Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [adj] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 And the other thing you have to bear in mind is that at the time the original structure plan was drawn up , they were n't talking about the er the structural employment problems that we are at the moment .
2 And you can always catch me , if making an interview is difficult in the time
3 First off the production line in March was ‘ Dumpy ’ 2 — a pack design which allows the farmer to lift three-quarters of a tonne of fertilizer from either the bottom or the top , depending on what sort of agricultural equipment is available at the time .
4 ‘ The whole exercise is repugnant at a time when the popularity of privatisation is drastically on the wane .
5 The information provided in this prospectus is correct at the time of going to press , but the course programme is subject to continuing development and the University reserves the right to make changes at any time , before or after a candidate 's admission .
6 Perhaps the work-load is high at the time , looking at the map and the ground for possible clues as to where they are , looking for signs of possible lift to climb in , together with all the other little worries involved in a field landing .
7 No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business .
8 No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business .
9 Well I know with Arnold and Antony is Arnold 's not so bad cos he uses his quite a bit er but the tendency with Antony is , when the bill comes in each month th the rental is double what the usage is most of the time .
10 This lag is due to the time lag in the seasonal increase in total radiation , as also pointed out in reports of spring blooms in areas from Lofoten and southwards .
11 The term should not include any period for which the instrument might be extended unless such an extension is certain at the time the instrument is issued : that is , there is no genuine commercial possibility that the period will not be extended .
12 The train make–up is typical of the time with air–conditioned Mk2 stock supported by Mk1 braking coaches .
13 Fourteen days would seem to be a more reasonable period though the landlord may be concerned that this could leave little time for it to make a considered response where the notice is subject to a time restriction .
14 The effect of erosion on volcano morphology is beautifully illustrated in the Hawaiian Islands where the degree of dissection of each island is proportional to the time elapsed since volcanic activity ceased .
15 Information contained in this brochure is correct at the time of going to press .
16 A licence is void from the time it was granted where the payment was by a cheque which was eventually dishonoured ( Customs and Excise Management Act ) .
17 The motion is chaotic on a time scale long compared with the oscillation period .
18 Early versions of the theory were inconsistent with the observation that some matter is stable for a time that exceeds about 10 -8 seconds .
19 Information is correct at the time of going to press , but museums may have to vary their hours from time to time and it is worth checking before a special visit is made , especially around Christmas , Easter and Bank Holidays .
20 Little reliable information is available at the time of writing and much of the " data " which does exist is based on guesswork — more or less inspired and sometimes merely sensational .
21 In the case of bookings made less than 6 weeks prior to departure the full amount is payable at the time of booking .
22 In Rannie v Irvine ( 1844 ) 7 Man & G 969 Tindal CJ said " if the contract is reasonable at the time it is entered into , we are not bound to look out for improbable and extravangant contingencies in order to make it void " .
23 A decision now has to be made about whether this rearrangement is acceptable for the time being or whether some further rearrangement might be more satisfactory .
24 ‘ I guess my credit rating is safe for the time being . ’
25 Thus the wave is zero during the time interval — while it is over the time intervals — and — .
26 Such a bit image blocks are not normally compressed , and anyone using graphics in a document is familiar with the time it takes to load the printer .
27 There is also a transient expression of c -fos , but only if the animal is unanaesthetised at the time of induction , suggesting that the c- fos protein is necessary for the generation of the most persistent form of LTP ( LTP3 ; see Box 1 ) .
28 LTP can be tentatively subdivided into several mechanistically distinct components : LTP1 , with a duration of less than 3–6h which is blocked by kinase inhibitors but not by protein synthesis inhibitors ; LTP2 , a component which is blocked by translational inhibitors but which appears to be independent of gene expression ; and LTP3 , with a time constant of several days , which is only obtained if the animal is unanaesthetised at the time of induction and which may require gene expression ( see text ) .
29 When Harry 's front axle buckled , he was behind a truck A few brief comments on each of these : in ( 35a ) the pronoun I is used gesturally to self-nominate from a group , in ( 35b ) it just has the symbolic usage ; in ( 36b ) the word ago places the time at which the action occurred relative to the time of speaking , in ( 36c ) the time is relative to the time at which the events in the narrative occurred .
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