Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The terminal must be free for use at the time of the Offline run . |
| 2 | Equality has been a powerful theme in British politics since the turn of the century and can be seen in practice in the high marginal rates of income tax in the postwar years reaching until recently a marginal tax of 83 per cent on earned income and 98 per cent on unearned income ; the drive to abolish private education and private health ; the ‘ euthanasia of the rentier ’ through rent control ; and the provision of state welfare services financed by taxation but free of charge at the time they are used . |
| 3 | However , it is only payable in respect of the time that you are actually waiting at the airport , hoverport or seaport and ceases as soon as you board any alternative conveyance , including train or coach . |
| 4 | The second difference from the development charge was that though the levy would normally be paid to the seller , if ‘ when the land comes to be developed , it still has some development value on which levy has not been taken in previous sales , that residual value will be subject to levy at the time of development ’ . |
| 5 | All timings quoted are approximate and are subject to confirmation at the time of booking . |
| 6 | Their daughter Helen , 8 , who was ill in bed at the time , also heard nothing . |
| 7 | If the sciences were less subordinate to theology at the time of Newton than at the time of Copernicus , had the Reformation in religion created favorable conditions for a reformation in science ? |
| 8 | The explanation for this can not be sought in the tenses of the verbs that the testator has used , for they are all historic with respect to the time the will was made and ought on that basis to refer to no time later than that . |
| 9 | Our young Tominah friend had disappeared by sunset , and it was well after dark by the time Abu returned , together with Ranteallo , jerking about in the front seat like a clownish version of his own Tau-Tau . |
| 10 | The child 's knowledge and understanding , skills , attitudes and self-esteem should be well in place by the time secondary education begins . |
| 11 | It made him feel sick and he was grey with misery by the time he walked into the school playground . |
| 12 | Her body was still damp and the garment was too tight , so she was pink with exertion by the time she had managed to zip it up . |
| 13 | The British team looked quite forlorn in comparison by the time the fighters got on the mat , the Japanese conceding them a small corner . |
| 14 | If unable to lane within the time allowed , or to approach and land visually , leave at the altitude and route appropriate for that airfield . |
| 15 | These include A. J. Cronin ( school and university essays , manuscripts of novels , short stories and autobiography , 1911–78 , deposited by Mr Vincent Cronin ) ; Eric Linklater ( manuscripts and typescripts of plays , novels , poems , articles and broadcasts , and correspondence , 1922–72 ) ; Sydney Goodsir Smith ( manuscripts and typescripts of plays , novels , poems and essays , and correspondence , 1923–74 ; and 12 sketch-books , 1935–72 , deposited by Mrs Hazel Goodsir Smith ) ; David Thomson ( manuscripts of novels , memoirs , plays and children 's stories , with related correspondence , 1929–89 , presented by Mrs Martina Thomson ) ; Sir Compton Mackenzie ( manuscripts of Figure of Eight , 1936 , and of two plays , 1941 , and correspondence with Sir Gerald Barry , 1930 ) ; James B. Caird ( manuscripts and typescripts of poems , essays , articles , reviews and talks , and correspondence , 1935–87 , presented by Mrs Janet H. Caird ) ; Robert Kemp ( typescripts and broadcast scripts of plays , 1947–57 , presented by Mr David Kemp ) ; Alex McCrindle ( playscripts , memoirs and correspondence , 1947–90 , presented by Mrs Jessica Balfour ) ; George Mackay Brown ( correspondence , 1952–74 , on deposit and not available for consultation for the time being ) ; Gael Turnbull ( manuscripts and typescripts of poetry and prose , 1953–90 , presented by the author ) ; Alex Hutchison ( manuscripts and typescripts of poems and translations , 1972–90 ) ; Ernest Nicholson ( manuscripts of memoirs , stories and verse , C.1980–90 , presented by the author ) ; and Liz Lochhead ( typescript drafts of the stage production and the published version of Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off , 1989 , presented by the author ) . |
| 16 | Of these , the 30,000 who were still capable of resistance at the time of the ceasefire were to be allowed to return to Baghdad through the encircling allied forces although they were not to be permitted to take their remaining 700 or so tanks . |
| 17 | be capable of completion in the time recommended . |
| 18 | If the preceding analysis is correct , then Gundovald 's support can be seen to depend on three different groups : there were members of Childebert 's court , seemingly anxious to keep their options open until the king was recognized as being of an age to rule ; there were men who had been followers of Guntram , but whose positions had been compromised ; and finally there were military leaders who had been in the service of Chilperic , but who had been too far from court at the time of his murder to ensure their survival under Chlothar II , whose own succession could scarcely be taken for granted . |
| 19 | The " anarchist Prince " , Petr Kropotkin , who was a boy in the Corps des Pages in the late 1850s and a revolutionary in exile by the time the reign ended , thought Alexander suffered from a split personality : " two different men lived in him , both strongly developed , struggling with each other … |
| 20 | Cinema-goers emerging into the night following a presentation of the aforementioned work may , at one time , have been justified in the belief that the film would be available on video by the time they got home . |
| 21 | A third choice is to leave the new method of rent review open for agreement at the time indexation proves to be impossible . |
| 22 | Sam Somerville and Duncan McCrea were pale with fear by the time the call ended . |
| 23 | A former governor of Georgia with no national reputation to speak of and , unlike other candidates , unencumbered by office at the time , Carter began his campaign in December 1974 , spending the next two years criss-crossing the country seeking name familiarity and the approbation of local and state party officials . |
| 24 | This is surprising in view of the time which people spend in committees , task forces and the like . |
| 25 | It was close to midnight by the time Patrick reached the house in Mayfair . |
| 26 | In December 1899 , new receiving wards for casuals or tramps were under construction , and they were ready for occupation by the time that Harvey Goldsmith arrived . |
| 27 | A new bus garage would then be built on the cleared site and would have to be ready for use by the time the trams in Croydon were abandoned . |
| 28 | The document said the Government was aware of concern about the time taken to complete assessments and that admitted unnecessary delays caused ‘ undue anxiety ’ to parents . |