Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] at the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The European Community ( EC ) , for example , actually came into existence largely through an acute perception of French national interests by Jean Monnet , who was mainly responsible for creating the European Coal and Steel Community — the precursor of the Common Market — as a means of protecting French industry and especially French steel makers from their more efficient German competitors ; and it is widely recognized at the present time that national interests continue to play a major part in the debates and decisions of the Community . |
| 2 | ‘ Right place at the right time . |
| 3 | They were not all written at the same time , or in that order : I had to keep struggling to write my own work as Dana 's poetic demands became more and more insistent . |
| 4 | The players all played at the same time , and they were always arguing and fighting for hedgehogs . |
| 5 | Thus was a sense of community fostered between neighbouring towns and villages , the impact of the disco being stubbornly resisted at the same time . |
| 6 | Police have said the men were not necessarily killed at the same time . |
| 7 | Oh let's not all talk at the same time ! |
| 8 | We have seen already that the small heads of some dinosaurs with elongated torsos were no doubt a built-in safety factor against crippling head injuries , while naturally restricting at the same time the development of intelligence . |
| 9 | He was talking but could not think at the same time . |
| 10 | Agree that Practice Rule 15 be not amended at the present time . |
| 11 | The Whites had vast total forces but the separate forces did not attack at the same time . |
| 12 | Abnormal development may occur if a protein is not made at the right time or place , or the protein is defective or if too little or too much is made . |
| 13 | It looked quite terrifying — but somehow enticing at the same time . |
| 14 | The sequence was still largely without dates , and more importantly , the development from one broad technological phase to another did not occur at the same time everywhere . |
| 15 | Yes , just happened at the wrong time . |
| 16 | Those not teaching at the present time are welcome to attend on a daily basis at £2 per session . |
| 17 | I explained that I had not entered at the right time because I had been a hostage in Iraq . |
| 18 | During the summer when there was not even a blade of green grass in the paddock , her feed of oats and other goodies became inordinately important to her , to the extent that one day when her dinner had not arrived at the usual time she began to paw at the fence in anxiety . |
| 19 | Both male and female goats may be infertile for a number of reasons , ranging from the male having painful feet to the female not ovulating at the right time . |
| 20 | Agree that charges for the Remuneration Certificate service be not introduced at the present time . |
| 21 | The Heath government fell in 1974 and the Box largely fell at the same time . |
| 22 | Fleury would have liked to have gone , too , but both he and Harry could not go at the same time ; someone had to stay behind to fight off the sepoys . |
| 23 | Just click at the right time |
| 24 | She sort of froze for a moment , tried to smile and not smile at the same time , looked uncomprehendingly at me , turned ever so slightly towards the farther side of the road from me and walked away with quick nervous steps . |
| 25 | The rains do not come at the same time each year and yet the guinea fowl always seem to know when the wet season is about to begin . |
| 26 | The Revenue has raised an assessment charging tax in excess of £20,000 and has refused retirement relief on the sale of the milk quota because no land was sold ; farming continued after the sale ( in the Revenue 's view the provisions of s 53(2)TA88 mean that when a farmer changes the nature of his farming there is a continuation of the old trade and that the old and the new are equally applicable for CGT purposes ) ; the sales of the herd and milk quota were not effected at the same time . |
| 27 | He took this in suddenly one morning as he was charging a girl the duty on a camera , hitting the thought like an air pocket and ludicrously yawning at the same time with his mouth shut so that the girl noticed his face lengthening like a mule 's . |
| 28 | If British Rail is under pressure to increase the frequency of its service , there is a case for a coordinated transport system operating bus and rail services , If there is a need for transport when it is not convenient to run rail services , or if only a certain number of trains can run on a line because goods trains and passenger services can not operate at the same time — although perhaps British Rail should be more innovative in its mix of passenger and freight services perhaps it is a good idea for British Rail and the bus services — as they are today , not as they will be affected by the Bill — to get together . |
| 29 | Because games may vary slightly in length you may not start at the exact time given . |
| 30 | B. T. Some of the inspectors always appeared at the wrong time . |