Example sentences of "on the [noun sg] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was elsewhere on the course at the time , but since then he has seen it replayed many times on film . |
| 2 | The age range runs between about twelve to seventeen years old , and there were twenty-four girls on the register at the time I visited the unit . |
| 3 | Nineteen of the patients had been treated with zidovudine , and 17 were on the drug at the time of diagnosis ; two patients were taking dideoxyinosine . |
| 4 | At our windy centres , in addition to one long board each ( necessary for light winds and racing ) , we have enough shorter boards ( 260 to 300cm ) to put more than half our guests on the water at a time , and there are always more rigs than boards . |
| 5 | Although they feel and look good on the skin at the time , by attracting water from the air , they also tend to attract water from within the outer layers of the skin too . |
| 6 | The number of microorganisms on the skin at the time it is cut will depend on how recently the skin was washed or , in the case of surgery , how adequately skin preparation was undertaken . |
| 7 | It was more or less at eye level , because I was on the floor at the time , and I crawled towards it with a muffled sensation of triumph . |
| 8 | The success of this particular work pattern relied not on a formal structure , but on the economics of the time and the close personal relationships created within the team . |
| 9 | Not uncommonly only half of the sieves required may be mounted on the shaker at a time , so the pan residue from the coarser fraction is released into the upper sieve of the finer part of the nest in order to complete the analysis . |
| 10 | In answer to those who might claim that the perverse approach to this particular movement illustrates that the conductor had lost his grip on the orchestra by the time of this recording , I can only say that the playing of the New Philharmonia is magnificent . |
| 11 | These tools and any others that you may need and are permitted for specialist work should also be on the desk at the time of your practice " examination " . |
| 12 | And er as I 've said before , I have n't seen a a barrel of oil burning and the heat and smoke that comes off that you consider the amount of oil that would have been in the separators on the platform at the time , I think it would have still have caused an awful lot of heat and an awful lot of smoke and fire , and er just shutting off the oil coming back to the platform maybe would n't have helped that much . |
| 13 | The LTTE for its part blamed government forces , saying that the killings were " meticulously planned and executed , and blamed on the LTTE at a time when the Sri Lankan government is trying to purchase weapons from Middle Eastern Moslem countries " ( a reference to a visit made by Ranjan Wijeratne , Plantations Minister and Minister of State for Defence , to Iran , Libya and Egypt in early August ) . |
| 14 | Mr Browning , of Vicarage Road , Cwm-parc , Mid Glamorgan , is alleged to be the driver of a silver C-registration Renault 25 seen parked on the motorway at the time Mrs Wilks was killed . |
| 15 | The conference had nothing like the coverage of either the British Medical Association or Royal Institute of British Architects festivities , so its impact on the public at the time was negligible ; but it marked a significant turn in the Prince 's own farming methods , brought environmental concerns slowly into consumer consciousness and in the long term dealt a devastating blow to the agrochemical industry . |
| 16 | And although ‘ workerism ’ was on the wane by the time Hayling turned up on the Langley personnel officer 's doorstep , he earned many brownie points among the comrades by becoming a ‘ genuine ’ member of the proletariat . |
| 17 | May I understand you have a caravan on the back at the time ? |
| 18 | I was on the pill at the time , but I deliberately left it off because I wanted someone to love . |
| 19 | I was on the dole at the time , so the amount seemed enormous . |
| 20 | There were rumours of all sorts and I recall Teddy Mayer speculating on the subject at the time . |
| 21 | Indeed , some of their officials expressed strong opinions on the subject at the time but have since decided to wait and , as one put it , ‘ let the team do the talking on the park in Newry . ’ |
| 22 | Realism was n't really on the agenda for the time being . |
| 23 | Betty , who was on the beach at the time , said : ‘ We thought he was a goner . |
| 24 | In June 1970 it was free climbed by ‘ big ’ Ian Nicholson and ‘ wee ’ Ian Fulton , undoubtedly the hardest technical rock climb on the buttress at the time . |
| 25 | Underwriting can be expensive , representing sometimes up to two per cent of the issue proceeds , and the underwriting costs normally depend on the length of the time period from the date of the announcement of the rights issue until such time as the offer closes . |
| 26 | The rate at which the angle is changed must depend on the speed at the time , and this has to be judged because there is insufficient time to check the ASI . |
| 27 | The length of the delay will depend on the severity of the time and change effects the plant intensive nature of the work the inflexibility of the resource teams available the length of time between changes or delays arising , and the work being carried out . |
| 28 | Mr Watson said the defence would now be looking for a ‘ courting couple ’ who were seen on the bus at the time of the incident . |
| 29 | Well , let's put it on the shelf for the time being . |
| 30 | The rediscovery of mind had relatively little impact on the psychobiology of the time . |