Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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1 | I was just a bit stoned at the time and it all poured out … . |
2 | At six months old , she 's already visited three mills — perhaps she will attend a formulation meeting by the time she 's two ? |
3 | ( b ) Continuations There is a statutory presumption that where a partnership continues after the time fixed for its termination the provisions of the original agreement will continue to apply . |
4 | FIFA president Joao Havelange and general secretary Sepp Blatter were holding a crisis meeting at the time with UEFA officials and French federation president Jean Fournet-Fayard , who had been urgently summoned to Zurich . |
5 | One source was a body working at the time of the publication of Barlow , in association with the National Council of Social Science : the Hygiene Committee of the Women 's Group on Public Welfare which met between 1939 and 1942 . |
6 | Two days after the debate , on 6th August , 1859 , a leader appeared in The Times which not only questioned Scott 's suitability for the appointment , but also the new attitude of the professional architect towards his client . |
7 | Mr Fallon said : ‘ It is a nonsense to measure from the time of referral to the time of operation because not all out-patients require operations . ’ |
8 | Traditional options are contracts written by stock exchange market makers entitling their clients to buy or sell quoted shares in some stock in the future at a price fixed at the time the option contract is purchased . |
9 | A friend said at the time : ‘ The break up was due to the pressures of a bad season . |
10 | If it takes an hour and five minutes , we charge an hour and a quarter to get for the time to get back . |
11 | However any small boat owner will appreciate not only the need for recording navigational information but also the pleasure to be gained after the event in recalling the events of a passage or cruise through the pages of a log kept at the time . |
12 | The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was a slickly-packaged Indian guru with a message tailored to the times . |
13 | In a letter published in The Times on March 2nd , the Cardinal said : ‘ Whatever stance individuals may take over the morality of the nuclear deterrent , there must be general agreement on the aim of preventing the spread of weapons to non-nuclear states . ’ |
14 | Although it is difficult to assess its importance , on the eve of the second reading debate a letter appeared in The Times , signed by eight peers , including Lord Devlin . |
15 | I mean there 's a lot crowded into the time . |
16 | Well he 's got to be in a position to complete by the time the notice runs out . |
17 | It is for the agency to consider whether it would be sensible to alter the price for a passport depending on the time of year and then to make any recommendations to the Home Office . |
18 | Clearly , MDC 's initial boundaries had been too tightly drawn — a fact recognised at the time — and much work remained to be tackled in surrounding areas . |
19 | He had a lantern lit by the time she had dressed , wrapping herself last of all in the big , hooded cloak she had brought for Birsay . |
20 | If opinions are what you seek , you are probably better looking a source written at the time of the issue you have chosen by a person of sound mind . |
21 | The date of the coronation — an event regarded at the time as a rushed and shabby affair — has inspired comment , for it was the 13th , the thirtieth anniversary of the battle of Flodden . |
22 | Colnaghi contributed little to American museums in these years ( the 1930s and 1940s ) and what they did sell betrayed an unwillingness to adapt to the times . |
23 | Such a notice may be served where an odour has occurred and is likely to recur on the same premises , the advantage being that unlike an abatement notice there is no need for an odour to exist at the time of service . |
24 | Born and reared within its environments , joining up straight from school as an eighteen-year-old seemed at the time no great trauma . |