Example sentences of "[noun sg] at [art] [adj] time and " in BNC.

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1 Apart from containing pictures of part of the scene where it is said the violent disorder had taken place and an incident leading up to the arrival of the police which was held to be part of the res gestae , the tape would have been useful to establish alibis some defendants wished to rely upon in respect of their presence in the club at a relevant time and the timing between significant incidents .
2 BKZ consider that this effect of previous history results from the stored elastic energy in the configuration at a previous time and they then assume the stress at time t to be the sum of all the contributions from all .
3 We can notice , too , that the deictic aspect of the definite referring expression the sun ( the definite article being a deictic term ) is contextually ambiguous — I could use it homophorically ( the sun , generally ) or deictically ( the sun at a particular time and place ) .
4 This weakened the Section 's influence at a crucial time and correspondingly strengthened the hand of the Treasury .
5 Sets of boundary conditions that tell us the state of some regions of the universe at a certain time and what effects propagate into it subsequently from the rest of the universe .
6 Unfortunately the music electronics contribution hit a slump at the critical time and was unable to meet expectations .
7 The problem essentially is that you have got simultaneously to account credibly for someone not being at a certain place at a certain time and to account for them precisely being there .
8 ‘ There 's no pecking order , it 's who is in the right place at the right time and who is the strongest , ’ he says .
9 For a change I was in the right place at the right time and got a job , with housing , at the Folger Theatre in Washington DC .
10 A murder weapon had been discovered in Parkin 's desk , David Parkin had been in the right place at the right time and he had a conceivable motive to kill the television reporter .
11 Paul Bodin says he 's been lucky … he 's been in the right place at the right time and has managed to take the chances …
12 The young baby in the carry-cot described by the IRA as an accident of war , the young nun serving the community described by the IRA as being in the wrong place at the wrong time and a fireman trying to put out a blaze described by the IRA as helping the British war machine — we did not expect to reach the stage where the IRA would break every precept of human compassion and morality by bombing a hospital .
13 This process of the effective addition of value to meet a specific executive information need at a specific time and place is most certainly not a trivial task .
14 1.6 This allowance is based upon staff who are at the top of the grade at the present time and translates into the following :
15 You must also have practised these moves in a variety of combinations , using a small punchbag as a target , until you can automatically use the right move at the right time and distance .
16 Programmes are booked in advance for a particular room at a particular time and are then " broadcast " into that room as prearranged .
17 There remains the more fundamental question of why it should befall a particular person at a particular time and place .
18 This involved the production of large numbers of documents , many , if not all , of which were located in Germany ; the taking of depositions from representatives of the corporation , to be carried out in a designated office in Germany ; and interrogatories seeking information as the corporation 's organisation at the relevant time and the identity of employees engaged in work relevant to the ( products liability ) issue in the litigation .
19 To argue over the logic or truth of an idea in absolute terms is to explore the nature of belief itself , but for an historian of ideas what is most interesting is ‘ who held a particular belief at a particular time and what needs it fulfilled for them .
20 As on the previous night , the mail train roared past the signal box at the usual time and Jack again heard footsteps in the still night walking under the box .
21 Quinn 's fundamental point is simply that it is foolish to try to produce a total group-wide analysis at a given time and then to go ahead rapidly implementing that , ignoring the changing external and internal environments .
22 She went back on deck at the appointed time and within a minute the man appeared .
23 Skill is one of the most important elements in the champion 's make-up , because if he ca n't perform the right technique at the right time and in the right way , he will never make it to the winner 's rostrum .
24 On the other hand , public relations is often looked down on by the media as messengers with stories that hold no interest and which will be presented in the wrong way at the wrong time and in the wrong situation .
25 On the other hand , a photograph can not be generalized or simplified to bring out the important diagnostic features of a species ; it must be always of an individual at a particular time and place .
26 Certain public transactions , notably where the firm is making an offer on behalf of its client , require funds to be available in a specific currency at a specific time and place .
27 Having decided that basic fact , the real problem is getting to the chosen position at the right time and without being shut out by other yachts .
28 Indeed , she could n't have got closer to doing what Cara wanted than to drive up to Vendelin Gajdusek 's house at the appointed time and ring his doorbell .
29 The message which Balfour sent was that , ‘ He is also of the opinion that it will be a serious danger if the Socialist Party is allowed to assume office at the present time and he thinks every means ought to be taken to avert the Parliamentary defeat which would bring them into office in your place .
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