Example sentences of "be [prep] the [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maddison , 22 , has survived four knee operations and he said : ‘ I 've been through the worst time of my career — now , at last , I 'm getting the chance to show what I can do . |
| 2 | Now , however , having regard to what was learnt by C.N.L. 's counsel whilst sitting in court during the successful appeal , they are for the first time in a position to raise a plea of justification . |
| 3 | Just a quick reminder ; tomorrow 's night 's programme will be at the earlier time of 6 p.m . |
| 4 | All this depended on the fact that the Romans were for the first time in the law of succession experiencing an ‘ open ’ system . |
| 5 | ‘ And here we are at the same time of year — well , they tell us it 's the same time of year , ’ he said , sarcastically , ‘ — and what we 're expected to eat are knobbly things actually grown in dirt ! |
| 6 | To sum up , in positing an item as an ontological existent we are at the same time by implication positing this item as a potential subject of a non-arbitrary subset of predicates from among an indefinite number of meaningful predicates , and hence as completely determinate with regard to possible descriptions that may be given of it at any given time . |
| 7 | When applied to particular urban or rural situations it will reveal the dynamics which , while attracting some into the fellowship of the churches , are at the same time excluding others . |
| 8 | It must have been at the very time of the proceedings against Myln that the archbishop of St Andrews received the earl of Argyll 's answers to his letter of admonition of 31 March 1558 , in which he warned the earl of the dangers of his support for Protestantism . |
| 9 | The conservatives who have been the most vocal advocates of alliance with the US and opponents of communist totalitarianism , have been at the same time among the most strident supporters of Japanese rearmament and the revival of ‘ traditional values ’ . |
| 10 | Natural water from two 300ft boreholes beneath Huddersfield , West Yorkshire , is for the first time to be bottled , and sold to France . |
| 11 | I guess so , it seems so , Graham , oh , he 's making people redundant , he 's gone off , it 's about the third time in three weeks take a day playing golf . |
| 12 | The next section will indicate the value of a teacher 's comment or direct intervention is at the relevant time within the activity . |
| 13 | It has been the sometimes unspoken assumption of these two parallel debates — whose spokespersons are often one and the same — that to be on the side of modernity and modernism is to be on the side of critical theory , and that to be a postmodernist is at the same time to be in sympathy with poststructuralism . |
| 14 | It is an irony that as the government makes great claims about its job creation record for West Belfast it is at the same time in the process of running down some major sources of employment in the area , most notably the Royal Victoria Hospital . |
| 15 | That weekend had been more strained than usual because Frances Shand Kydd — Earl Spencer 's former wife , and mother of his four children — was for the first time under the same roof as Raine . |
| 16 | Although Japan was for the first time in a dominant position vis-à-vis China , the problem of disputed influence in Korea remained . |
| 17 | I 've even seen Bruce Springsteen having to explain who he was for the tenth time in one record company reception . |
| 18 | Erm , I ca n't remember the exact conversation but the basics of it were that we were looking for somebody called Lawrence and he was at the present time at erm and that he was in possession of a gun and that the caller was concerned for the safety of the occupants of those premises . |
| 19 | Francis was delighted at landing Bright — even if it was at the third time of asking . |