Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] at [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such comments about the DTI 's effectiveness as a corporate policeman could have been made almost at any time over the last 30 years and in a multitude of cases . |
| 2 | The basic set-up consists of rather basic apparatus out of a school laboratory — battery , heavy water , metal electrodes and meters for heat or neutrons — which is so widely available that the discovery could have been made anywhere at any time in the preceding half century ; but somehow it has been overlooked by two generations of scientists until suddenly in 1989 not one but two groups in the same location simultaneously announce their breakthroughs . |
| 3 | What is ‘ in the public interest ’ and what is ‘ against the public interest ’ ( there may , of course , be actions which fall into neither category ) has been interpreted differently at various times . |
| 4 | ‘ She was n't frightened of flying , but she was very frightened of the seat belt , so I think she 'd been tied down at one time . |
| 5 | Ghosts , fairies , dragons , giants , the devil and visitors from space have all been brought in at one time or another . |
| 6 | Furthermore it can not be assumed that all RDS information will be received accurately at all times . |
| 7 | First we should ask whether it is necessary to popular participation that all should be gathered together at one time in one place . |
| 8 | Whenever I hear a man being witty or sensible or kindly or civilized I think : the qualities which now seem so much a part of this man could be stripped away at any time , and there would be left just a man who suffered and who fought with his suffering like an animal . |
| 9 | A fill can be dropped in at any time while the pattern is playing . |
| 10 | A fill can be dropped in at any time while the pattern is playing . |
| 11 | ‘ Meg 's no good — she 's away — and you wo n't want to be driving far at this time of night … ’ |
| 12 | On the one hand , the memorandum of association must qualify the company 's ability to provide surveying services , to the effect that such business must be carried on at all times in accordance with the Rules of Conduct for the time being of the RICS . |
| 13 | The National Trust and the Trustees of Waddesdon Manor had come to the decision that it would be in the best interest of the house for as much work as possible to be carried out at one time , and the range of the repairs is such that the house can not be reopened until April 1993 . |
| 14 | It can be carried out at any time when you feel the need , for example , when you are near anybody with a cold or ‘ flu ; when you are experiencing any form of fear ; when others are indulging in negative emotions ; in noisy surroundings ; first thing in the morning and last thing at night ; after meditating or giving intuitive aromatherapy massage . |
| 15 | It defines the project timescales and priority to enable individual workloads within the group to be planned through DOPACS , and it also important n needed-by dates , the milestones , within the project , which again through DOPACS enables checks on the physical and financial progress to be carried out at any time . |
| 16 | This was not ideal because of fatigue and farm work that had to be carried out at those times . |
| 17 | Some pests are large enough to be gathered and destroyed by hand : caterpillars can be picked off at any time , while slugs and snails around vulnerable plants are easily collected by torchlight on moist evenings . |
| 18 | These are automatically silenced at night and may be silenced manually at any time by operating levers which are neatly and unobtrusively located on the hand-crafted dial . |
| 19 | Whatever he is doing , you must remember that he must be positioned correctly at all times to prevent his spasticity from increasing . |
| 20 | If weather permits and the soil is n't too cold and wet , the following crops can be sown outdoors at this time . |
| 21 | ( To reduce the risk of over-speeding with modern machines , the airbrakes can be opened fully at any time during the spin or the recovery . ) |
| 22 | The system allows information to be ‘ filed ’ on floppy discs so that stored information can be called up at any time on the computer 's visual display unit . |
| 23 | ‘ Of course I 've got a minute — what the bloody hell d' you think I 'm doing here at this time of night ? ’ |
| 24 | And when you do finally get to bed , you ca n't lock yourself in and you may be woken up at any time of the night on any pretext . |
| 25 | It is not a great idea for us to be split up at this time . ’ |
| 26 | The network topology is such that new file-servers can be plugged in at any time should the need arise . |
| 27 | Many of the plants can be put in at any time of year , except for the dahlias . |
| 28 | Hit lights should also be left off at this time , once again to minimize the difference between the air and water temperatures . |
| 29 | Some practitioners argue that a very detailed analysis of the organisation should be carted out at this time . |
| 30 | The challenge is to play either game against the timer , which can be switched off at any time if the child wants to check a word or letter |