Example sentences of "be [adv] [vb pp] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to give effect to the original intention of the Directive , the House of Lords held that the Regulations should be construed purposively and read as if after the words " immediately before the transfer " the following words were added " or would have been so employed at the time of the transfer if he had not been unfairly dismissed in the circumstances described in reg 8(1) " , ( ie for a reason in connection with the transfer ) . |
| 2 | Special consideration of alternative strategies , such as nutritional or surgical intervention , is warranted for children who are already stunted at the time of diagnosis and therefore need extra catch up growth . |
| 3 | The ever increasing volume of legislation must inevitably result in ambiguities of statutory language which are not perceived at the time the legislation is enacted . |
| 4 | Actual flight numbers are not known at the time of going to press . |
| 5 | The bones are still exposed at the time of writing this ( November , 1988 ) and they should provide additional data as time progresses . |
| 6 | The flat , known in 1978 as a Red Brigades hideout , had been extensively searched at the time by all the security services , and it was suggested that the letters might have been planted there more recently to embarrass the government , particularly Andreotti ( now Prime Minister again ) and Cossiga ( Interior Minister in 1978 ) , who had held out against negotiating with the Red Brigades . |
| 7 | Written notice on printed inspection cards or slips , which are often supplied at the time of approval , is probably the most popular method . |
| 8 | Generally , one topic merges into another , and it may not be easily seen at the time that a change of topic has occurred . |
| 9 | Like the stroke patient who has received hospital treatment , the head-injured patient may still be fairly disabled at the time he is discharged . |
| 10 | In addition , the physician made a personal assessment as to whether or not the patient seemed to be psychologically stressed at the time of the visit ; the physician 's evaluation of the patient 's status was recorded as ‘ stressed ’ or ‘ unstressed ’ . |
| 11 | I am sure that my right hon. Friend will wish the inquiry to investigate how numerous complaints came to be disregarded , how Mr. Frank Beck was able to simply resign , why the police were never informed of the complaints so that they could be fully investigated at the time , why Mr. Frank Beck , having resigned voluntarily after numerous complaints , was given a reference , why there was not even a report into the then Department of Health and Social Security , and why the inquiries by Brent therefore proved negative . |
| 12 | His appeal for what he termed the " purification " of their political records had been well received at the time , but new investigations into the Recruit-Cosmos scandal had revived allegations that he had lied to the Diet ( Parliament ) in 1988 over his involvement with the case , and allegations of other , hitherto unknown , scandals had spread rapidly . |
| 13 | Firstly , it seems to have been well established at the time that Darrel was having some sort of incestuous relationship with his sister , a woman several years younger but only slightly less wayward than her brother . |
| 14 | If the witnesses are n't killed at the time , then they are often murdered at a later date , or frightened off with violent threats . |
| 15 | On September 17 Izvestiya reported that the situation had " normalized " , but it became clear later that the dangers had not been fully appreciated at the time due to a lack of sophisticated monitoring equipment . |
| 16 | Although his actions were widely condemned at the time and subsequently , it is a more open question whether his objectives were so much at odds with those of his government . |
| 17 | The results were widely interpreted at the time as a personal vindication for the General . |
| 18 | That this was due not merely to right-wing and civil service sabotage is clearly recognised by the left MPs who were most involved at the time . |
| 19 | Given any example of a classic scientific theory , whether at the time of its first proposal or at a later date , it is possible to find observational claims that were generally accepted at the time and were considered to be inconsistent with the theory . |
| 20 | The colleges have always taken the view that accreditation was not a prerequisite for appointment ; a recent survey revealed that approximately one third of physicians were not accredited at the time of their appointment . |
| 21 | Details of the materials in the chapel were not known at the time the official report into the £60 million blaze was put together . |
| 22 | The descriptions are a mixture of quotations from texts which were already known at the time of writing , when Rahewin completed the work of Otto von Freising . |
| 23 | If , moreover , at this early date , sizeable Nazarean enclaves existed as far distant as Syria , one can not ignore the possibility that they had come into being prior to Jesus 's death and were already established at the time of the Crucifixion . |
| 24 | ( She and Jack were still married at the time . ) |
| 25 | In no other respect does the order make changes in arrangements put in place last year which were extensively debated at the time and which , as I said to the House in October , appear to be working well . |
| 26 | So popular were these annotated flower-pieces , engraved by Henry Fletcher [ q.v. ] , that they were frequently copied at the time , and later reprints kept them in circulation . |
| 27 | The actions of Rochdale 's Social Services were strongly criticised at the time . |
| 28 | Catches were well documented at the time and proceeds from sales were distributed to the poor of Doncaster . |
| 29 | Actually we were n't married at the time , so we had to get married straight away and find some money to buy a house and so on , and Daddy had to give up acting and find a real job , one that brought in a regular income . |
| 30 | However , charges of corruption were certainly made at the time , and one must try to discover how firmly they were based . |