Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equivalent amounts would come from the company 's income at the relevant time . |
| 2 | However , the similarities were more compelling than the differences : and , by chance , the courts were considering a case of valuer 's negligence at the same time . |
| 3 | Colourist Chris Walton used Medium Blonde and Terra Rosa from Wella 's Colour Touch range to change the tone and deepen the overall colour of Sally 's hair at the same time as encouraging its shine and improving the general condition . |
| 4 | This was obviously not a name that tripped off the tongue , but the lads rose to it manfully , while managing to weep , groan and , from the sound of it , pull out lumps of each other 's hair at the same time . |
| 5 | To get round the fact that the CSMA/CD carrier-sense multiple access with collision detection protocol prevents two nodes from transmitting data at the same time , so that video signals could get interrupted , isochronous Ethernet time-stamps the packets so they can be guaranteed to arrive at the recipient 's computer at the same time . |
| 6 | Two years ago , he took charge of the Elliott Sports Jets side who won the women 's trophy for the first time and , on Sunday , he will be plotting the downfall of Su Ragazzi in the men 's final . |
| 7 | ‘ I ca n't remember a horse so far ahead in the Grand National at this stage ! ’ enthused commentator Julian Wilson on BBC television as Crisp came to Becher 's Brook for the second time , still looking uncatchable : galloping relentlessly and jumping brilliantly , he was thirty lengths clear and showed no signs of flagging . |
| 8 | But she put it up here , I think probably to make it easier , I mean if anyone 's had , I do n't know if anyone had children in the seventies when it was the fashion to wear very long skirts , or even as I find going up and down stairs in my nightie , you 're more than likely to fall and break a leg and the baby 's neck at the same time , if you wear a long skirt . |
| 9 | Then she discarded that , too , and left Corrie 's side for the first time to join in with the other children . |
| 10 | Defender Tony Mowbray could return to Celtic 's side for the first time in ten weeks and silence speculation that manager Liam Brady is willing to sell the player . |
| 11 | The prize for the most unfortunate advertisement this year must go to Mobil , the oil major , for yesterday 's offering in the Financial Times . |
| 12 | Provided that your material is newsworthy and you ensure that it lands on the right person 's desk at the right time , the chances are that it will be published . |
| 13 | If there was any honour in this Government , Mr Heseltine 's resignation would have been on the Prime Minister 's desk at the same time as the High Court judgment . |
| 14 | Due to my forward speed the mat and my feet ended up under the AOC 's desk at the same time saluted , and my Wolseley sun helmet sped to the opposite corner of the room . |
| 15 | No harm in picking up the extra dough , so long as I was doing my client 's work at the same time . ’ |
| 16 | Then , fortified by a visit to the ‘ Manet and the Post-Impressionists ’ exhibition at the Grafton Galleries ( 1910 ) , where he saw Cézanne 's work for the first time , Bomberg entered the Slade School of Art in London with the aid of a much-needed loan from the Jewish Education Aid Society . |
| 17 | There is no such ring in the Reeve 's Tale , but it is hard not to notice that the motif seems to have been displaced and taken over by Absolon as he approaches Alison 's window for the second time that night , in order to deceive her : A sure example of intertextual inference is found in John 's use of the cradle trick ; he envies Alayn 's success with Malyne , and decides he will " " arise and auntre [ chance ] it " " himself . |
| 18 | A new director , responsible for a large section of the company 's business for the first time , was not in a particularly enviable position ; there were men equally as bright and considerably younger , poised ready to pull the mat from under him as soon as they saw an opportunity ; Hank could be their chance . |
| 19 | Rex threw down Laura 's weapon for the second time and stuck 'em up . |
| 20 | These were plain plates , often very detailed anatomical studies in a large quarto format ; if coloured , as some plates were in the Linnean Society 's journal at the same time , the cost would be still higher . |
| 21 | Halifax was called in privately to Chamberlain 's room at the same time as Winston , and he assumed he would get the PM 's job . |
| 22 | During the past 40 years the two Germanys have gradually come closer together economically while bolstering each other 's separateness at the same time . |
| 23 | Alone , he walked to the market and entered the baker 's shop for the last time . |
| 24 | In the corresponding Republican primary the incumbent governor , Bob Martinez , defeated four opponents to secure his party 's nomination for the second time . |
| 25 | This involved the production of large numbers of documents , many , if not all , of which were located in Germany ; the taking of depositions from representatives of the corporation , to be carried out in a designated office in Germany ; and interrogatories seeking information as the corporation 's organisation at the relevant time and the identity of employees engaged in work relevant to the ( products liability ) issue in the litigation . |
| 26 | Scholfield teamed up with Georgie 's Caper for the first time to win the Restricted ( Div 2 ) and then took the Open unchallenged on Confused Express . |
| 27 | Julia , who had come to understand a little of Allegra Wallington 's character in the short time they had spent together , was as anxious as David to prevent that happening . |
| 28 | This is shown after the two men come across Curley 's wife for the first time , and also Curley himself . |
| 29 | So imagine the confused looks on the faces of viewers in America , where the PBS network has just started to show the Yorkshire Dale 's soap for the first time . |
| 30 | They are on CAP 's agenda for the first time , but only as a footnote , as part of a number of so-called ’ additional measures ’ still to be settled . |