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 | Furthermore it can not be assumed that all RDS information will be received accurately at all times . |
| 5 | First we should ask whether it is necessary to popular participation that all should be gathered together at one time in one place . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Meg 's no good — she 's away — and you wo n't want to be driving far at this time of night … ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Whatever he is doing , you must remember that he must be positioned correctly at all times to prevent his spasticity from increasing . |
| 10 | If weather permits and the soil is n't too cold and wet , the following crops can be sown outdoors at this time . |
| 11 | ( 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 . ) |
| 12 | ‘ Of course I 've got a minute — what the bloody hell d' you think I 'm doing here at this time of night ? ’ |
| 13 | The ‘ opposition ’ governors imagine themselves to be more important than they really are ; they have state , not federal , responsibilities ; their comments on federal matters should therefore not be regarded as of primary importance ; and , if they were reported fully at all times , this would be giving them a greater prominence in national affairs than they deserve . |
| 14 | However , the needs of the mentally handicapped are perceived differently at different times according to prevailing attitudes towards mental disorder and the extent to which it is understood . |
| 15 | So as long as the Next directory is done early at all times |
| 16 | The only sure method of avoiding capture , she tells me , is to walk backwards at all times , flicking every particle of dust from every footprint into the dustpan as you go . |
| 17 | Make sure food is as free as possible from food poisoning organisms and that it is handled hygienically at all times — see Good Food Handling Guide on p 6&7 . |
| 18 | have to wait twenty five to eight before he 'd come in , how he was coming here at that time I do n't know . |
| 19 | The treatment of mental illness was advancing considerably at that time , and it probably contributed more than the legislative change to reducing both the use of compulsory procedures and the incidence of long stays in hospital . |
| 20 | The rules mean that police would have to take control of the computer as soon as possible after the offence and establish that it was working properly at all times . |