and the procedure for optimising weights in one layer is controlled by properties of the layer above which is already partly optimised . |
| 4 | For example , in language change occurs only in one part of the system at a time , while in aesthetics whole styles may alter , as in the transition from Gothic to Classical architecture . |
| 5 | I knew it would keep you out of the way at a time when you might be spreading your theory about the Durances . ’ |
| 6 | Lightning , deep in the clouds , flashed orange over whole quarters of the sky at a time . |
| 7 | ( g ) one disadvantage with convertible loan stock is that there can be a tendency for stockholders to convert when profits and share prices are rising ( thus diluting the equity profit of existing ordinary shareholders and depriving them of the advantage of the cheaper gearing which such stock provides ) and to retain the stock when profits and share prices are falling , thus maintaining the debt burden of the company at a time when it may be least able to service it ; and |
| 8 | He also moderated political conduct , mediating peace between Ecgfrith and Aethelred in 679 following the battle of the Trent at a time when Ecgfrith was otherwise honour-bound to pursue hostilities to avenge Aelfwine ( HE IV , 21 ) . |
| 9 | And give me a pair of tongs so that I can take one out of the water at a time . ’ |
| 10 | I prefer not to stretch a net across the pool , for two reasons : it hinders viewing of the fish at a time when their colours are at their best , and it is a nuisance if the need arises to so any in-pond maintenance , such as washing foam pre-filters . |
| 11 | Work out an order of assembly , building up one side of the frame at a time . |
| 12 | 8.1.1 any time or indulgence granted by the Landlord to the Tenant or any neglect or forbearance of the Landlord in enforcing the payment of the rents or the observance or performance of the covenants or other terms of this Lease or any refusal by the Landlord to accept rents tendered by or on behalf of the Tenant at a time when the Landlord was entitled ( or would after the service of a notice under the Law of Property Act 1925 section 146 have been entitled ) to re-enter the Premises |
| 13 | It could yield kilograms of the material at a time . |
| 14 | Reading Lucas 's article from this side of the Atlantic at a time when unemployment in Britain seems about to hit a post-war high , one is tempted to conclude that there may , after all , be a grain of truth in the mischievous quip attributed to Oscar Wilde : Britain and America are united by a common culture but separated by a common language . |
| 15 | Tap Right with the Scroll Lock ON to scroll right 1/3 Of a window at a time |
| 16 | Tap Left with the Scroll Lock ON to scroll left 1/3 Of a window at a time |
| 17 | Although you can only work on one piece of a garment at a time , you can have up to sixteen separate pieces in each garment file , as long as they will all be knitted to the same stitch and row tension . |
| 18 | Each screw should be adjusted a quarter of a turn at a time , to maintain the correct height relationship and prevent undue force on the V-slots and knife edges . |
| 19 | Nintendo Co has lost a bid to keep competitors from selling devices that modify its video games after the US Supreme Court refused to hear its arguments against an appeals court ruling in favour of Lewis Galoob Toys Inc , which offers Game Genie , which plugs into the Nintendo Entertainment System and cartridges , enabling players to use a simple code to change up to three elements of a game at a time ; the appeals court wrote that because Game Genie does n't cause any permanent change to the Nintendo cartridges — and is dependent upon a cartridge and the Nintendo system in order to operate — it does not usurp Nintendo 's copyright ; Nintendo said Game Genie violates a copyright owner 's exclusive right under the Copyright Act of 1976 to authorise or prepare derivative works . |
| 20 | In the initial phase of the project this proved impossible , in terms of equipment and volunteers , but was remedied to some extent later by Operation Merlin , whereby intensive efforts provided round-the-clock monitoring for periods of a month at a time . |
| 21 | She turned a key four times a day — a quarter of a millimetre at a time . |
| 22 | One woman with this problem , whose rather self-absorbed elderly mother used to keep her on the telephone for hours with doom-laden conversations , solved it by telling her that she had developed migraine which was always triggered off by holding a phone to her ear for more than a quarter of an hour at a time ! |
| 23 | He had swum against the tide at a time when schools to which specific counsellor appointments had previously been made had used a counsellor 's vacancy , at a time of teaching staff reductions , for other purposes . |
| 24 | And then we would get the evangelists staying for a fortnight at a time , holding services every night asking people to come forward and rededicate themselves . |
| 25 | ‘ Managers are only safe for a year at a time at maximum . |
| 26 | Carew 's bleak diagnosis can hardly have been uninfluenced by several decades of mounting concern at the impermanence of non-agricultural employment compared with the stability of farmers fully occupied tending their land , and men continuously employed as servants in husbandry engaged for a year at a time . |
| 27 | Theoretically , the Council should have been a cross-section of the people socially ( as we have seen it was geographically ) : its members were appointed by lot , they served only for a year at a time , so that the Councillors should not have felt themselves to be a cohesive hereditary body like the old Areopagus or the ( semi-hereditary ) Roman Senate , and they could not serve more than twice in their lives . |
| 28 | The English boy used to work in the hospital for a day at a time , and then be off for several days . |
| 29 | She thought and worked and grieved only for a day at a time . |
| 30 | To buy food for a day at a time because there is no pantry in which to store it is to meet higher bills at corner stores than would be involved in larger purchases from supermarkets . |