Example sentences of "[adv prt] at [adj] times " in BNC.
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1 | Right it is a hundred miles from King 's Lynn to London , the train takes two hours to do the journey the train does not go at a constant speed , it speeds up sometimes and slows down at other times it also stops at stations on the way and on once of course as it , as it 's stopping it 's going more and more slowly and as it 's er moving off again it starts slowly and starts to go quickly but because it takes two hours in all the train goes a hundred miles in two hours we say its average speed for the journey is fifty miles per hour . |
2 | Thus tree rings are differentiated by the types , density and size of cell laid down at different times of the year ; varves by the gradation in particle size resulting from sedimentation of debris released into rivers and carried to lakes by the annual melt of glaciers ; and ice core layers by differences in dust content and acidity . |
3 | They also have a ‘ stand by ’ appointment scheme , where you can ring in at certain times at half an hour 's notice , where prices range from £4 to £7 . |
4 | Security staff will take over at other times |
5 | Particular genes can be switched on and off at particular times because the bottleneck/growth-cycle calendar ensures that there is such a thing as a particular time . |
6 | This means that while you are out for the evening , anyone who may be watching the house will be unsure as to whether you are at home or not , because various lights will go on and off at different times . |
7 | Asthma tends to flare up at various times it 'll it tends |
8 | Erm there have been attempts to brighten them up at various times . |
9 | But it is also worth while to check up at other times , because there is still a great deal about Epsilon Aurigæ which we do not know , and it may not shine quite steadily at any time . |
10 | The NTV , with its headquarters in Lagos , had television stations in all nineteen state capitals which link up at certain times — especially for the main evening news bulletin — and have federally appointed management . |
11 | Whether or not this control and its prerequisite knowledge remain as properties of a single ‘ command ’ module , or shift about heterarchically , both views are forms of what I shall later want to call a ‘ light up ’ view of consciousness : as in a pinball machine different areas light up at different times depending on the state of the game . |
12 | Among his worst crimes are not being married , not turning up at milking times and stealing food . ’ |
13 | Agassiz drew diagrams of the relative flourishing of different families of fish through past time , which showed gradual appearance and extinction — but he must have believed that species came into being and died out at definite times . |
14 | One example is the practice of engaging casual chambermaids , porters , waiters , bar and kitchen staff to cover the traditionally busy week or two around Christmas , or to help out at other times of the year when hotel occupancy rates exceed expected levels . |
15 | Broadcast schedules have to be planned in advance , programmes go out at regular times and have slots of fixed length . |
16 | She really should go out at unaccustomed times more often , she thought . |
17 | Where a transfer of value is made by associated operations carried out at different times it shall be treated as made at the time of the last of them . |
18 | Given the geographic spread of the ‘ contestants ’ it was not surprising that the packages arrived back at varying times but outlying areas such as Newcastle , Liverpool and Bristol were not obviously handicapped . |
19 | ‘ Another thing is I work odd hours , which means I 'm up and about at funny times of the day . |
20 | Also available from Bisque is the battery-powered , remote-control Bagno-Stat , which allows you to pre-set the towel radiator heater to come on at specific times and maintain required temperatures . |
21 | Different parts of the lighting system can come on at different times . |
22 | A timer can be fitted to an immersion heater so that it comes on at specified times of the day . |
23 | • Tell your friends when you 'll be working and ask them to call round at other times instead . |