Example sentences of "times when [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each meeting-point was timed with as much leeway as moon and tide might allow — say an hour on occasions , although many submarine captains took bold risks in staying offshore beyond the agreed times when no recovery had been made , just in case the canoeists were late . |
| 2 | There were times when every man of this team would come together to work a single major warren system which might extend over as much as 50 or 60 acres . |
| 3 | Although he hardly knew the super-model , he was aware that there were times when a semi-stranger was a better confidant than a close friend . |
| 4 | Even though the old man himself is supposed to have rebuked one of his more imaginative pupils with the phrase : ‘ There are times when a cigar is only a cigar ’ , his disciples have generally been reluctant to embrace the more prosaic and parsimonious explanations for life 's little difficulties . |
| 5 | He also reported times when a parent complained about the way their child was treated when he knew the reason before they did : |
| 6 | For instance , there are times when a speaker/writer seems to be deliberately highlighting a rheme by stripping the message of its initial element , that is , the theme . |
| 7 | But there are times when a dispute is harder to resolve , or is part of a wider problem . |
| 8 | But here 's a thought for both men : there are times when a nation has to be persuaded to do something that it does not want to do because its future welfare demands it . |
| 9 | Very often PR consultancies only give their own executives ' names , but there are times when a journalist will want to " go straight to the horse 's mouth " and a contact within the client company can be very important . |
| 10 | Of course , there are times when a car rushes straight from one call to another one , but overall these are definitely unusual except in certain very restricted areas . |
| 11 | Review : By gum , mother knew best all along There are times when a doctor 's diagnosis is no match for widely held beliefs about illness . |
| 12 | However , there are times when a piece of mud , or dirt , has dried on the ball . |
| 13 | On the other hand , there are times when a snack is needed . |
| 14 | There are indeed times when a lemon as a seasoning seems second only in importance to salt . |
| 15 | Cos , actually , the other thing about defenders hauling people down like that , you know , how many times when a forward 's through one on one on a goal keeper does he score ? |
| 16 | He says : ‘ There are times when the enormity of the challenge makes you want to pull a blanket over your head . |
| 17 | But while international and long-distance tariffs have been reduced especially in the USA and Britain — the gap between costs and prices remains massive ; the price charged by Intelsat for the transocean telephone call from Paris or London to New York is multiplied by something like ten times when the customer is billed . |
| 18 | Even so there were times when the money just would not stretch far enough . |
| 19 | Now , as though solaced by the memory she said , ‘ I have known times when the water went to ice . |
| 20 | Were , were there any times when the union was , when the union was quite important ? |
| 21 | At times when the generality stood in the presence of their superiors and at other times squatted on the ground or at most sat on stools or benches , thrones were potent symbols of authority . |
| 22 | Certainly , there were times when the mistress had a strange faraway look in her eye , a look that belied her busy nature and preoccupation with the children she adored : a haunted lonely look . |
| 23 | Evidently he did not expect to give riotous or alcoholic parties at times when the tutor might be in . |
| 24 | At times when the satellite is not involved in surveying , for example when passing near the poles , IRAS will observe objects that are particularly interesting astronomically . |
| 25 | I gather there are times when the mission aborts , but on the other hand he regularly sells stories to Ellery Queen 's Mystery Magazine . |
| 26 | There were times when the ministry of her Son left her feeling cut out of the action , and she was amazed and perhaps frightened at what she had unleashed on the world . |
| 27 | Hedgehogs have neither the speed nor the manoeuvrability to catch rabbits but I have known them to kill the young in a stop , gaining entrance during the times when the doe has left the stop unsealed just before the young rabbits are moved out . |
| 28 | According to Walter , the angels in heaven cried out " Alas ! " three times when the Donation of Constantine was made . |
| 29 | One day Tony gets up to watch and witnesses one of the few times when the sun travels across a blue , cloudless sky . |
| 30 | These are times when the suffering may be too deep for tears . |