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

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 He could glean from each category what was happening and , of course at a convenient time , he would test the aircraft itself and then put it on line so that the bombload could be installed before mid-afternoon or early evening .
5 There is little , if any , analysis of why particular attitudes and behaviours have developed , of the ways in which cultures are related to and continuously reinforced by the wider structural position of particular groups ; the ways in which cultures can be a rational response to the social position of groups at a particular time .
6 The young man 's car , a Jensen Interceptor was out of action at the relevant time .
7 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 .
8 This is particularly necessary if you are using either the VHS-C or Video 8 formats ; unlike the ubiquitous standard VHS cassettes which can be bought just about anywhere , the availability of the mini-format cassettes tends to be patchy and you risk running out of tape at an awkward time .
9 There are a number of imponderables at the present time e.g. the rates to be charged by CCC when it becomes an agency in 1992 , the high annual cost of a direct link , the number of and cost of training staff to prepare data for processing at a bank or internally with a software package available on a PC system .
10 We can assess all the relevant factors for you , and produce the right amount of cash at the appropriate time .
11 Volumes of almost 900m shares reflected not only the Midland placing , but also a sizeable number of program trades , where institutions inject or extract large blocks of funds across a range of stocks at a pre-arranged time and at pre-determined prices .
12 Whether divorce operates in the same way as widowhood in this regard is really a matter of speculation at the present time .
13 By way of background to what follows , I must first state my position on two related issues , since they are issues that may arise over and over again in the discussion of education at the present time .
14 To go back and see it now might just upset the balance of things at a crucial time , when I am trying to make a very difficult adjustment to my life .
15 The success of any navigation is governed by the ability to supply the right amount of water at the right time .
16 The gas fields in the northern part of the N.W. German Basin lie in a region where the coal bearing Carboniferous has reached its deepest level of subsidence at the present time ( Barnard and Cooper 1983 ) .
17 Whilst we hope you will find these facility ratings a helpful guide when making your holiday choice , it is important you appreciate both that circumstances can change after our brochure goes to press and that such facilities can not be guaranteed throughout the season , particularly where they are dependent on weather or the level of demand at a particular time .
18 Many of these former drainage channels are in process of disintegration at the present time ( Mabbutt , 1977 ) .
19 So certain privileged persons would place society under tribute , and since no doubt prices tended to be adjusted in compensation , the effect was comparable with that of shop-lifting at the present time .
20 ‘ There are some initiatives going on which interest me , whereby young women who had a child when they were adolescent , and although they love the child , regret very much that they were too young , too immature , and too unsupported to care for it effectively : it 's being suggested that they should go into schools and talk to girls about the glories of motherhood at the right time , but begging them not to embark on it too young .
21 In fact , Mr Shiratori has been one of Japan 's representative 's on the IASC since 1984 and is well versed in all the issues ; he is also well aware that he has taken up the reins of office at a critical time for the IASC .
22 Persons who are unable to satisfy the conditions for enrolment at the appropriate time , being the time laid down by the Senate under Section 3 , may at the discretion of the Senate be provisionally enrolled for such period not exceeding three months as may be authorised by or on behalf of the Senate .
23 Further , by wills and settlements , provision may be made for those who may come into existence at a future time , subject to the rule against perpetuities , which forbids any disposition which is not certain to take effect ( if it takes effect at all ) within lives in being and twenty-one years afterwards ; but a life in being includes a person en ventre sa mere at the time when the will or settlement takes effect .
24 The other holds that the cosmos has been generated and may be destroyed , and that men similarly first came into existence at a definite time .
25 The time-honoured foam filter is a good beginner 's choice , and an excellent back-up to other systems , especially as it can be matured ( build-up a working population of bacteria ) in the tank at the same time as other systems — then moved into action at the required time should a back-up or quarantine tank become necessary .
26 She has had treatment in hospital for depression and is under sedation at the present time .
27 Everyone is aware that the teaching profession is under stress at the present time .
28 All other necessary care should be given , including drugs at the correct time .
29 for it is not just school education that is under fire at the present time .
30 Well , not to kill the world , but they they there are enough bombs in existence at the present time to obliterate the world about three or four times over so we 're told , so we read no snow out here at all Danny is there ?
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