Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This relatively low figure no doubt results from the programme being broadcast at a time that is inconvenient to many viewers . |
| 2 | The study of some group of tendencies is isolated by the assumption other things being equal : the existence of other tendencies is not denied , but their disturbing effect is neglected for a time . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | That submission was made at a time when I was sch not scheduled to be present at this enquiry , and was not present . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | His reward for helping to fix the broken-down Time Machine is to travel to a time of his choice . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | When a member of the Royal Family becomes pregnant , an announcement is made at a time of their choosing . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Functional groups were designated by suffixes ( prefixes were not required , because only one functional group was considered at a time ) . |
| 13 | By contrast , the present day is seen as a time when people 's sense of duty and responsibility is much weaker , so that they are less prepared to acknowledge obligation or to take responsibility for kin . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Laugh , if you must , about Skoda , but its market share is increasing at a time when some ‘ serious ’ manufacturers are in decline . |
| 16 | Once colour is knitted at a time and you change colour every two rows . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | A hybrid form of non-contingent cost based fee arrangement is to quote on a time basis for all work on the basis that the fee is payable whether or not the transaction completes in addition to arranging for a ‘ success fee ’ to be payable eg. a fixed amount on any completion and/or a sliding scale based on some monitor of performance . |
| 20 | If the tenant is let into possession or the lease is completed at a time that makes this inconvenient , the commencement date should be back-dated to a convenient date . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | We find social relationships simplified , while myth and ritual are elaborated … if liminality is regarded as a time and place of withdrawal from normal modes of social action , it can be seen as potentially a period of scrutinization of the central values and axioms of the culture in which it occurs . |
| 24 | Only a single kid is born at a time ; twins are extremely rare . |
| 25 | The Labour government was elected at a time when Keynesian economics was moving towards being accepted as economic orthodoxy . |
| 26 | In the simplest systems , where only one program is running at a time , this means merely expediting the changeover from one program to the next . |
| 27 | Conversely youth is depicted as a time of vitality and good health . |
| 28 | The report is published at a time of intense debate between EC member countries about the future of agricultural subsidies . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |