Example sentences of "[verb] at [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gambling , football pools , fun-fairs , dog tracks , amusement arcades , dance halls , popular songs , street betting and speed-tracks were all attacked at different times in the interwar years for their demoralising influence , particularly on the young . |
| 2 | Numbers of Hurricanes were scrambled at various times during the mid-morning . |
| 3 | Now , Richard Fairbanks of New York 's Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory has uncovered a detailed record which shows how fast global sea level rose at different times during the transformation from the glacial to the post-glacial world . |
| 4 | Although much more work needs to be done in this area , the impression gained by surveying a range of industries is one of foreign incursions occurring at different times with price being a significant element at certain stages . |
| 5 | Since then , various parts have been occupied at different times by a multitude of smaller firms . |
| 6 | Their financial status seems to have varied at different times in her life from the reasonably comfortable to the distinctly shabby genteel . |
| 7 | ( The age-limits varied at different times : see 8:24 , 1 Chronicles 23:24 ) . |
| 8 | In considering the case of B Ltd , he stated that it was easier to conclude that the mezzanine platforms were plant as the four platforms had been installed at different times , covered only 60% of the floor area and one had actually been dismantled . |
| 9 | Shuttleworth 's other business interests included at various times directorships of the Metropolitan Railway , the Great Northern Railway , the Sutton Bridge Dock Company , and the Agricultural Hall Company , and he was a valued member of the council of the Royal Agricultural Society . |
| 10 | Members included at different times Thomas Huxley , Walter Bagehot , James Froude , Archbishop Henry Manning , and W. E. Gladstone [ qq.v . ] . |
| 11 | Nor need this group have been composed of the same households throughout : as the fortunes of different employments fluctuated so different groups could have been included at different times . |
| 12 | Clearly , in order to obtain this kind of information it is necessary to conduct three assessments under similar conditions so that they are directly comparable and spaced at equal time intervals . |
| 13 | These basic land uses of arable , pasture and meadow were , of course , supplemented at different times . |
| 14 | The cells were cultured in DMEM , 10%FCS and staurosporine was added at various times . |
| 15 | It may look to some extent like the original , it may even retain traces of the original , but the many pieces that make the whole were added at different times and have been the subject of change and much repair work . |
| 16 | Isolation , rejection , dishonour and disrespect might be expected at different times . |
| 17 | Tolonen described Noorda 's role as one involving strategy and planning rather than day-to-day operations , adding ‘ We have a very strong group of executives — we have looked at various times at succession , ’ although no-one has been designated to succeed . |
| 18 | The old armour is either worn away gradually , as in crocodiles , or it is shed at special times in a complete ‘ coat ’ , as in lizards and snakes . |
| 19 | Instead , she suggests introducing devices such as tolls for driving in specific , badly congested areas or for driving at particular times , such as rush hours . |
| 20 | The importance of these statutory provisions appears to me to be that Parliament has considered at various times and in various contexts the need for recovery of imposts paid but not due and has legislated in a manner which suggests that no such general principle as the Woolwich contends for was thought to be in existence . |
| 21 | Studies of the 700-km 3 Bishop Tuff eruption and its precursors from Long Valley , California reveal distinct Sr-isotope differences between crystals and their host liquids and between melts erupted at different times . |
| 22 | It is debatable whether he ever envisaged trailer operation in its accepted sense , with trailers being detached at off-peak times . |
| 23 | The four business managers , living at different times , were faced with different problems and opportunities . |
| 24 | In some cultures there are still some established religious and social rituals surrounding death that help all the bereaved have a better understanding of how they are supposed to behave at certain times . |
| 25 | The thinking was done at various times before — and will , no doubt , be re-done by the reader . |
| 26 | A variety of news items were selected at different times during the three years of the survey . |
| 27 | The intercutting of parallel actions — which can be shot at different times and in different places — can all be done at the editing stage , and you are free to try your hand at risky shots safe in the knowledge that any failures can be edited out later . |
| 28 | With both sides level at normal time the visitors went in front five minutes into the extra period when Hanvey scored from the spot after a controversial decision by the man in the middle . |
| 29 | They 're all at a different school all day , and they shop at different times … but you never see them in restaurants and why should n't they be ? |
| 30 | It was a phased development , with different parts being built at different times . |