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

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1 Earlier studies of such palaeomagnetism in France and Japan had shown that iron-rich volcanic rocks , such as basalt , record the magnetic field prevailing at the time they are formed .
2 It is surely reasonable to maintain that the parties assumed to contract in the light of the scientific knowledge prevailing at the time of delivery .
3 They were put on to the French market one at a time with intervals between the sales .
4 He took the treads up the great staircase two at a time , a demonstration of his boyish energy .
5 More than any scholar of his generation ( G. Gilbert Murray , q.v. , apart ) he kept Greek literature alive at a time when it had ceased to be a compulsory subject in many schools .
6 There are n't many OS/2 v 2 compliant packages available at the time of writing , which is where we get back to the battle , I suppose .
7 He came to regret the destruction for which he had been responsible in the name of church restoration under the unenlightened rules prevailing at the time , and in 1881 he joined the recently formed Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings , for which he worked quietly but assiduously into old age .
8 Perhaps copper was the only metal available at the time .
9 This time he did n't open the door for her , and she had difficulty keeping up as he took the front stairs two at a time .
10 By picking off the documents that form the basis of the customer-supplier relationship one at a time , we can understand what we 're doing and become very effective very quickly . ’
11 ‘ For Christ 's sake , get out , ’ he muttered , and levering himself out of the chair , he crossed the room in a stride and climbed the open stairs three at a time .
12 In an expanding business , like television in its earlier days , senior positions are filled by the young people available at the time .
13 A pillar of orthodoxy , he challenged the theological liberalism fashionable at the time .
14 All biological life thus adapted its metabolism to the level of solar warmth , and became adjusted to the strength of solar radiation prevailing at the time .
15 These results support the necessity of combined modes of treatment including chemotherapy for the eradication of metastatic disease unsuspected at the time of diagnosis .
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