Example sentences of "be [verb] at a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | So yes the answer to the question is yes there is a budget there is a budget and we need to do things now one of the problems could be the budget is n't sufficient to cover all that needs doing so I think you 'll find that the building been built at a certain time there a comes a time you 've got plan a maintenance programme which we have things need to be done . |
| 2 | My social history is very different from Trevelyan 's , one of the most remarkable books on English social history , because of course I come from a very different background , I 've different experience from Trevelyan , but also I 've been writing at a different time . |
| 3 | ‘ They all looked as though they 'd been written at a different time from the rest of the notes on the cards . |
| 4 | But she 'd been born at a better time and there were arts councils and they had been good to her . |
| 5 | A bank can not predict which of its customers wish to withdraw or deposit money on any given day ; a travel firm can not control which of its package tours will be booked at a particular time . |
| 6 | Such policies can not work , because cuts have to be made at a difficult time and even more jobs are lost . |
| 7 | Development and consultation time has been short , and there are a number of features which will require close scrutiny during the early stages of piloting , so that adjustments can be made at an appropriate time . |
| 8 | Can it be done at a different time ? |
| 9 | A call can be booked in advance with the operator to be connected at a specified time . |
| 10 | In particular , as outlined below , one area of potential dissension and difficulty in the modern small private company is the very fact that some of the relevant legal rules and remedies are based on being able to distinguish the capacity in which a particular individual may be acting at a given time . |
| 11 | Sergeants and Inspectors know almost exactly where an officer can be found at a certain time , and woe betide the constable who keeps his superior officer waiting . |
| 12 | The rounds usually follow a regular delivery pattern so that the meal will generally be delivered at a regular time . |
| 13 | One of the drawbacks of A level is that because it is an examination to be taken at a particular time , namely after two years of study in the sixth form ( there are exceptions to this , but such is the general rule ) it is taken by people who are at very different stages of development , of readiness for the examination , and , above all , of interest in the subject matter . |
| 14 | These should still be kept at a regular time , because if you vary the routine too widely the dog is likely to become restless . |
| 15 | It may be possible to study for the course by distance learning , so that the modules can be covered at an appropriate time in your training . |
| 16 | Kessel ( 1965 ) has suggested a limit to the amount of tablets that could be dispensed at a given time , and in some areas chemist shop assistants are instructed to refer customers to senior staff when large amounts of tablets are being requested . |
| 17 | But in the long run nature , which can not be ignored or defied with impunity , asserts its power ; … health fails … [ she ] leaves college a good scholar but a delicate and ailing woman … the special functions which have relation to her future offices as a woman , and the full and perfect accomplishment of which is essential to sexual completeness , have been deranged at a critical time . |
| 18 | Furniture and furnishings in Parma show a strong French influence , too , being Parmesan adaptations of the Empire style ; and the local dialect has numerous words which are purely French ( although these must have been imported at an earlier time , perhaps under the Bourbons in the eighteenth century ) — armoir for armadio ( a wardrobe ) , vin for vino , boucho for tappo ( a cork ) , artichaut for carciofo ( an artichoke ) , and so on . |
| 19 | In order to have a sense of how the different codes are used in interactions , it is necessary for the linguist to be quite clear about which code is being used at a particular time . |
| 20 | ‘ Being called at an inconvenient time by an insensitive caller who assumes that since you 've answered the phone it must be convenient to talk ’ . |
| 21 | Their responses affect the habits of nectar-seeking insects and the type of pollen that is being spread at a particular time of day . |
| 22 | The evening meal is served at a set time and is cooked to cordon bleu standard by Martha and is served by candlelight . |
| 23 | It is not satisfactory where a significant separate item of loss is incurred at a particular time . |
| 24 | This idea that protect children , not tell them about what 's happening , I mean if anybody can protect them to that extent when even Neighbours is put at a different time on the television , you know , erm that somehow we make them warm and secure by not telling them , to me that is making them dependent and unable maybe to cope later on in their lives . |
| 25 | If sleep is taken at an unusual time , the changes associated with it ( the release of some hormones , the type of sleep ) will be affected to different extents depending on whether they are dominated by external factors or the body clock . |
| 26 | The relaxation modulus E r was measured at a standard time interval of 10 s and , is shown as a function of temperature in figure 12.1 . |
| 27 | In Webb the employer was allowed to put forward an explanation , which was accepted as being gender-neutral , that an employee was needed at a specific time to be trained and to cover for a period of maternity leave with the probability of being retained as a permanent employee . |
| 28 | Consistently the view was presented that one had to feel that the job which one was doing at a particular time could be related to some end product . |
| 29 | In a static , unchanging universe , the question of whether it has existed forever or whether it was created at a finite time in the past is really a matter for metaphysics or religion : Either theory could account for such a universe . |
| 30 | At a press conference confirming his promotion to regional inspector of constabulary from April 1 , Mr Dear denied he was leaving at an inappropriate time . |