Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [noun] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will always be the case that it would have been better for one of the counterparties not to have taken out the forward contract but to have waited and transacted in the spot or cash market at the time called for delivery . |
| 2 | I was out in front of the Hatch & Hodges office at the time , directly across the street , and I got a clear look at the girl even with all the people around . |
| 3 | In his report Layfield concluded that there was only a one in forty chance that a coal station would be cheaper than Sizewell B. By the time that the then Energy Minister , Peter Walker , gave his seal of approval to the project in 1987 the odds had been reduced to one in seven . |
| 4 | Designed to tempt Christmas shoppers , it should already be available in selected Dixons and Currys centres by the time you read this . |
| 5 | Detectives said they were anxious to trace a man who was near the junction of Whitehouse Loan and Thirlestane Road around the time of the attack at 2am on 6 February . |
| 6 | It is understandable , therefore , why they should also believe that this harsh and exploitative system a fact noted not just by Marxists but also by social reformers like Dickens , Rowntree , William Booth , the Webbs and Edwin Chadwick at the time would ultimately be questioned by the class of people who were at once both the most numerous and the most exploited by this mode of production . |
| 7 | Adults tend to lose this enzyme unless they continue taking cow 's milk and milk products from the time they are weaned onwards . |
| 8 | She herself had never aspired to a career , finding complete satisfaction in acting as her husband 's typist and research assistant in the time she had left over from gardening and housekeeping . |
| 9 | Lord Young , Trade and Industry Secretary at the time of the sale , offered at the weekend to appear before the committee to explain his role in the deal . |
| 10 | The Labour Party spokesperson on trade and industry on Dec. 7 , 1989 , published letters leaked to him which principally disclosed that Lord Young of Graffham , Trade and Industry Secretary at the time of the Rover sale , had offered to BAe chairman Roland Smith a variety of means by which both the government and BAe could avoid parliamentary and EC scrutiny , relating to the date on which the purchase price of Rover would be paid . |
| 11 | But the female pop psyche was split ; its dark underbelly exited in the black R&B and jazz singers of the time , for whom commercial success was rare and sexuality was n't such a taboo ; it was OK for them to wear come-hither clothes , drink hard liquor and sing about bad men . |
| 12 | Robert referred to the recommendations and suggestions made by Alison Precious and Karen Jessop after the time they spent working on the reception desk and mentioned particularly the question of resiting the switchboard . |
| 13 | In the early '60s , Selmer 's ( who had the distinction of distributing both Fender and Gibson guitars at the time ) used to have a lot of their Fenders sprayed here , owing to the differing tastes of British guitarists back then — the Shads ’ influence , I would think . |
| 14 | It is not until point C on the time base that net positive cash flow begins . |
| 15 | It is not until point C on the time base that net positive cash flow begins . |
| 16 | A comparison is therefore made in Table 4.8 between action and control groups at the time of the second assessment ( approximately six months after the first assessment ) on receipt of some of the main forms of statutory help to those living at home : home help , meals-on-wheels , social worker , community psychiatric nurse , district nurse or bathing assistant , and day care ( day centre or day hospital ) . |
| 17 | The differences between action and control samples at the time of referral was unexpected . |
| 18 | Digital Equipment Corp will be trailing far behind IBM and Hewlett-Packard Co by the time it gets its Alpha-based hardware out , according to Butler Bloor Ltd 's Open Systems report , published this week . |
| 19 | 6 Describe weather and tick appropriate words for visibility and road conditions at the time of accident . |
| 20 | A key element in both the Guildford and Birmingham prosecutions at the time of the original trials were confessions from the accused . |
| 21 | The exhibition includes displays of original and replica armour , together with military uniforms and hand weapons of the time . |
| 22 | Garrett mixes gin and tonics and ribs Sam about the time he mired his boat on the rock island at the foot of the rapid . |
| 23 | This collection of 40 , hour-long videos covers every year from 1930 to 1969 — just choose a year that means something to your loved one and let them sit back and capture the atmosphere with news , special events and TV clips of the time . |
| 24 | John was so sure of an encore that he rehearsed the girls in a burlesque version of a quartet from the Gaiety Theatre in London , and in a later scene they performed a coconut dance — a long-established feature of theatre and street dance of the time . |
| 25 | a definition of the concept of a valuation , using such wording as : ‘ Fair market value is defined as the price at which shares would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller , neither being under compulsion to buy or sell , and both having reasonable knowledge of relevant facts and market conditions at the time . ’ ; |
| 26 | Only they would have possessed the necessary authority and material wealth at the time to take prime land — the site of a major trading warehouse — and transform it into a dog cemetery . |
| 27 | His hardworking , selfless style rarely caught the attention of the media but Palace patrons of the time thoroughly appreciated Tony 's worth . |