Example sentences of "at the [adj] time [conj] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The submissions made to your Lordships on the basis of the history of eleemosynary corporations do not seem to me to justify the drawing of such a distinction at the present time once it is accepted that certiorari can be available ( as in Thomas ) on some grounds .
2 Are there issues in your relationship at the present time that you resent ?
3 The message which Balfour sent was that , ‘ He is also of the opinion that it will be a serious danger if the Socialist Party is allowed to assume office at the present time and he thinks every means ought to be taken to avert the Parliamentary defeat which would bring them into office in your place .
4 His achievement was thus in a real sense an imaginative one , and so much was he the right man in the right place at the right time that his procedures and opinions were never seriously gainsaid .
5 The drama school will know about this , and make sure your picture is sent at the right time before you finish training .
6 A murder weapon had been discovered in Parkin 's desk , David Parkin had been in the right place at the right time and he had a conceivable motive to kill the television reporter .
7 ‘ But he comes out at the right time and he stays on his line at the right time .
8 ‘ There 's no pecking order , it 's who is in the right place at the right time and who is the strongest , ’ he says .
9 I explained that I had not entered at the right time because I had been a hostage in Iraq .
10 ‘ I left at the right time as I felt the band had run out of ideas and it was becoming motivated by the wrong things .
11 Many are offered in garden centres and shops , loose or prepacked , from February onwards , but care must be taken to plant them at the right time or thy may fail .
12 ‘ I think what 's interesting is … the people ( at The Mind Gym ) who are doing this thing , they do a lot of communal work where a lot of people will undergo the same program all at the one time and they find that they get a lot of really heavy group processes developing . ’
13 ‘ I think what 's interesting is … the people ( at The Mind Gym ) who are doing this thing , they do a lot of communal work where a lot of people will undergo the same program all at the one time and they find that they get a lot of really heavy group processes developing . ’
14 ‘ Dinner will be served at the usual time and I am pleased to say there will be no discernible traces left of the recent occurrence by that time . ’
15 It was most fortunate that we sailed from Cape Town at the appointed time as he had many engagements in Australia — most important the Opening of Parliament in Melbourne a day or two after his arrival .
16 and they did n't know which one to watch there was two on at the same time so they picked one and she said if we had a video she said we could be taping the other one and he said how can you do that ?
17 MAKE everyone in the house agree to breakfast at the same time so you ( a ) get a clear kitchen , and ( b ) know you can get some help .
18 They do n't come round at the same time so you 're always out of phase and it always looks untidy .
19 The point is that almost any configuration of events with which an individual is likely to be associated in public carries the risk of a worst possible meaning which might reflect unfavourably upon him , and it is a sign of intact mental functioning that one recognises this risk , without of course being incapacitated by the thought , and at the same time that one is equipped to perform repair work if and when infractions occur .
20 According to Safa , ‘ the ideology that equates female confinement within the home to higher class status has begun to influence working-class women at the same time that its influence has begun to wane among women of the elite ’ .
21 The third group comprised the Party activists and functionaries themselves , who were finding it increasingly difficult to recruit new willing Party workers at the same time that their own work-load was being considerably enlarged .
22 It is doubtful whether , given his premises and the situation in which he found himself , he could have done more than convey the expression of widespread discontent and indicate at the same time that something had changed in the Roman governing class .
23 Teachers are told that what they do is vitally important , that they alone can translate and extend the National Curriculum into rich comprehensive learning opportunities and at the same time that they can not be trusted to do the job .
24 This suits other banks because it means that they can earn interest on surplus funds , knowing at the same time that they can get them very quickly , at call , if necessary .
25 The distinction is not clear : at the same time that we recognize it , we can not define it .
26 Yes , and I do hope that at the same time that we 've been talking about how relatively practical religion has become , that we shall remember the mystery which it witnesses to .
27 And I was fortunate that my scientific reputation increased at the same time that my disability got worse .
28 At the same time that there has been a shift in the size and importance of manufacturing within the economy as a whole , there has also been a transformation in the geography of manufacturing within the country .
29 At the same time that there is an increase in the demand for borrowing , there is a reduction in the supply of those wishing to lend .
30 Work on anaerobic endurance at the same time that you are raising your aerobic platform .
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