Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] at [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | On St Kilda solifluction and the formation of pro-talus ramparts occurred at this time ( Sutherland et al. , 1984 ) . |
| 2 | Some views expressed at this time were not dissimilar to those of the ‘ Li Yi Zhe ’ document , whose authors were released in February 1979 . |
| 3 | It is generally agreed that the primitive mammals existing at that time were shrew-like creatures that lived by eating insects , and that the various groups of mammals that we see today , such as cats , rats , monkeys , whales , and horses , all evolved from this unpromising ancestor . |
| 4 | People have told me the lemon was to mask the taste of the uneven products made at that time by unscientific country brewers ; I do not believe that . |
| 5 | Most stony meteorites formed at that time as did the irons , which had already solidified from cores or pools of molten metal that lay within their small parent bodies . |
| 6 | Do you know how much flowers cost at this time of the year ? |
| 7 | Many of those who take Christmas jobs in retail stores are , it was suggested , married women who are explicitly seeking a short-term job to help meet the extra expenses incurred at that time of the year . |
| 8 | All of you who read these words have at some time in your youth dreamt the biggest dreams . |
| 9 | According to Eknomska politika ( 20 July 1987 ) , these agreements covered at that time about half of the value of exports to the convertible currency area , so that only about half of these exports were generating an inflow of foreign exchange . |
| 10 | Many schools preferred at that time to have two paymasters rather than one , but in 1926 they were obliged to choose : those which thereafter received grants from the Board of Education in London , and not through the Local Education Authority , were reasonably enough known as direct-grant schools . |
| 11 | There were three poor brothers living at that time who owned nothing in the world but one pear tree . |
| 12 | The invasion scare passed and the Troop went north to do independent training , as all Troops did at that time . |
| 13 | A ‘ Social and Propaganda Committee ’ was formed — probably to good effect , for some of the Club 's present members joined at this time , either as Artisans or Juniors . |
| 14 | There were controversies about various forms of Church Government and many sects flourished at this time of religious toleration . |
| 15 | That the project 's objectives took the form they did was partly due to the particular interests of those involved and partly to a knowledge of other experimental projects operating at that time . |
| 16 | The bleeding-time ratio increased to 1.33 ( SE 0.5 , p<0.001 ) after 15 min of inhaling 30 ppm NO. 30 min after the withdrawal of NO , the mean ratio had fallen to 1.14 ( SE 0.05 ) in the 3 volunteers monitored at that time . |
| 17 | By the late 1960s , Peat Marwick Mitchell 's headhunting division was earning $2m. annually with 20 consultants , an impressive performance considering the much lower salaries paid at that time ; but it clashed with their accountancy clients , and the top management did not care much for Korn 's apparently pushy style . |
| 18 | In 1536 Sir Ralph Sadler complained : ‘ I think it will be hard to get any bills signed at this time … . |
| 19 | Simon 's own statements made at this time betray a strong representational intent : while rejecting the forms of classic realism , the novel nevertheless retained its mimetic role . |
| 20 | The three youngest of Tiller 's own children married at this time . |
| 21 | So it was a , a , a firm of about a hundred years standing at that time . |
| 22 | Many other films released at this time showed how widespread were the skills developed by Hepworth . |
| 23 | It is particularly notable that neither in the mines nor in the other industries nationalised at that time was there any substantial movement towards workers ' control . |
| 24 | ‘ They were taken over 18 months ago , and there were certain assurances given at that time , ’ Mr Torpey said . |
| 25 | Most cats spray at some time , but usually away from home base . |
| 26 | The main gearbox has an oil pump to circulate the oil unlike most gearboxes designed at that time which relied on splash lubrication . |
| 27 | Again , most women have at some time come across specimens of English anti-feminism , though the geography of this unpleasant addiction does not follow national boundaries or even religious ones although both have their own special effects . |