Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [prep] the time [conj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ He was talking to the headmasters at the time and was not prepared to pose .
2 ‘ The rallies were a spontaneous reaction to the troubles of the time and it was the first time there had been any movement like it in Northern Ireland .
3 ( 3 ) Where there is an available market for the goods in question the measure of damages is prima facie to be ascertained by the difference between the contract price and market or current price of the goods at the time or times when they ought to have been delivered , or ( if no time was fixed ) at the time of the refusal to deliver . ’
4 This is not through any lack of distinction on the part of the writers of the time or those of their works that show the Greek influence ; nor is there any lack of such works .
5 I have already referred to the findings and the reasons given by the justices at the time that they announced their decision on 28 January 1992 .
6 Whatever its effect on scabies , the unction certainly had a healing , if not curative , effect on the morbus gallicus and was dispensed not only by the physicians of the time but also by ‘ butchers , sow-gelders , farriers , and itinerant mountebanks ’ .
7 We were probably all busy out in the fields at the time since it happened at the beginning of September .
8 The sexual behaviour referred to turned out to be sexual misbehaviour by the standards of the time and on a widespread scale .
9 However , many townsmen were reasonably well-off by the standards of the time and were able to rebuild their modest dwellings .
10 Because , well I told the police at the time that er I 've misplaced it and er my is .
11 Because , well I told the police at the time that er I 've misplaced it and er
12 went to put the , he , he went away again , but I , I did mention to the police , who I might say were very helpful were ninety per cent of burglars do n't get cleared up so of course it was n't important and I never expected it would be , but I did mention to the police at the time that I would like an future occasion because I 've been trying to use guns in America er to have a gun in the house but they er , but they would n't erm agree to it at all
13 I told the police at the time that he could not have done what they said he had . ’
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