Example sentences of "be at [adj] times " in BNC.
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1 | The plates have a long and illustrious history , being passed from print dealer to dealer and were at various times published by Watelet , Basan and Jean . |
2 | They were at all times called by their Yiddish names Bashelaya , Shinageetel , and Riffka . |
3 | Professor Saville has written that the old unions ‘ were able to rely upon the skill of their members as a crucial bargaining weapon ’ but ‘ the new unionists were at all times , even in years of good trade , subject to the pressures of an over-stocked labour market ’ . |
4 | It seemed that the appointments were at varying times , some quite early , others later in the day . |
5 | It seems probable that elderly people as a whole have more secure incomes and are less marginalized as consumers today than they were at earlier times in this century . |
6 | The problems that Sterling faced in recovering the aircraft were at some times almost insurmountable . |
7 | Their flowers appear over several weeks in summer and are at all times most striking and handsome . |
8 | Every human being makes an imprint on their surroundings because we are at all times radiating energy which is soaked up and stored by items around us . |
9 | The actualizing tendency suggests that even these failing individuals are at all times capable of growth and development , so it is an essentially optimistic view of the human condition , and this is particularly important when working with older people . |
10 | Section 222 provides that accounting records are at all times to be open for inspection by officers of the company . |
11 | Touring caravans are at all times to be treated as trailers for the purposes of the application of the Agreement . |
12 | FAP patients are at 100–300 times greater risk than the general population of dying from upper gastrointestinal malignancies . |
13 | Just think of all the people you are at different times , in different places . |
14 | According to these ladies , I had been at certain times a pirate , a builder , a healer , a spiritual teacher , a red Indian and a nun . |
15 | The exercise of these duties has been at all times , and remains , subject to the visitorial jurisdiction of the judges . |
16 | It 's at such times , as you sit eating a damp sandwich as water drips from your nose , as you scour the map for all the things you ca n't see , that you wonder why the hell you do it . |
17 | However , it 's at these times that we are most punishing to ourselves . |
18 | The infrared picture is at 10 times the scale of the optical photograph , showing only the very centre of the galaxy . |
19 | It is at such times , perhaps , that we wonder about the unconscious effect of what we read . |
20 | But some will , and it is at such times that counselling can play an important role . |
21 | It is at such times that the independence of the Supreme Court is at its greatest , but they are rather untypical . |
22 | If the news was really unexpected she would be off balance and it is at such times that people are most likely to speak the truth . |
23 | Our results suggest that endometriosis is less of a problem during pregnancy and the subsequent four years than it is at other times , although the finding was not significant . |
24 | In addition , the German question and the European question are inseparable : ‘ the German question is at all times a European question too . ’ |
25 | Norwich Union 's aim is at all times to provide a first class standard of service . |
26 | The weapon 's computer thus knows where it is at all times , without relying on any signals from outside . |
27 | The subconscious mind is at all times fully protective and will not allow the patient to betray himself by his actions or his words . |
28 | This has sometimes been justified on security grounds but often the argument has been that disclosure is not in the public interest , that " secrecy is at all times the condition in which the best men make the best decisions . " |
29 | Li Yuan is not to know , but I want us to know where Kim is at all times . |
30 | I beg to move , to leave out from ’ House ’ to the end of the Question and to add instead thereof : regrets that Her Majesty 's Government 's preoccupation with divisions in its own Party has meant that in the Inter-Governmental Conferences it has not taken the negotiating approach necessary to ensure that the United Kingdom exercises decisive influence on the future of the Community in ways which will help to advance the living and working standards of the people of this country in company with other peoples of Europe ; calls upon Her Majesty 's Government to work for an agreement at the European Council which ensures inclusion of the Social Charter , qualified majority voting on social and environmental matters , powers for the European Parliament to hold the Commission to account in ways that complement the role of national parliaments , decision-making at the level — local , regional , national or Community — where maximum democratic control is at all times exercised , foreign and security policy co-operation without the development of a European Community military role , widening of the Community as rapidly as practicable , co-operation to combat terrorism and other crime , and strengthened powers for ECOFIN as the politically responsible counterpart to any European Central Bank system ; and urges the Government to work to secure agreement to , and adopt policies for , high levels of employment , sustainable non-inflationary growth , balanced regional and national economic development and social cohesion , and for the fundamental reform of the CAP , in order to achieve real economic convergence in the years leading to economic and monetary union and a single currency as the essential foundation for those changes and to safeguard the long-term interests of the people of the United Kingdom . ' . |