Example sentences of "[noun] at one time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously you will find it easier to multiply the ingredients and make several daily servings at one time . |
| 2 | It 's in what was obviously quite a nice terrace at one time , early Victorian or something , with big fat columns holding up the porches and railings on the street and steps leading to the basement . |
| 3 | Indeed , Apple believed in the technology to such an extent that they invested in the company and actually owned 20% of the stock at one time . |
| 4 | And Mary Queen of Scots at one time |
| 5 | The Japanese were interested in buying into the Super-sara nuclear safety experiment at one time . |
| 6 | You have played far more contemporary music over the years than most people care to remember : a lot of Henze at one time , and more recently music through to Ligeti and Penderecki . |
| 7 | Maybe the man had lived in Grantley at one time and now lived somewhere else ? |
| 8 | Christian missionaries at one time tried to have brideprice payments prohibited by law on the grounds that such payments reduced the bride to the status of a chattel slave ! |
| 9 | Clergy at one time might , for example , claim as many members as possible , forgetting , perhaps , to remove from the list those who have died or moved to another parish ; a subsequent introduction of ‘ potential giving ’ or per capita assessment for a maintenance -of-ministry-fund could result in their rapidly removing any ‘ dead wood ’ in order to reduce the costly membership figures to an absolute minimum . |
| 10 | The whole area was much dryer than it used to be , and Edward suspected that something had interfered with the water table ; there had been nesting moorhens at one time — now only the occasional toad was left . |
| 11 | He was a pioneer at one time , but he 's not really pushing for anything right now — just kind of playing the blues . |
| 12 | ( If you are only using part of the bean mix at one time , the remainder will keep , covered , for 2–3 days in the refrigerator . ) |
| 13 | two tutors at one time |
| 14 | Fairburn had a busy quarrying industry at one time , and to provide transportation of the stone from the quarries to the River Aire a tramway was constructed early in the nineteenth century to link up with a short section of canal to the river . |
| 15 | Another resident , who asked not to be named , said : ‘ Everyone has had trouble with the gangs at one time or another . |
| 16 | There was a practice at one time — no doubt it still continues in certain quarters — of collecting the rootstocks in which implanted buds had failed , bundling them up and selling them off as hedging . |
| 17 | It will do no harm to recall that is what democracy originally meant and was : state and society at one , the citizen body governing itself directly , through active participation in politics , a duty which fell upon every citizen at one time or another . |
| 18 | It seems that many excellent models were made in aluminium at one time , some collectors I know have superb models on display , the variety being considerable . |
| 19 | The somewhat better-known Sigmund Freud at one time worked with Janet . |
| 20 | and then there 's another theory with your feet , you know that bit of skin between your toes , they claim that was web at one time |
| 21 | There were three schools at one time , a dame school , British school and National school . |
| 22 | ‘ I was very fond of Jane Austen and Fanny Burney at one time , ’ she went on . |
| 23 | Mecdi has certainly taken Taskopruzade to mean that Molla Fenari held the posts simultaneously , for he adds to Taskopruzade 's statement about his holding the offices the sentence : " He united the aforementioned posts at one time . " |
| 24 | This system will not have the on- line storage capacity to hold the complete OED at one time . |
| 25 | An outstanding West African nationalist and journalist , Azikiwe at one time owned six papers . |
| 26 | Laplace suggested that there should be a set of scientific laws that would allow us to predict everything that would happen in the universe , if only we knew the complete state of the universe at one time . |
| 27 | This expansion is said to be " inflationary , " meaning that the universe at one time expanded at an increasing rate rather than the decreasing rate that it does today . |
| 28 | Dashwood was Postmaster-General of England at one time . |
| 29 | Evidently societies , like individuals can handle only so many concerns at one time … |
| 30 | Amongst the many who have owned pubs at one time or another , Willie Johnson runs ‘ The Port Rae Bar ’ in Kirkcaldy , Doug Smith the ex-Dundee United centre — half runs ‘ The Athletic Bar ’ in Dundee 's Hilltown , Joe McBride the former Celtic striker runs ‘ The Wee Mill ’ near Shawfield , Danny McGrain runs ‘ Danny Mac 's ’ at Parkhead Cross , Davie Hay briefly managed his own pub and Dixie Deans of Celtic runs Carluke 's ‘ Station Bar ’ . |