Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [prep] [det] time [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is at this time that the characteristic tapping sound which gives the beetle its name can be heard . |
| 2 | It is at this time that the trident became a regular part of her iconography , specifically after the great victory of the Earl of Howe at the battle of the Glorious First of June in 1794 ; shortly thereafter , from the early nineteenth century , she is also regularly shown as wearing a helmet . |
| 3 | It is at this time that some do-gooders may make all kinds of suggestions . |
| 4 | Perhaps we could go back still further , to the event of her own birth , and even into an intra-uterine existence , for it is at this time that the ovaries and all the eggs are formed in the female . |
| 5 | It was safer to hire soldiers as well and it is at this time that we first come across the name Mercadier , a name that from now on was to be closely linked with Richard 's . |
| 6 | It is during this time that torture most commonly occurs . |
| 7 | Since rainfall controls plant growth , and plants are the base of the food pyramid , deserts typically have only a short period when food is abundant ; it is during this time that the creatures of the desert must complete their breeding cycle . |