Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [verb] at [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , had the cinema been invented at the time . |
| 2 | This relatively low figure no doubt results from the programme being broadcast at a time that is inconvenient to many viewers . |
| 3 | Usually , the contract will mention the fee , but this provision might be useful if the supplier takes on additional work at the request of the other party and no mention is made at the time of agreement of the charge for this extra work . |
| 4 | The exact rate for the investment is fixed at the time the deposit is made and then runs through the period chosen . |
| 5 | David Robson QC , defending , said Lee was a ‘ decent , caring , sensitive ’ girl whose mind was disturbed at the time . |
| 6 | In the Soviet Union popular support for the manned space programme was dwindling at a time of great economic hardship and political uncertainty for the majority of the population . |
| 7 | Leyland 's own collection of oriental porcelain was dispersed at the time of his death and , apart from ten or so pieces , the shelves had remained empty until now . |
| 8 | That submission was made at a time when I was sch not scheduled to be present at this enquiry , and was not present . |
| 9 | There is an exemption contained in s23(5) which applies where the holding was acquired at a time when the prohibition did not apply ( ie before the reverse takeover ) but subsequently the holder falls within the prohibition ( ie on the reverse takeover offer becoming unconditional ) . |
| 10 | Much of this engineering work was wasted at the time , for it was done on the eve of the railway age and never put to good use — not until the twentieth century . |
| 11 | This portrait was drawn at the time . |
| 12 | A splendid science weekly called Modern Wonder was published at the time . |
| 13 | The idiosyncratic nature of Our Daily Bread was appreciated at the time of its release and was attributed to the obvious conflict between Vidor 's convictions and box-office considerations . |
| 14 | Had the tax been implemented at the time it would have noticeably increased the number of tax exiles who were leaving the country , for never mind pop-stars and sportsmen , it would have been even worth the while of middle management to seek a place in the ex-colonial countries , or to learn a new tongue for residence in a foreign land , simply in order to achieve some savings and improve his family life and provide for dependants . |
| 15 | When a member of the Royal Family becomes pregnant , an announcement is made at a time of their choosing . ’ |
| 16 | Fourthly , since the return for holding a bill to redemption is known at the time of issue , bills are fixed-interest securities . |
| 17 | Because only one record is examined at a time , it is possible to test the descriptors against very complex Boolean conditions , expressed in terms of the descriptors desired by the user , to obtain a match . |
| 18 | The accident was investigated at the time , you say ? ’ |
| 19 | Of course the debate in government and Parliament was crucial but it was not the only way in which the educational reform was tested at the time nor the only way to assess it later . |
| 20 | A clinical score was derived at the time of each dialysis by adding scores for : abdominal pain ( none=0 , mild=1 , moderate=2 , severe=3 ) ; the stool frequency ( 1 or less per day=0 , 2 to 3=1 , 4 to 5=2 , 6 to 9=3 , 10 or more=4 ) ; the visible presence of blood in the stool ( none=0 , a trace=1 , more than a trace=2 ) ; and the stool consistency ( normal=0 , semiformed=1 , liquid=2 ) . |
| 21 | Functional groups were designated by suffixes ( prefixes were not required , because only one functional group was considered at a time ) . |
| 22 | This raises problems where the plaintiff was drunk at the time . |
| 23 | Only six ( 9 per cent ) of the network sample were employed at the time of interview while 58 ( 91 per cent ) were unemployed . |
| 24 | Because of problems with disparate styles of music , however , an occasional Sunday afternoon service is held at a time when white people who are committed to this kind of outreach are free to attend . |
| 25 | Laugh , if you must , about Skoda , but its market share is increasing at a time when some ‘ serious ’ manufacturers are in decline . |
| 26 | Once colour is knitted at a time and you change colour every two rows . |
| 27 | The requirement of reasonableness is determined at the time of contracting which is an important difference from the 1973 Act . |
| 28 | For our purposes , the distinction could be that a diary is written at the time of the event , memoirs are a writer 's recollections of a particular period ( perhaps aided by diaries ) in which he was not necessarily the central character , while an autobiography is an attempt to give a systematic and chronological record of the author 's life , with himself at the centre of the story . |
| 29 | Under the Supply of Goods ( Implied Terms ) Act 1973 , which also imposed a reasonableness test , reasonableness was judged at the time of the breach . |
| 30 | The objective defined in 1858 was to enable ‘ persons requiring medical aid … to distinguish qualified from unqualified practitioners ’ and we need only read some early issues of the Lancet to learn that the medical register was regarded at the time as a list of doctors who set themselves higher standards than the multitude of quacks who then preyed on the sick . |