Example sentences of "[modal v] [prep] the [adj] time [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By ensuring adequate representation of sentencers from all levels of court , in addition to other professionals with experience of the penal system , he suggests that such a body would be capable of developing realistic guidance for sentencing at all levels that should at the same time be acceptable to sentencers themselves . |
| 2 | I was not aware — I have not yet received reports — of that demonstration , but I believe that it is ironic that the IRA and its supporters should at the same time be enjoying the privileges of democracy and using the methods of terrorism . |
| 3 | It was the taste of the stranger — who might at the same time be rooted , as he himself was , in some national life . |
| 4 | It can certainly happen that a head might at the same time be expected to manage the school democratically by the staff , deferentially by the governors , assertively by the local authority and pliantly by parents . |
| 5 | Yet at the same time local officers and shop stewards of the same unions were finding themselves party to local , enterprise-level agreements setting the terms under which temporary workers could for the first time be used , or under which their use could be expanded . |
| 6 | How then is it possible that a gesture I saw performed by one person , a gesture that was connected to her , that characterized her and was part of her individual charm , could at the same time be the essence of another person and my dreams of her ? |
| 7 | The ruling party also announced that the December 1990 elections to the People 's Assembly would for the first time be open to participation by other parties . |
| 8 | But one reason why on Thursday I shall for the first time be voting Conservative , with passionate conviction , may be illustrated by a meeting I attended in our constituency last Sunday , at which several hundred people were addressed by our four candidates . |
| 9 | Such ideas had their major influence in South Wales where nearly all men were engaged in mining and could envisage a pure " class struggle " between themselves and the coalowners which would at the same time be a political struggle between the great majority and the rich minority . |
| 10 | Since citizens of all colours will for the first time be allowed to vote together , it will produce a legislature dominated by blacks . |
| 11 | That , in itself , will be an important step forward , but perhaps even more important is the fact that , because of the change , there will for the first time be a proper appeals procedure for those who need help with care . |
| 12 | We will for the first time be able to see the new system work . |
| 13 | At elections due in June , 35% of the seats in the Sejm ( parliament ) will for the first time be freely contested . |
| 14 | And from the beginning of May , all businesses selling food will for the first time be required to register with their local council . |
| 15 | However , you will at the same time be aware that you are ‘ someone else ’ with different feelings , emotions and experiences . |
| 16 | Histoire , whilst at one level a transposition of the discontinuity of experience , can at the same time be considered as providing an implicit commentary on the nature of fiction and writing : the text can be said to be formed from a meditation on a collection of postcards which the narrator is sifting through . |
| 17 | While the geographical map may be helpful to ensure a measure of blanket coverage , it can at the same time be very misleading if used as the only planning model . |
| 18 | I see ‘ psychosemantic fallacy ’ as a perfect description of anorexia nervosa — a disease in which the concept of the whole person is so confused , so dialectically divided , that ‘ I ’ can at the same time be choosing to live , as the self , and choosing to die , as the body , however unconscious those choices may be . |
| 19 | The only really satisfactory way to solve the whole problem is to assume that there are certain types of goods which can at the same time be " ordinarily " for private use and for commercial use . |