Example sentences of "[pron] is at [adj] time [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is at such times that the independence of the Supreme Court is at its greatest , but they are rather untypical . |
| 2 | If the news was really unexpected she would be off balance and it is at such times that people are most likely to speak the truth . |
| 3 | It is at this time that the characteristic tapping sound which gives the beetle its name can be heard . |
| 4 | It is at this time that the trident became a regular part of her iconography , specifically after the great victory of the Earl of Howe at the battle of the Glorious First of June in 1794 ; shortly thereafter , from the early nineteenth century , she is also regularly shown as wearing a helmet . |
| 5 | It is at this time that some do-gooders may make all kinds of suggestions . |
| 6 | Perhaps we could go back still further , to the event of her own birth , and even into an intra-uterine existence , for it is at this time that the ovaries and all the eggs are formed in the female . |
| 7 | It was safer to hire soldiers as well and it is at this time that we first come across the name Mercadier , a name that from now on was to be closely linked with Richard 's . |
| 8 | ‘ It is at these times that you realize the blessings of a good thick skirt ’ , she reported after her rescue . |
| 9 | It is at these times that the ghosts flock most cordially to our summons . ’ |