Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [v-ing] [prep] the time " in BNC.

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1 The main right-wing opposition party , National Renewal ( RN ) , criticized the description of the political circumstances existing at the time of the coup , but otherwise gave the report a favourable reception , as did the parties of Aylwin 's centre-left government and the mainstream left .
2 However , major defects existing at the time of the sale are another matter .
3 ‘ The majority of us , who would not extend the offence of rape to married couples cohabiting at the time of the act of sexual intercourse , believe that rape can not be considered in the abstract as merely ‘ sexual intercourse without consent ’ .
4 ‘ We vested at the agricultural prices pertaining at the time — but now this is prime building land . ’
5 However , we often require smoothed values corresponding to the time points of the original observations yet have no choice but to use 12-month or 4-quarter averages to eliminate seasonal variation .
6 Having discussed certain arguments relating to the time when the property passed ( which were relevant to an additional and unsound argument put forward by the insurers ) , he continued , at p. 280 :
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