Example sentences of "at the [adj] time [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | We know rather little about what kind of bargains are struck at the present time although inheritance is always a possible way of ensuring that the balance of support does not tip too much in one direction , even if its use is not spoken about openly . |
| 2 | Some halted at the right time and others did n't , resulting in a bit of a rugger scrum . |
| 3 | You must also have practised these moves in a variety of combinations , using a small punchbag as a target , until you can automatically use the right move at the right time and distance . |
| 4 | But any doubts about Dick Tracy being the right film at the right time or reservations over whether Breathless Mahoney is the right part for the 31-year-old star are dispelled in the first ten minutes of the movie . |
| 5 | Abnormal development may occur if a protein is not made at the right time or place , or the protein is defective or if too little or too much is made . |
| 6 | As on the previous night , the mail train roared past the signal box at the usual time and Jack again heard footsteps in the still night walking under the box . |
| 7 | Then you tell the story of the murder and the subsequent investigation , adroitly working in the fact that there was a red light shining at the vital time and place , using one of the ways of tricking your reader into " noticing and not noticing " this that we looked at in the previous chapter , and you also harp like mad on the impossibility of a person in a black dress or suit having been on hand at the moment the murder was committed . |
| 8 | It is assumed that for every action the operator has a purpose , the choice of the particular action at the particular time or point in the sequence is triggered by some other event , usually the successful completion of an action is indicated by a particular information presentation which also is noted on the chart . |
| 9 | Beneath it all lay Khrushchev 's hostility to the ‘ cult of personality ’ , declared at the twentieth Congress and afterwards at the very time that Mao 's personality cult was endowing him with almost divine status . |