Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun pl] [prep] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report on the coarse wares is very illuminating for the views at that time of a man who had spent a lifetime handling pottery . |
| 2 | It also must have given them much-needed protection , for the seas at this time were tyrannised by the huge , two-metre-long sea scorpions armed with massive claws which fed on the smaller creatures of the sea floor . |
| 3 | All the noise being made about the hostages at that time was just political rhetoric . |
| 4 | From this more harmonious base the counsellor can attempt to move the family on to consider when family relationships began to falter , what the circumstances were , and how all parties felt about the issues at that time . |
| 5 | Because one of the beauties of this time was his apparent ( or indeed real ) lack of motive . |
| 6 | If the highly developed woollen textile industry be disregarded , the structure of crafts and trades of Babergh may not have been in any way unrepresentative of the shires at that time . |
| 7 | Rain fell heavily all day to add to the misery of people who came in the shop , many of whom had lived through the Great War , and told Anne some of the horrors of that time . |
| 8 | 3.6 To the extent that the Tenant has exclusive possession of the Premises at any time before completion of the Lease the Tenant shall hold the same as Tenant at will of the Landlord The tenant may wish to delete this clause despite a footnote to the precedent to the effect that any purported determination of the tenancy at will by the landlord ( other than where provided for in clause 5 ) would presumably contribute a breach of contract , ie for withdrawing the authority granted by clause 3.5 . |
| 9 | For a nation of radicals and independents such as France , the creation of the Union Sacrée whereby men of all political hues submerged their feuds in the interests of national unity was one of the miracles of all time . |
| 10 | At weaning , the lambs should be moved to another safe pasture and an anthelmintic treatment of the lambs at this time is good policy . |
| 11 | It was most probably the closeness to the river that was the deciding factor in choosing the site , for the state of the roads at that time made it easier to travel by water . |
| 12 | On Aug. 23 seven of the 12 political organizations which had initially supported Pascal-Trouillot 's appointment declared their support for the Council of State and demanded the postponement of the elections until such time as the safety of voters could be guaranteed . |
| 13 | The staple diet of the Highlanders at this time was oatmeal porridge , cakes made from barley or stoneground oat-flour , vegetables , milk , butter , eggs and cheese with occasional fish , beef , venison , wild fruits , honey and the famous Scottish soups . |
| 14 | We must sustain the infrastructure of the arts in this time of recession by spreading the funds available to all forms of the arts and not to a select few with a special clout . |
| 15 | Both were well loaded to Machynlleth , but the bulk of the passengers at this time of year are headed for Aberystwyth and on the Tuesday I was surprised to see a lightly loaded train consisting of two 156 units go on to Pwllheli while the crowd on Machynlleth had to get into a 153 . |
| 16 | They had come within sight of the stables by this time , and Mrs Alderley 's coachman , seeing his mistress approaching , made haste to open the door , calling to the groom who had accompanied them to reharness the horses which had been released from the bit . |
| 17 | 1 What impression did you get of the place where the story is set ? 2 How did the life of the children at that time compare with your life ? 3 Do you believe in ghosts ? |
| 18 | Ramon Pidal gives a rounded portrait of the brothers at this time : |
| 19 | I do n't know whether Mr Rocke fell in love with the Yorkshire moors on a visit to Wakefield for that exhibition ; but for most of the years since that time he has lived and worked in Yorkshire as senior art adviser to the West Riding County Council . |
| 20 | No change was made to the livery of the cars at this time . |
| 21 | Fortunately , like the majority of the members of the carabinieri at that time , they were not notable for their intelligence . |
| 22 | Although one looks at reasonableness at the time the agreement is entered into , it is only practical also to take into account the legitimate expectations of the parties at that time regarding the future , and what is reasonably foreseeable . |
| 23 | Group chief facilitator said : ‘ Initially we have been successful in helping to establish teams in the personnel , training , public relations , sales and distribution departments at Barlaston , while Johnson Brothers have had five teams indifferent areas of the offices for some time now . ’ |
| 24 | The historian is entitled to regard the matter of leadership as an ‘ issue ’ in the minds of the men of this time . |
| 25 | Some of the saucers at this time had ring handles , either flat or shell-shaped , to facilitate their use . |
| 26 | These cover a period from 1442 to 1560 and obviously do not represent the whole of the villagers at this time , but are of those whose names appear in the index of wills of the Rochester Consistory Court . |
| 27 | But prevailing attitudes towards the Jews at this time among all but a small proportion of the population , discriminatory though they were in different degrees , did not remotely match the anti-Jewish paranoia of Hitler and the activist Jew-baiting elements within the Nazi Movement . |
| 28 | And yet , although Lloyd George was the author of the Free City proposals , they were approved by the Americans and the French , and had the Poles not been so heavily engaged against the Soviets by this time , they might still have attempted to seize Danzig by force — there was certainly little the Germans could have done to prevent such a move . |
| 29 | The sixth text is the condemnation of anti-semitism : the Council ‘ deplores the hatred , persecutions , and displays of anti-Semitism directed against the Jews at any time and from any source ’ ( Nostra Aetate 4 ) . |
| 30 | ‘ But why should he do a deal with the kidnappers during that time ? ’ she asked . |