Example sentences of "on the [noun sg] at the 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 " . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | May I understand you have a caravan on the back at the time ? |
| 12 | I was on the pill at the time , but I deliberately left it off because I wanted someone to love . |
| 13 | I was on the dole at the time , so the amount seemed enormous . |
| 14 | There were rumours of all sorts and I recall Teddy Mayer speculating on the subject at the time . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | Betty , who was on the beach at the time , said : ‘ We thought he was a goner . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , an engine and five coaches were on the bridge at the time and the ninety passengers were drowned . |
| 21 | It was fortunate there were experts on the bridge at the time . |
| 22 | I understand from British Rail that the impact was less severe than it might have been , since both trains were on the move at the time , but some 90 passengers and the driver of the Portsmouth train were injured . |
| 23 | ‘ So far as I could judge , it was the smoothest-running diesel of its type on the market at the time , and the quickest , ’ he says . |
| 24 | ‘ We were supposed to be travelling incognito , but a ‘ Carry On ’ film was showing on the Rock at the time , so he was mobbed and we were whisked through customs very quickly . |
| 25 | No doubt Eliot 's own fears and uncertainty were compounded when in June a bomb fell upon the offices of Faber and Faber ( fortunately , he was not up on the roof at the time ) . |
| 26 | Fortunately nobody was on the face at the time of the avalanche and all climbers and walkers in the area have been accounted for . |
| 27 | The present writer , who was not connected with the survey , estimated that there was about a 15 per cent non-Roman catholic element on the estate at the time . |
| 28 | It was recorded by a convict who was on the island at the time that ‘ the Governor had the goodwill and respect of everyone for he always conducted himself as a Christian and a gentlemen . ’ |
| 29 | The countries whose applications for membership are officially on the table at the time of writing are Austria ( which applied as long ago as 1989 ) , Sweden , Finland , Malta , Cyprus and Turkey . |
| 30 | But there has been a lot of concern about the privatised er security contract at St Helier , er the way it was subcontracted by the original contractor , er without any member of the Health Authority actually knowing about that ; I certainly did n't know and I was on the Authority at the time . |