Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | That submission was made at a time when I was sch not scheduled to be present at this enquiry , and was not present . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | Elsewhere in the country , one polling station in the south was occupied for a time by Khmer Rouge troops , who eventually stole a UN car and left . |
| 4 | The concentration of pancreatic ( group I ) PLA2 ( pan-PLA2 ) in serum was measured by a time resolved fluoroimmunoassay with a monoclonal ( mouse ) antibody raised against human pancreatic PLA2 . |
| 5 | The concentration of synovial type ( group II ) PLA2 ( syn-PLA2 ) in serum was measured by a time resolved fluoroimmunoassay with a polyclonal ( rabbit ) antibody raised against recombinant syn-PLA2 . |
| 6 | Functional groups were designated by suffixes ( prefixes were not required , because only one functional group was considered at a time ) . |
| 7 | The convoy was halted for a time by protesters at Dalreoch , on the Dumbarton-Helensburgh road , again at Helensburgh and on the third occasion at the protest camp at the gates to the base . |
| 8 | On the other hand , the doctor would probably be in breach of his duty if it could be shown that the patient 's request was made at a time when he was demonstrably and predictably suffering from a temporary condition which made his judgment unreliable . |
| 9 | The summit was held at a time when the internal and external relations of a number of the SAARC members were in a state of turmoil . |
| 10 | A similar uncertainty is apparent in the third example where a bill of lading was issued by a time charterer , but the shipper sued the owner of the vessel . |
| 11 | The Labour government was elected at a time when Keynesian economics was moving towards being accepted as economic orthodoxy . |
| 12 | They are actually all for and b =8/3 but various values of P. In each case the integration was started at a time sufficiently earlier than the start of the trace that the choice of initial conditions is not having a large direct effect . |
| 13 | Interesting , then , that his book was published at a time when the Western world was still recoiling after the oil sheikhs ' first shock to our system . |
| 14 | His company , a family business , was recently sold against his wishes and the British Steel Challenge was announced at a time when he was looking for a complete change of direction . |
| 15 | The 1927 powers of detention were conferred at a time of enormous concern about the high birth rate of mental defectives and the supposed decline in the ‘ national intelligence ’ . |
| 16 | History , Sociology , Philosophy and Psychology were enshrined for a time . |
| 17 | In fact , the snow was so heavy that the airport was closed for a time , briefly raising the hope that Professor Pollard would be stranded in Athens for several days ! |
| 18 | Because income support was introduced at a time when there would otherwise have been an increase in supplementary benefits , and because transitional protection has been provided for some groups of claimants who have been transferred to income support , the Government claims that relatively few people suffered an actual cut in benefit in April 1988 . |
| 19 | The Governor , John Thomas-Ferrand explains how the prison was designed at a time when women did not work in all-male prisons , now 20% are women , yet they do not have their own shower facilities , for example . |
| 20 | The Governor , John Thomas-Ferrand explains how the prison was designed at a time when women did not work in all-male prisons , now 20% are women , yet they do not have their own shower facilities , for example . |