Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although no figures are yet available , this rate has probably flattened in 1990 and 1991 and may well prove to be around eight per cent or less at the current time . |
| 2 | Although care should be taken to choose varieties that ripen more or less at the same time to avoid losses , dredge mixtures are generally cut green and dried like hay to be fed ‘ on the straw ’ or made into silage . |
| 3 | It follows that it is possible for a member to have the same problem raised by both bodies more or less at the same time . |
| 4 | War was declared and , more or less at the same time , her mother , who wished to distance her from the rough and ready children at the village school , arranged for her to have piano lessons . |
| 5 | She remarried more or less at the same time as I did . |
| 6 | A significant deterioration in cognitive function was defined as two or more consecutive increments of 5% or more in the mean time taken for a correct response and of 2% or more in the error rate with the last of the five euglycaemic test scores used as baseline . |
| 7 | The effects on the immune system and on hormones , including the sex hormones , are further complicated by the effects on general care of the body , resulting in malnutrition or obesity ( or both at the same time ) , inadequate bodily hygiene and poor physical fitness . |
| 8 | ‘ I am a partisan of the idea of two inter-governmental conferences , one dealing with economic and monetary union and related institutional reform by the end of 1991 , and another which deals with European political union , one or two years later or even at the same time , ’ Mr Delors told MEPs in Strasbourg yesterday . |
| 9 | Thus a suspect defence completed the qualifying programme of six matches without conceding a goal ; they must be doing something right , although not for the first time their debt to Shilton was manifest . |
| 10 | The authors observe that up to the present time most obsolescence studies have been characterized by a superficial approach to what is a highly complex situation of interlocking factors . |
| 11 | Although we can not expect them to become typographers or graphic designers , we do believe that even in the short time available during our course we can give them what might be called an aesthetic awareness that will enable them to make reasonable decisions in their future work . |
| 12 | It was almost a relief to discover that even in the short time she had been on board ship she was already beginning to acquire a golden tan . |
| 13 | I do believe that then for the first time it dawned on people that Northern Ireland was a series of Catholic and Protestant ghettoes . |
| 14 | I was in great pain , and suddenly for the first time in my life , I forgot my fear of John Reed . |
| 15 | She would rely on his discretion , and perhaps at the same time in some speechless way on his support . |
| 16 | Most of these were undetectable in that there were few enquiries I could pursue after the event ; for example , the purse stolen by an unknown thief an hour or two prior to the report and perhaps with the exact time and location of the theft unknown left little chance for skilled investigation . |
| 17 | Suddenly , and perhaps for the first time , Shirley Brown felt a twinge of affection for the lonely little woman who seemed far more aware of what was going on than any of them . |
| 18 | Understanding involves an area more extensive than that of which one can be conscious ; one can not be outside and inside at the same time … |
| 19 | As he said ( and not for the first time ) , you ca n't beat a bit of local knowledge . |
| 20 | That let off seemed to breathe relief back into the home side , and not for the first time this season the imposing physical presence of youngster Ferguson proved crucial with a deft header which set up Cleland for a fine angled finish from 15 yards for the leveller . |
| 21 | As the throng of workers laughed and joked , tucking into the vast amount of food laid out before them , Annie 's mind went back to other Mell Suppers and not for the first time , she reflected on how her family had dwindled . |
| 22 | The whole episode was built around the book and before very long , and not for the first time , the fascist implications were there again , not only as far as Alf was concerned but , by implication , involving me too . |
| 23 | Her voice dropped , turning low and vicious , and not for the first time , Michael Lee realized how cold and calculating , how vicious and cunning she was . |
| 24 | The sun beat into the sedan , and not for the first time I questioned the desirability of our climate as applied to automobile drivers . |
| 25 | She smiled warmly , and not for the first time the girl thought how incredibly lovely her mistress was . |
| 26 | Not surprisingly and not for the first time , trade union leaders wondered whether it had become impossible to mount a legal strike . |
| 27 | He strolled down the road , thinking , and not for the first time , what a remarkably quiet and empty road Church Row was . |
| 28 | I wo n't accept the job because of Tom Russell , she thought feverishly , and not for the first time . |
| 29 | This time , and not for the first time , it was to be Jenna . |
| 30 | No need to ask who 's been on the piss all weekend , and not for the first time . |