Example sentences of "of the [noun sg] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The jealousy between them was the talk of the Court at the time . |
| 2 | Such was the style of the Service at the time that it was known as " The Best Flying Club in the World " , but measured against today 's standards , utterly amateurish and grossly incompetent . |
| 3 | ‘ But he was out of the country at the time . ’ |
| 4 | The money would be spent to pay social insurance benefits to people who had been persecuted and driven out of the country at the time of the Anschluss and were now living in countries such as Israel and the United States , and a small proportion would be devoted to projects in Austria . |
| 5 | Er they get rather sulky and offended to say the least , they get er , often they recruit academics and lawyers to say that the memories of abuse are fabricated , the memories of abuse they could n't really have happened because the people concerned were out of the country at the time and were on holiday anyway and er did n't even meet the family until the kid was eleven years old after it was sup and so on and so forth . |
| 6 | In his handling of the event at the time " to inspire awe in those who fought along with him " , Charles again showed a talent for exploiting symbols . |
| 7 | Plainly , there is therefore an absolute necessity of early identification of all witnesses upon whom one might rely , even if at that stage statements are not taken from them , thus for example , it would be good practice to identify all those persons who witnessed the accident , who were working in the vicinity of the pursuer at the time of the accident , together with those who have a supervisory function , such as Foreman , Supervisors and Shift Managers . |
| 8 | Some compare Portia 's characteristics to that of the Queen at the time — Elizabeth I. Women were thought of being inferior and for a woman to have so much power was a very rare situation . |
| 9 | The vast majority of heroin users were daily users of the drug at the time of contact with these agencies : 208 out of 215 known to the Drugs Council , 166 out of 171 known to GPs , and all 242 known to the Detoxification Unit . |
| 10 | The issue is a narrow one , namely whether on the true construction of section 9(4) of the Act of 1975 and in the light of the facts that ( a ) Dr. Hayes was a servant of the Crown at the time when he made his investigation into the Lockerbie disaster , ( b ) he has since retired from the service of the Crown , and ( c ) that the evidence sought relates to what he discovered when acting as such a servant , the court has any power to make the order sought . |
| 11 | Under SOGIT 1973 , the test of reasonableness was to be applied taking account of all the circumstances including those which occurred after the making of the contract , whereas , under UCTA 1977 , the test is to be applied to the terms of the contract at the time of contracting . |
| 12 | The attitude of the government at the time was encapsulated by Anthony Crosland , president of the Board of Trade , when he stated Jones and Marriot , 1970 , 1 ; cf. |
| 13 | We were able to help him … we can see their house from our bedroom and we just happened to be looking out of the window at the time , do n't you know . ’ |
| 14 | Prognostic statements on the clinical complications of colonisation by the epidemic strain in individual patients are difficult , but we have found survival to be influenced by poor pulmonary status of the patient at the time of acquisition . |
| 15 | Though the case is complex and the minister has joined the Anglican communion , the elements of the case at the time are quite significant . |
| 16 | Here we might note that they are also not in Edinburgh : we know this for B because B claims to have to go to Edinburgh , and go here means movement away from the place of the speaker at the time of speaking ; we know it for A also , because if A is in Edinburgh , then B's having to go to Edinburgh can hardly be an excuse for B not going to A today . |
| 17 | However this wo n't quite do either — one can say : ( 84 ) When I 'm in the office , you can come to see me where come glosses as " movement towards the location of the speaker at the time of some other specified event " ( let us call this time reference time ) . |
| 18 | Last week , New Scientist showed Moeri a picture taken of the equipment at the time of the accident . |
| 19 | Although there are conflicting dicta it seems that an owner who is not in occupation of the land at the time when the thing escapes is liable if he has authorised the accumulation , and that anyone who collects the dangerous thing and has control of it at the time of the escape would be liable , perhaps even when he is carrying it along the highway and it escapes therefrom . |
| 20 | Linde 's idea of a slow breaking of symmetry was very good , but I later realized that his bubbles would have to have been bigger than the size of the universe at the time ! |
| 21 | This condition provides that a consignment note can act as a receipt but under contract law should not be taken as ‘ evidence of the condition or of the correctness of the declared nature , quantity , or weight of the Consignment at the time it is received by the Carrier ’ . |
| 22 | Charles Trevelyan , who was Chief Secretary of the Treasury at the time of the famine in Ireland , regarded the tragedy as due to ‘ the operation of natural causes ’ ; the unhappy Irish were victims of Providence , as expressed in the laws of supply and demand . |
| 23 | It is not uncommon for the buyer to pay part of the price at the time of making the contract to buy . |
| 24 | Instead , he is limited to a sum which reflects the difference between what he actually paid for the property , and what the Court thinks he would have paid had he known of the defect at the time he bought it . |
| 25 | So in fact a recommendation was carefully constructed to allow y your committee the opportunity of , of questioning other elements of the plan at the time at which that is put to us . |
| 26 | Some of the more important include George Blake , who worked for MI6 ( see Chapter 2 ) ; John Cairncross , who betrayed Ultra secrets from the Government Code & Cipher School ( GCCS ) at Bletchley Park during the war to the Russians ; John Vassall , a sad homosexual who gave away naval secrets while working at the Admiralty ; Frank Bossard , who gave the Russians details of British and American guided weapons systems ( which must have amused them greatly as the Russians were far ahead of the West at the time ) ; and William Marshall , who had worked as a cipher clerk at the British Embassy in Moscow . |
| 27 | Oldfield 's initial deal had been a fair reflection of the market-place at the time . |
| 28 | The group has issued a series of writs against several former ISC employees , including Mr James Guerin , the head of the company at the time of the merger with Ferranti . |
| 29 | not more than 500 000 000 shares ( representing 10% in aggregate of the authorised ordinary share capital of the Company at the time of the Offer for Sale in 1986 ) may be issued under the Scheme ; |
| 30 | I/We , of , being a member/members of the above-named company , hereby appoint of , being a solicitor/registered foreign lawyer who is a member or officer of or who is working in the practice of either the Company or a recognised body which is a member of the Company at the time of the meeting or any adjournment thereof , or failing him , of , being a solicitor/registered foreign lawyer who is a member or officer of or who is working in the practice of either the Company or a recognised body which is a member of the Company at the time of the meeting or any adjournment thereof as my/our proxy to vote in my/our name[s] and on my/our behalf at the annual/extraordinary general meeting of the Company to be held on 19 , and at any adjournment thereof . |