Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [verb] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The important point is that it should be used at a time when for some reason pressure is to be taken off members of the class — putting them in what is virtually a ‘ spectator ’ role can give them time to recover from what had perhaps been inadequate non-projected work . |
| 2 | Weekly markets were often held in the churchyard where buyers and sellers could meet after church ; it was natural , therefore , that the fair should be established at a time and place where many people were gathered . |
| 3 | The use of Masai in broadcasts should be introduced for a time but should not , he said , become ‘ a permanent privilege ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ I feel nothing but disgust that these bombs should be planted at a time and in places where ordinary people are going to work . ’ |
| 5 | In Japan , we must be getting to a time when equities are worth buying , so , on a five-year basis , I would choose the Schroder Japan Smaller Companies which has a good reputation , or possibly the Schroder Tokyo fund . |
| 6 | It is for this second tranche of shares that management will probably require loans to subscribe , and , to qualify for interest relief , these shares must be subscribed at a time when Newco controls Target . |
| 7 | Instead , they emphasized that the detailed cement sequences revealed by CL could be used as a time framework upon which to locate other diagenetic events , providing a complete ‘ diagenetic stratigraphy ’ . |
| 8 | Broadly the period 1951–87 can be divided into four parts : 1951–64 , a period of comparatively little social policy innovation which may be regarded as a time of consolidation or stagnation , according to one 's political viewpoint ; 1964–74 , a period of fairly intense policy change stimulated by both political parties , in which considerable difficulties were experienced in translating aspirations into practice ; 1974–78 , a period in which rapid inflation and government by the Labour party without a parliamentary majority administered a severe shock to the political and social system , and to all who believed that there was still a need for developments in social policy ; and 1979–87 , when much more explicitly anti-welfare state Conservative administrations reinforced that shock by deliberately treating inflation as more deserving of its attention than unemployment , attacking public services which were seen as inhibiting economic recovery and seeking ways to ‘ privatize ’ public services . |
| 9 | He was established as a lecturer in natural philosophy at Edinburgh University for many years , but it was not until the age of fifty-eight that his first publication is recorded , when his work on the structure of crystals culminated in his report ‘ on a method of so far increasing the divergence of the two rays in a calcareous spar that only one image may be seen at a time ’ ( Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal , vol. vi , 1829 ) . |
| 10 | Only one type of operation may be performed at a time . |
| 11 | They would n't fight now , not those two , but the battle would be continued at a time and place of their own choosing . |
| 12 | A deposit will not be required but our fees will be charged on a time basis at [ say , 150 ] % of our standard mergers and acquisitions rate . |
| 13 | Suppose we have quarterly figures y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , y 4 , y 5 , Then the first 4-quarter moving average will be corresponding to a time point midway between the second and third quarters , and the second will be corresponding to a time midway between the third and fourth quarters . |
| 14 | Suppose we have quarterly figures y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , y 4 , y 5 , Then the first 4-quarter moving average will be corresponding to a time point midway between the second and third quarters , and the second will be corresponding to a time midway between the third and fourth quarters . |
| 15 | If the special needs that arise from these states of dependency are met fully and promptly then the problems will be kept to a minimum and on balance old age will be experienced as a time of contentment . |
| 16 | Procedure c ) will require about one hour for each unit of work and it is anticipated that up to three units will be requested at a time . |
| 17 | They come in a variety of sizes as do the internal filters , but a much wider choice of filtering mediums is available and more than one can be employed at a time . |
| 18 | The sessions can be arranged at a time and place suitable to your drivers . |
| 19 | No redeemable shares can be issued at a time when there are no issued shares of the company which are not redeemable . |
| 20 | For each package , the user can either ACCEPT or REJECT the SSR , however only one type of operation can be performed at a time . |
| 21 | Secondly when potential actinomycin binding sites are in close proximity ( for example in GCGC ) only one of the potential sites can be occupied at a time . |
| 22 | This analysis is complicated by the overlap between these two sites meaning that only one GC can be occupied at a time . |
| 23 | The ribber connecting arm can only hold one yarn , so only one colour can be knitted at a time . |
| 24 | when each state is complex , and so only one state can be remembered at a time . |