Example sentences of "be [prep] [noun sg] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I said before , the unity of Judaism had been in question since the time of Alexander . |
| 2 | The ‘ oral ’ approach , whether one calls it a ‘ natural ’ or ‘ modern ’ approach , has been in operation since the time educators stopped learning BSL . |
| 3 | The windows were also provided with louvred shutters which could be removed and stored when not in use ; these shutters may have been in place at the time of capture . |
| 4 | A ban on certain political parties , which had been in force since the time of the 1980 military coup , was removed by Cabinet decree on July 3 . |
| 5 | It probably came there from Babylonia , where the simplest form of the outflow type had already been in use before the time of the early Shang period ( c. 1500 BC ) . |
| 6 | Bear in mind that issues should reflect fundamental concerns ( in relation to the level of study ) , and might also include those problems that arise frequently , or are in vogue at the time of the study . |
| 7 | A contract for the sale of future goods is not made on any false assumption that the goods are in existence at the time of the contract . |
| 8 | The property , it is thought , must already be in existence at the time when it was obtained . |
| 9 | The manager , though not the supervisor , should normally be in attendance throughout the time when the office is open to the public or to telephone calls from the public . |
| 10 | What the mother finally decides to do will probably result from the opinion of someone else — whether that someone is her own mother , the local midwife or whichever childcare expert happens to be in vogue at the time . |
| 11 | Having to get up very early in the mornings he tended to be in bed by the time she arrived home on the last bus from Bath . |
| 12 | One of the richest made for Julius II later escaped the sack of Rome because it happened to be in pawn at the time . |
| 13 | ‘ We 'll be in town by the time he comes up here , ’ Nutty said . |
| 14 | students registered in an electronics , electrical/electronic or other kind of engineering department were slightly less likely to be in employment at the time of the survey than those in other kinds of department ; |
| 15 | The reply comes zooming down the phone : ‘ Of course , dear , we 'll understand — do n't think another thought about it — we 're just looking forward to seeing you , and we 'll be in touch nearer the time , dear … ’ |
| 16 | Deferred tax is to be provided , using the liability method , on all timing differences which are expected to reverse in the future at rates of tax likely to be in force at the time of the reversal . |
| 17 | The making of a care order will automatically discharge any supervision order , school attendance order or s8 order which may be in force at the time ( s91(2) ( 3 ) ( 5 ) ) . |
| 18 | We first met him at an elegant hotel in the ‘ uptown ’ district of Manhattan , New York , overlooking Central park , a watering place well known to artists ( Joe Cocker also happened to be in residence at the time ) . |
| 19 | The West Germans want the revision of the Rome Treaty and national parliamentary endorsement of an EC central bank and other institutions to be in place by the time of the next European Parliament elections — in June 1994 . |
| 20 | It will be valuable if our definitive document could be in place by the time FRS 3 comes into force on 22 June 1993 . |
| 21 | That change might be in place by the time Pakistan visit West Indies this winter . |
| 22 | There is no doubt that if CCs had been on offer at the time , Bruin would probably have taken them all . |
| 23 | Lesley-Jane Decker had been on stage at the time of the shooting , so , unless she had brought in a hired killer , she seemed to be in the clear . |
| 24 | The rarer survivals can add an altogether different dimension to our understanding of the period , and serve to sharpen our awareness of the difficulty of establishing precisely how rare certain items were in society at the time . |
| 25 | In general , though , thinking was retarded by the dichotomous classifications that were in use at the time . |
| 26 | Five interviewees were in custody at the time of the interview ( two in prison , one in detention centre , and two on remand ) and six preferred to be interviewed outside the family home ( four at the Drugs Council and two in a local community centre ) principally to prevent their families from finding out about their habit . |
| 27 | Er it it take a view on that er appeal he will take into account the er development plan forces which were in force at the time . |
| 28 | Most of the mare basins were in place by the time Mare Serenitatis was filled with lava ( Table 6.1 ) . |
| 29 | The report highlights as a major problem the fact that only three of the works staff were in post at the time of the inspection . |
| 30 | Old liability insurance policies that were in effect at the time of the relevant incidents can be valuable . |