Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | A late election will also be acceptable where at a crucial time one of the signatories or a signatory 's agent was unavailable for unforeseeable reasons ( such as a serious illness ) and there was no one else who could reasonably be expected to stand in the agent 's shoes . |
| 2 | ‘ I can tell you he 's running quicker than at the same time last year , ’ said the Welshman , confident that Christie is capable of matching Canadian Bruny Surin 's 1993 world best of 6.45 . |
| 3 | It is an attempt to preserve the special protections for public bodies contained in Order 53 while at the same time limiting the application of those protections to cases where they are necessary and suitable . |
| 4 | Why give out the message that certain sexual activities are risky whilst at the same time conveniently ignoring the real needs of lesbians ? |
| 5 | The total number killed was 16 fewer than at the same time last year . |
| 6 | His voice had deepened , the words becoming more guttural as for the first time since she 'd met him he seemed to struggle with a language which was not his own . |
| 7 | Firstly , when we were first discussing the sale , the market was somewhat more buoyant than at the present time . |
| 8 | ‘ This year there are a lot of students who have not yet got training places — significantly more than at a similar time in previous years , ’ Mr Pritchard said , adding that the Law Society was considering various ways of helping those unable to find a training places with a law firm . |
| 9 | Judge power The authorised number of Lords Justices was at present 26 , one less than at the same time last year . |
| 10 | The amount of money donated to the Village Association through the envelopes is less than at the same time last year . |
| 11 | Oil prices remained 35 per cent higher than at the same time the previous year , the prospect of increased trade with Saudi Arabia and Iran opened up and major development projects , such as the expansion of the Das Island gas liquefaction plant and Dubai 's dhow wharfage scheme , recommenced . |
| 12 | As regards land spreading , the equipment available must be considered carefully and guidelines are available as to the best time to spread the manure , in order to minimise the possibility of causing a nuisance . |
| 13 | It is already apparent that players are much fitter than at the same time last season . |
| 14 | Throughout the last 120 years , the demands on the experience and accumulated information of the Geological Survey in Scotland have never been greater than at the present time . |
| 15 | In 1932 , for example , Mrs Q. D. Leavis had roundly condemned the cheapening and weakening influences of the popular press and popular novels which produced ‘ merely crude states of mind ’ and what she called ‘ the disintegration of the reading public ’ : ‘ The reading capacity of the general public , it must be concluded , has never been so low as at the present time . ’ |
| 16 | Something might be true although at the same time harmful and dangerous in the highest degree ; indeed it could pertain to the fundamental nature of existence that a complete knowledge of it might destroy one — so that the strength of a spirit could be measured by how much ‘ truth ’ it could take , more clearly , to what degree it needed it attenuated , veiled , sweetened , blunted and falsified . |