Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , I did find it disappointing that financial matters occupied so much of the non-playing time at both the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour finals in Frankfurt and the Virginia Slims Championships in New York in November . |
| 2 | What we can say , though , is that the picture which emerges from these is not of a monolithic bloc but of a constantly mutating organism made up of elements which are symbiotic and mutually contradictory at the same time ( see , for example , Sanjek 1988 ; Hirsch 1969 ; Peterson and Berger 1971 ; Hardy n.d. ; Frith 1978 ; 1983a ; 1988a ) . |
| 3 | On March 22nd the market reacted by falling a further 3.1% , which took the Nikkei index below 30,000 for the first time since December 1988 to close at 29,843 . |
| 4 | As investors and the better-paid alike give thanks for their deliverance , that most essential and intangible ingredient for economic recovery — confidence — is suddenly present for the first time in three years . |
| 5 | Obviously it is likely to be quiet in an empty hall or in a field ; it is likely to be noisy when a crowd of people are talking together all at the same time . |
| 6 | Most of the young cast of both Taps and The Outsiders , with some honorary additions to the Pack , have continually worked together — though not necessarily all at the same time — in films like Rumble Fish , The Breakfast Club , St Elmo 's Fire , and Young Guns . |
| 7 | This uncertainty is not so important at the present time , when things are far apart , so that a small uncertainty in position does not make much difference . |
| 8 | A one-point rise in Japan 's discount rate pushed Tokyo below 31,000 for the first time since January 1989 ; during the week it lost 5.6% . |
| 9 | No music and the bar 's only open for the minimum time he can get away with . |
| 10 | I give this portion of my estate as a thank-offering in the firm conviction that never again shall we have such a chance of giving our country that form of help which is so vital at the present time . |
| 11 | As a result , the Yachting World Trophy for line honours — allowing motoring for only one-third of the elapsed time — went to Speedy Go , sailed by Philippe Barbe , which finished only 10 hours , 11 min. later than Ocean Quest . |
| 12 | Why they were so good and why they were so bad at the same time . ’ |
| 13 | Surely not all at the same time , Reynolds thought , and turned to the summary of Jenner 's thesis work . |
| 14 | The hot sting of tears pricked painfully at her eyes as the agony of hating him and yet wanting him so desperately all at the same time overwhelmed her . |
| 15 | It is that a person who takes another 's car ‘ can escape liability to tougher sentences only if he or she can show , on the balance of probabilities , that either the aggravating event occurred before he or she committed [ the basic s. 12 offence ] , or that he or she was not present at the relevant time . ’ |
| 16 | M_N Media Not Available — the media item is not available at the present time ie. it is in a locked cabinet , inaccessible to the operator . |
| 17 | unfortunately it 's not available at the present time . |
| 18 | You might , for example , inquire after Richard Dunwoody , whose Becher 's Brook fall on the much-fancied Brown Windsor was just one of the six times he hit the ground during the three-day meeting . |
| 19 | ‘ Michael Gambon is a fine enough actor to convey that charisma while being utterly ruthless at the same time . ’ |
| 20 | It is possible to cope with one of these legs being shaky and under pressure but not two at the same time . |
| 21 | The venture capital industry has grown rapidly in the 1980 's and into the 1990's , from around twelve in the mid 1970's to approximately 124 at the present time . |
| 22 | As in the case of true ESSs , it is possible for more than one strategy to be collectively stable at the same time . |
| 23 | Trust takes time to develop and is not always possible in the short time available for pre-operative preparation . |
| 24 | Perhaps peter Fuller 's Theoria ( 1988 ) , a call for a return to earnest Ruskinian values by a critic who had lost his faith in Modernism , contrives to be theoretical and distinctively British at the same time ; but that is the work of an art critic . |
| 25 | When you 're giving feedback to people , yes , there were going to bad things about what they 've done , yes , there 's going to be good things , but if you can catch the bad things between two good things , even if the good things are just saying thank you , they 're going to go away with a bigger smile on their face , and probably feel more motivated for the next time they do that task . |
| 26 | In the captain 's room , hardly cold from the last time , he said , ‘ Now . |
| 27 | If the standstill occurs in midwinter , the rising point will be at its most northerly ; if in midsummer , the point is at its most southerly — and the picture is even further complicated during the intermediate times of year ! |
| 28 | I asked , fiery with embarrassment , and yet intensely curious at the same time . |
| 29 | The signature must be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses , both present at the same time . |
| 30 | It 's also important for the first time buyer . |