Example sentences of "be [vb pp] at [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bank can not predict which of its customers wish to withdraw or deposit money on any given day ; a travel firm can not control which of its package tours will be booked at a particular time . |
| 2 | Such policies can not work , because cuts have to be made at a difficult time and even more jobs are lost . |
| 3 | Development and consultation time has been short , and there are a number of features which will require close scrutiny during the early stages of piloting , so that adjustments can be made at an appropriate time . |
| 4 | Can it be done at a different time ? |
| 5 | A call can be booked in advance with the operator to be connected at a specified time . |
| 6 | The Cleveland Inquiry ( Secretary of State for Social Services , 1988 ) noted that : ‘ It has been impossible from the evidence provided to the Inquiry to arrive at any consensus or to obtain any reliable figures of the general prevalence of sexual abuse of children in the country or in Clevelend ’ ( p.4 ) and later comments that : ‘ We are strongly of the opinion that great caution should be exercised at the present time in accepting percentages as to the prevalence and incidence of sexual abuse . |
| 7 | If the system incorporates a bilevel or chopper drive circuit the current control can be over-ridden at the appropriate times to make the full supply voltage available continuously . |
| 8 | Sergeants and Inspectors know almost exactly where an officer can be found at a certain time , and woe betide the constable who keeps his superior officer waiting . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ The main problem of the external course is that it can be an ad hoc activity bearing little relation to a current problem or systematic training scheme , and thus the wrong people can be trained at the wrong time by the wrong methods . |
| 11 | As regards their gods , benevolent ones were honoured , whereas those of an equivocal nature had to be appeased at the appropriate times . |
| 12 | I agree with him , and there would be much to be gained at the appropriate time . |
| 13 | The rounds usually follow a regular delivery pattern so that the meal will generally be delivered at a regular time . |
| 14 | One of the drawbacks of A level is that because it is an examination to be taken at a particular time , namely after two years of study in the sixth form ( there are exceptions to this , but such is the general rule ) it is taken by people who are at very different stages of development , of readiness for the examination , and , above all , of interest in the subject matter . |
| 15 | To stimulate the development and the application within the agency of techniques of environmental modelling and forecasting in order that adequate preventative action can be taken at the appropriate time ; |
| 16 | These should still be kept at a regular time , because if you vary the routine too widely the dog is likely to become restless . |
| 17 | It may be possible to study for the course by distance learning , so that the modules can be covered at an appropriate time in your training . |
| 18 | Kessel ( 1965 ) has suggested a limit to the amount of tablets that could be dispensed at a given time , and in some areas chemist shop assistants are instructed to refer customers to senior staff when large amounts of tablets are being requested . |
| 19 | As many parasites occupy more than one environment during their life-cycles , they must possess suites of characteristics that can be expressed at the proper time . |
| 20 | In the opinion of Melanie Clore there is no reason to believe that such prices could not be repeated at the present time . |