Example sentences of "at the [adj] time [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | CITY financiers are still gasping at the Financial Times editorial column on Thursday which backed Labour . |
2 | The reasons for this are not clear , but at the present time two diseases in particular , syphilis and type-B viral hepatitis , seem to be largely the preserve of the male homosexual . |
3 | Planners need a thorough understanding of the subject field to be explored , and its structure in enquiry ; they need to know what materials , print-form or audio-visual , are available , and suitable , and what special problems they may reveal ; they need to have available at the right time suitable equipment , and places where the equipment may be used , and they need to be sure that the student is able to find and make use of all the resources he may need in the periods of the timetable allotted to the activity . |
4 | I 'll call at the usual time next Tues . |
5 | He had paced all the possible routes and timings and , given a small margin of error , had come to the conclusion that Drew could have left his lodging at the witnessed time and appear at the theatre at the attested time seven minutes later . |
6 | This can be a two-way flow ; a good home base can help to create contentment , and at the same time personal satisfaction in life will feed back into the home and make it a pleasant environment for others . |
7 | At the same time similar surveys have been conducted in Ipswich and Cambridge , and although these results are not fully confirmed , their respective county councils state that their findings are likely to be similar to the findings from Essex . |
8 | At the same time limited continuation of guerrilla activity would continue indefinitely . |
9 | At the same time rural children became more familiar with the accoutrements of a national ( indeed , international ) youth culture in terms of clothes , music and other aspects of their life-style . |
10 | At the same time rural transport has been caught in a vicious circle of declining demand and rising fares which not even the provision of subsidies has been able to break . |
11 | It would have been wrong to propose that subsidized admission to such schools should he offered to very bright pupils , at the same time that comprehension was being commended ( sometimes forcefully so ) to grammar schools . |
12 | China , if the one-child policy continues to be pursued successfully at the same time that life expectancy is being extended , looks set for an extraordinarily rapid transition to being the oldest society ever known — an apparently unforeseen consequence of her birth-rate policy , according to work being carried out by James Smith and Peter Laslett at the Rank Xerox Unit for the Study of Ageing , University of Cambridge . |
13 | In a way , the three of them were like moles , digging their way to the surface looking for freedom , coincidentally at the same time that counter-culture was doing the same and searching for heroes . |
14 | For the NMDA channel to open , and thus to trigger the induction of LTP , it is necessary for two events to occur simultaneously : the membrane must be sufficiently depolarized to expel Mg 2+ from NMDA channels at the same time that L-glutamate has , by binding to NMDA receptors , promoted their opening . |
15 | But at the same time that emptiness in her heart still haunted her , that emptiness that only Jake could fill . |
16 | There 's also talk that an outlaw called Ninjaman was killed by police at the same time that DJ Ninjaman ( no relation ) was visiting the copshop to pay a minor fine . |
17 | Good morning Vincent , I 'm enclosing copies of faxes received this morning from New Zealand , and certainly the rate quoted is more realistic , then drop down a line and put eighteen by two point nine five pounds , oblique kilo , equals fifty three pounds , ten pence , next line documentation , twenty pounds , next line customs clearance etcetera , thirteen New Zealand dollars , I 'd say Irish pounds , three point three , O , O equals nine pounds approximately and total it up , eighty two pounds , ten pence which is approximately a third less as you see David suggests you lean heavily on Air Lingus and point out at the same time that Challenge Seeds have no intention of paying this exorbitant rate , also what is a consolidation rate ? |
18 | We are piously told the function of the universities is cultural and educational in the widest sense , yet at the same time all departments , even the most abstract and theoretical , are in practice required to show their cost-effectiveness , output measured against input in the manner of a commercial company . |
19 | In other CDU changes at the same time Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble was appointed leader of the parliamentary party . |
20 | At the same time increased inflows of financial capital have occurred . |
21 | At the same time increased pressure was placed on Aoun 's troops to integrate and foreign diplomats were asked to avoid all contact with him . |
22 | Yet at the same time mere graffito in pissoir , he wrote . |
23 | ( 2 ) The post-modern culture which these social classes consume ( e.g. in architecture and painting ) is at the same time middle-brow culture ( art moyen ) and an avant-garde challenge to orthodox modernism . |
24 | It is one of the lightest and at the same time sharpest passages of Scots comedy that Barrie ever wrote , with its comments on the value of education and also on the subtly self-effacing but strong influence exerted by a woman in a seemingly male-dominated household . |
25 | The idea is that the Government would maintain a central funding role , and would lay down the rates of benefit , while at the same time encouraging organizations , possibly private ones , to handle the payments to customers . |
26 | In addition to the significant changes which have taken place in local taxation , there have also been attempts by government to modify the tax structure in order to make it more equitable , while at the same time encouraging savings and increasing the base of UK share ownership . |
27 | At the same time close links have been maintained through Presidential and staff meetings with other professional bodies and trade associations . |
28 | At the same time great emphasis was placed on rewarding Gary for pro-social behaviour obedience , co-operation — with tokens which he could then exchange for a privilege ( such as staying up late ) or a treat ( such as a favourite play activity with his parents ) . |
29 | The author manages very successfully to convey all his sadness and bitterness and at the same time great strength of his departure from this world without being verbose or over the top . |
30 | All were occasions of whole-hearted delight and enjoyment of God 's good gifts , and at the same time sober gatherings to seek his forgiveness and cleansing . |