Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [vb pp] [prep] [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 | Secretary Andy Wilson said : ‘ I am aware significant delays are being experienced in mail being processed by the time it has to get to the mail trains . |
| 4 | The operating speed of the teletype is limited by the time taken for the system to settle to within the required accuracy at each letter position . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The exact rate for the investment is fixed at the time the deposit is made and then runs through the period chosen . |
| 8 | If no key is pressed in the time limit , INKEY will return -1 and INKEY$ will return a null string . |
| 9 | David Robson QC , defending , said Lee was a ‘ decent , caring , sensitive ’ girl whose mind was disturbed at the time . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | That submission was made at a time when I was sch not scheduled to be present at this enquiry , and was not present . |
| 12 | Little enough daylight was left by the time Pedro came skulking back , and for most of the evening she had sat , talking to him , stroking the soft rug of his ear between tense fingers , and waiting for the fit to come again . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | The nomination of a specific cargo is made as the time for delivery approaches and the right to obtain delivery of this cargo may have to be transferred to buyers in different parts of the globe . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | This portrait was drawn at the time . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | A splendid science weekly called Modern Wonder was published at the time . |
| 19 | In contrast , in both of the earlier studies structural integration was virtually impossible without knowing the overall theme , so that most of the information contained in the passage was lost by the time the important contextual/thematic information was supplied . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | If such was indeed the case , the assertion of later authors that the Muftilik was created in the time of Murad II , if it has any validity at all , would have to be interpreted as the elevation of an already existing semi-official or official post of no particular consequence , as , in effect , the transformation of the muftilik of Bursa into the Muftilik of the Ottoman lands . |
| 22 | While the earliest sources give no clue to the date of Molla Fenari 's appointment to the Muftilik but simply state that he was Mufti , later Turkish tradition has asserted that the Muftilik was created in the time of Murad II ; and as it is almost universally held that Molla Fenari was the first Mufti , his appointment , if the tradition is to be believed , must have occurred after 824/1421 , the year of Murad II 's accession . |
| 23 | Some historians go no further than saying that the Muftilik was created in the time of Murad II ; but others have stated that Molla Fenari was appointed Mufti in the year 828/1424–5 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The war intervened with the result that this urgent question was postponed for the time being . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | When a member of the Royal Family becomes pregnant , an announcement is made at a time of their choosing . ’ |
| 29 | Fourthly , since the return for holding a bill to redemption is known at the time of issue , bills are fixed-interest securities . |
| 30 | Will the Minister ensure that a life cycle analysis is built into the scheme to ensure that a product is judged from the time it is produced until it is recycled or destroyed ? |