Example sentences of "in [noun] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , not to kill the world , but they they there are enough bombs in existence at the present time to obliterate the world about three or four times over so we 're told , so we read no snow out here at all Danny is there ? |
| 2 | The Primitive Methodist chapel on Westgate was built in 1871 to replace a smaller chapel on Quaker Lane , and a campaign is in progress at the present time to raise funds for its refurbishment . |
| 3 | All these contributions and more , in addition to the required time , must be forthcoming if the committees and interfaces are in fact to produce the close coupling and co-ordinated collaboration these firms need . |
| 4 | The following version is useful to give children the opportunity to channel excess energy — everybody is in action for the whole time it is being played . |
| 5 | Business strength is a measure of the proficiency with which the firm deals with all aspects of the specific product/market complex in question at the present time . |
| 6 | This is one respect in which we can see regional differences opening up in the kind of support which relatives can give to each other , although we know very little about how these matters are handled in families at the present time . |
| 7 | Held , allowing the appeal , that the retraction by a witness in extradition proceedings of evidence previously given in the requesting state did not in itself discredit that evidence and , unless it was worthless , the magistrate was entitled to act upon it in deciding whether there was sufficient evidence to justify an order for committal ; that , equally , a witness 's evidence was not to be automatically discredited by virtue of that witness having been an alleged accomplice of the accused ; and that the magistrate had given proper consideration to the retraction of P. 's evidence and to his being an alleged accomplice when deciding if there was sufficient evidence to justify the applicant 's committal ; that , further , since the provision in article 1 of the Treaty allowing for extradition in respect of offences ‘ committed within the territory of the requesting party ’ having been extended by article 3(2) to cover participation in extradition offences punishable by the laws of both states , the lack of evidence of the applicant 's presence in Sweden at the relevant time did not take the offences outside the ambit of the Treaty ; that under Schedule 1 to the Act of 1989 the magistrate was concerned only with committal proceedings under English procedure in relation to the English crimes specified in the order to proceed and not with the jurisdiction of the Swedish court ; and that , accordingly , the magistrate had been entitled to commit the applicant ( post , pp. 846D–F , 850F — 851A , E — 852C , 853A ) . |
| 8 | Mr. Newman however went on to submit that , before the magistrate could commit the applicant , there must be evidence before him to the effect that the courts of the requesting state had jurisdiction , under its own laws , to try the applicant for his participation in the offences committed in Sweden , when he himself was not in Sweden at the relevant time . |
| 9 | These floods probably constitute the main agent of erosion in deserts at the present time . |
| 10 | Occasionally , in spite of the long time which has gone by without so much as a cuddle , you have a dreadful day and you just do not feel in the mood . |
| 11 | And that , in spite of the short time we have known each other , would not be true … ’ |
| 12 | When asked in 1983 to conduct a similar investigation of the purported Hitler diaries of 1932 and 1935 , Grant found that high grade waste paper containing an optical brightening agent had been used in the pulp and these were not in use at the alleged time . |
| 13 | The investment is measured in terms of the irrecoverable time and expenses involved in the learning process . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been in Australia for the entire time . |
| 15 | Two themes expected to run through the study are the impact of computer-aided design , draughting , and manufacture on the design process , and the role and status of the professional engineer in Britain at the present time . |
| 16 | Yeah two obviously we , we , we we do need to , to clarify before the end of this week is , one is in relation to the paid time off a and two is the accessibility stroke suitability of the particular venue . |
| 17 | Anyway , ’ he concluded morosely , ‘ it was established that he arrived in Kinghorn at the expected time . ’ |
| 18 | So in fact five percent of our electricity comes from French nuclear power stations , in fact at the present time . |
| 19 | Erm , er , the funding for that project which I understand has a total cost in excess of a hundred and sixty thousand pounds , has been met from a variety of sources , er , primarily local , but with a contribution from the County Council through the Leisure Services Committee , and also through the Resources Management sub-committee , and in a , indirect sense , in that the , the , the land transferred to the County Council from the District Council for a particular sum , when the project did n't go ahead , the land went back to the District , and had appreciated in value in the intervening time . |
| 20 | In view of the limited time available before the scheduled date for Advance Data Capture for Council Tax purposes I will ask my secretary to set up a meeting to discuss this document and Council Tax structures and staffing levels in a couple of weeks time . |
| 21 | As finance director David Nash stated : ‘ In view of the short time since the standard was issued , and the fact that most forecasts have been prepared on the existing basis , we were concerned that it might be confusing if this presentation was based on the new format . |
| 22 | The great growth in Christianity at the present time is in the Third World and those parts of Eastern Europe that are still under atheistic leadership . |