Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun sg] at [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The films had a sense of urgency that the rest of mainstream British cinema at the time largely lacked , but their directors did n't have enough personal contact with the lives of their characters to offer visions that rang true . |
| 2 | In one Sir Peter Middleton , the department 's top civil servant at the time , said it ‘ would be unreasonable ’ for Mr Lamont to pay all of the £23,000 bill he faced last April . |
| 3 | Oswald had been brought up as a Christian prince in Celtic lands from the age of 12 , so it was perhaps natural for him to look to an Irish religious foundation for ecclesiastical and spiritual direction , and it may be that these overtures to Iona also reflect a dependence on Dalriadic military support at the time of his accession . |
| 4 | It was a victory for Mrs Thatcher — though a debatable one since it largely snuffed out the power of British local government at a time when many other European countries were trying to decentralize and devolve . |
| 5 | Well , the legislation in Britain , the first law which is the law from which our present wages councils for people like hairdressers came from erm was passed in nineteen oh nine , and it was because we had a reforming Liberal Government at the time . |
| 6 | ( a ) Questions surfaced about the tapping of the telephones of the Canadian High Commission at the time of the proposed repatriation of the Canadian Constitution . |
| 7 | But nowhere does the Trust help me much with the only truly interesting questions about Cragside : — what was the first Lord Armstrong 's annual income ? — from what was it derived ? — what was the annual average industrial wage at the time ? — how much did he pay his gardeners and his tweeny maids ? — what kind of employer was he to his workforce ? |
| 8 | What did you think about about the the Parliamentary Labour Party at the time ? |
| 9 | Nietzsche 's varied contributions included poems , essays oil historiography and discussions of the medieval Nibelungen saga , but mostly consisted of musical compositions , an indication of his predominant artistic interest at the time . |
| 10 | Thus the ladder is sinking into the ground one step at a time as the client climbs on to it . |
| 11 | Its extended opening hours uptown to 8 p.m. six nights a week and downtown to 10 p.m. on Thursday , Friday and Saturday , will trawl a large local audience at a time when the Whitney Museum is closing on Monday and Tuesday , as will its heavyweight exhibition programme , concentrating upon the century 's major historical developments and established personalities . |
| 12 | The boys-only choir will ensure the continuity of a traditional male choir at a time when the authenticity of musical performance still receives widespread emphasis . |
| 13 | One story that surfaced late in 1982 told of a bold Iraqi initiative at the time . |
| 14 | Exploratory analysis identified nine other risk factors : prior slow healing was associated with decreased healing rates at two , four , and eight weeks but the remainder — multiple ulcers , a large ulcer , prior complications , unemployment divorce , excess dietary energy intake in relation to physical activity , abstention from wine , and a deformed duodenal bulb at the time of healing — had less prolonged effects . |
| 15 | Walker , who has turned 30 and has been at Tynecastle for over three years , will get his full international grounding at a time when goalkeeping problems abound for the national coach . |
| 16 | A year head who originally came from the secondary modern school at the time of reorganisation had this to say on the status of the school : |
| 17 | His only surviving issue at the time of his death was Joan , his daughter by his first wife , who was the wife of Eon la Zouche . |
| 18 | In Sheffield ( Britain 's fourth largest city ) the only gay facility at the time was an upstairs bar in a pub called The King William . |
| 19 | The only practical problem at the time was that I would have to take the orchestra on its American tour in the first months of 1955 at a time when I was contracted to conduct a new Ring cycle at La Scala , Milan . |
| 20 | The NatWest Hospital Income Plan offers practical financial assistance at a time when you and your family need it most . |
| 21 | Although the primary aims of this particular study are to simply explore the concept of risk in driving and the nature of memory for driving generally , the principle aim of the thesis as a whole it to decide whether memory for driving situations is related subjective risk at the time . |
| 22 | of low intelligence or a particular emotional state at the time will not be liable . |
| 23 | ‘ His , er , surcoat has both the lions of England and the lilies of France because we were laying claim to the disputed French throne at the time . |
| 24 | Bessie was at a strict Jewish school at the time of her début and was expelled publicly for appearing in the theatre . |
| 25 | Living standards for most of the population were lower in India than in western Europe and silver bullion , which was the nearest thing to a common international currency at the time , had a higher purchasing power in India than in Europe , so that anything made by people who were paid European wages would be expensive in terms of silver in India . |
| 26 | With guidance the client will learn to climb the ladder gradually starting at the bottom one rung at a time . |
| 27 | The effect diminishes if there is irrelevant articulatory activity at the time , this raises the possibility that there may be pre-output stores as well as post-input stores , almost literally memory in the fingers . |
| 28 | Couples in this kind of situation , suddenly confronted by each other 's moods , prejudices , foibles , and , indeed , continued presence day after day , may find themselves facing a great new emotional challenge at a time in life when they thought they knew everything they needed to know about their relationship . |
| 29 | The other great catchphrase at the time was ‘ swingin' , dodgy ’ made famous by comic Norman Vaughan the host of Sunday night 's Palladium Show . |
| 30 | Miss Shearer , who was assistant head waitress at the time , said she had earlier been sworn at by Mr Maguire . |