Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prime Minister Mouloud Hamrouche , who was to stand for election for the first time , said that the ruling National Liberation Front ( FLN ) might consider entering into a coalition with one of the secular opposition parties , either before or after the election . |
| 2 | One discouraging aspect of the relations between nations at the present time is that there is little indication of a decline in nationalist sentiment or in the fervour with which particular national interests are pursued . |
| 3 | The need for insolvency at the relevant time does not apply to transactions at an undervalue entered into less than two years before the individual is adjudged bankrupt . |
| 4 | In a separate housing initiative in the north-east , plans were revealed for housing co-operatives in Grampian to build homes for rent for the first time . |
| 5 | Other policies had tended to limit equality or parity between schools at the same time . |
| 6 | Under a new law , proposed during the fifth session of the eighth National Assembly ( which convened in Hanoi on June 20-30 , 1989 ) , non-CPV members were allowed to stand as candidates for the first time . |
| 7 | ‘ If only I were married to Prince Edward ! ’ sighed Anne , by no means for the first time . |
| 8 | She hadgone to Banbury social services for help at the same time as her cousin Ian Barnes . |
| 9 | Some hand creams care for nails at the same time . |
| 10 | In 1786 , when Robert Burns was preparing his poetry for publication for the first time , he took his manuscript to Glenconner and read his poems to the Tennant family for their approval or otherwise . |
| 11 | But the explanation could have been phrased in a different way : it was precisely because she was pregnant that Ms Webb would be unavailable for work at the critical time . |
| 12 | You may refuse to believe it 's happened to you : some people who 've been made redundant pretend everything 's the way it was and set off for work at the same time , then spend hours hanging around the streets , teashops or libraries until they can go home at the usual time . |
| 13 | McCoist also became his club 's record scorer for Scotland at the same time when getting his 14th goal for Roxburgh . |
| 14 | Secondly , the young stranger who also passed through Godstowe at the same time — was it just a coincidence , or was he connected with the murder victims ? ’ |
| 15 | Advice on time-zone transitions depends very much upon the kind of journey being made , so we consider the following possibilities : • A flight crossing only a few ( one or two ) time zones ; • A flight crossing several time zones , ( to the west or east ) and when the stop-over , before returning home , is short ; • A flight crossing several time zones to the west where there is sufficient time and need for adjustment to the new time zone ; • A flight as in the last example , but to the east . |
| 16 | The second distinction between the results here and those of Kreps and Wilson is the behaviour of play in the infinite time horizon case . |
| 17 | The problem is one of the continuing dominance of traditional models of assessment at the same time as trying to introduce other models based on quite different educational premises . |
| 18 | A smile can charm and delude us so that we accept even lies and insults — providing that they are accompanied by the expected flash of teeth at the same time ! |
| 19 | Even the bookmakers lost faith in the world champion who began the event without the status of favourite for the first time in three years . |
| 20 | Of birds for the first time ever heard , |
| 21 | Krauss observes another case of mass reproduction in Manet 's ‘ assembly line ’ style of the continued overpainting of a large number of canvases at the same time . |
| 22 | In each of the last four games there 's been speculation that Lou Macari was taking charge of Stoke for the last time . |
| 23 | And yesterday it emerged that Britain 's inflation rate of 4.1pc had fallen below that of Germany for the first time in 25 years . |
| 24 | But whereas before he had seen Scouting as a gateway of opportunity to the big time , 20 years on , the movement seemed narrow and provincial somehow , more concerned with preserving an America that was fast slipping away , if it had ever truly existed , than with helping to shape the country 's youth to face an uncertain future . |
| 25 | The introduction , in 1951 , of the General Certificate of Education made it easier to enrol secondary-modern pupils for such examinations , since at ordinary level ( O level ) the more able among them could now take one subject or a few subjects , without having to take a whole group of subjects at the same time . |
| 26 | The young man 's car , a Jensen Interceptor was out of action at the relevant time . |
| 27 | It is impossible to experience both fear and peace of mind at the same time . |
| 28 | Yet he had photographs of her in every jacket pocket , and they fell out of books at the wrong time and upset Eva ; and when he asked me about Mum , Dad and I had to go into another room , away from Eva , as if we were discussing something disgraceful . |
| 29 | Butter is in the supermarkets of Timisoara for the first time since March last year . |
| 30 | This can leave an elderly person alone and facing a bewildering number of losses at the same time . |