Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [vb pp] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 We are naturally disappointed that substantial catastrophe losses have come at a time when the pace of our underlying recovery is accelerating , but we are confident that the improvement in our performance is soundly based and will continue to show through as strong management action proves increasingly effective . ’
2 Their prosecutors at the trial of the politburo took pleasure in revealing how many cartons of Western cigarettes each of the defendants had possessed at the time of the revolution .
3 Erm , immediately as we went in it was er a very poorly furnished room erm I 'm going in there 's a window on the far side and there was a small single bed erm which to all intents and purposes appeared un-made at the time and there was a duvet covering it
4 A further example of an indirect restraint is found in the case of Mineral Water Bottle Exchange and Trade Protection Society v Booth ( 1887 ) 36 Ch D 465 where a trade association had a rule that no member should employ an employee who had left the service of another member without the consent in writing of his late employer until a period of two years had elapsed from the time of the end of his employment .
5 Three years had passed since the time of her conception and she was still without spars and rigging and had not been fitted out internally .
6 A more elaborate discussion of such structures has appeared at the time of writing ( Chadwick 1985 a and b ) .
7 Most of the problems had disappeared by the time the baby was 8 months old and there was no link with the incidence of later problems in the relationship between the siblings .
8 The one disappointment for the group was in finding that all the bananas had gone by the time they got in .
9 ITN 's cash problems have come at a time when news is more in demand than ever
10 Before exceptional items , Kingfisher also topped the profits forecast made at the time of its French acquisition , Darty , turning in £234.4 million before tax for the year to the end of January , an increase of 5.7 per cent .
11 ‘ Tomorrow we will face the Orcish scum and will triumph , as men have done since the time of Sigmar ! ’
12 Younger children will always be the same , he observed , but the older children have changed with the times .
13 The major auction houses have moved with the times and have found new ways of selling works which in both form and content would have proved an unstable investment a decade ago .
14 Her sexual habits had changed with the times and , besides , in England all the signifiers seemed different .
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