Example sentences of "[adj] point in time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The postulate put forward in this study is that the potential meaning of to before the infinitive is more abstract than that found in the spatial use of the preposition , and can be stated as follows : the possibility of a movement from a point in time conceived as a before-position to another point in time which marks the end-point of the movement and which represents an after-position with respect to the first . |
| 2 | It is this conception of uneven and combined development , in which the whole may be growing at some point in time , but within that overall growth there will be sectors in decline . |
| 3 | The model assumes that for either the end state or the intermediate state , a scenario is needed — a written description of the envisioned behavior of the operation at some point in time . |
| 4 | This does not entail however , as Hirtle 1975 seems to suggest , that the infinitive must represent an event as referred to some point in time prior to its realization : if such were the case , it would be impossible to explain why to is needed in some contexts but not in others . |
| 5 | We believe that St Albans er has a traffic problem facing it in recent years , two or three year 's ago at the height of activity er the problems facing it were were more obvious and along with that situation er there 's no question about that and one might be forgetting to thinking the problem and not the way it has n't , it will return now , we know it will be return and therefore we should be firm in our resolve and at some point in time in the future that problem must be addressed sensibly for the good of the people of St Albans . |
| 6 | There are relevant stair er Chairman which you can look out of place at the present moment of time but they will need to be addressed at some point in time in the future and therefore one could be forgiven for wanting to prioritise various but in general terms , the strategy that has been er looked at is the progress of St Albans in general , there may be small elements of it and some of these have already touched upon but in general that is no sound strategy er which over a period of time and in the process of that it will be essential to monitor erm the effect of some of the changes as you go forward to see in fact whether the other elements of strategy that were erm put in to that er work were in fact still necessary and whether they should be have some . |
| 7 | Yeah , I just want to get the emphasis back onto that one first , and the products , we accepted it and we 've got to live with it at some point in time , but the longer I can put that off , the better . |
| 8 | Now they were feeling the need to order quite a large amount of food for ‘ skinnys ’ , especially ones whom possessed at some point in time the ‘ narrow cup ’ . |
| 9 | No matter how much you speed up the entry into London at some point in time you are going to have to create a jam . |
| 10 | She heard , as if from afar , the meeting-spiel : ‘ Basically … at this point in time … credibility … rationalisation … realistic … restructuring … |
| 11 | Looking back as an ordinary member , it is clear the buying out episode must have been irksome in the extreme and very wearing for a group of unwitting members who volunteered at this point in time to serve the Club and whose prime interest was a round of golf ! |
| 12 | To get to that point , there was a quantum leap to be achieved , the proverbial turning point in a young man 's life when fate or some other thing takes a hand , and it was at this point in time that June — whom he says he still believed was his sister — reappeared in the story as a catalyst to a decision that would ultimately prove to be the most important in his life . |
| 13 | The world does funny things but I can tell you that 's the furthest thing from my mind at this point in time . |
| 14 | It is not easy , admittedly , at this point in time , when the Commonwealth seems so obviously a fig-leaf for imperial decline , to credit the extravagant hopes that once were entertained of it as the foundation of everlasting British dominion — influence , as it were , eternally made flesh . |
| 15 | It should be evident to arty thinking individual that the problems facing our Planet at this point in time are the results of a commitment to a science and a philosophy based on erroneous assumptions about the true nature of reality , and that these assumptions are the products of a mentality conditioned to seeing only the separation , the apara , between all things , rather than the unity . |
| 16 | This type of relief is of great benefit to the retiring director upon the disposal of his shares in the company , providing he has kept a sufficient percentage holding of shares and has been a full-time working director until this point in time . |
| 17 | To expect Paul to call for the abolition of slavery at this point in time is to be guilty of unhistorical thinking . |
| 18 | In the latter years the Falcons owned by the Department of National Defence were seen as an un-necessary and additional expense to the Ministry of Transport JetStars , and at this point in time their future is uncertain . |
| 19 | Now before we move further I 'd like to take this opportunity of expressing on your behalf our thanks to Hugh here for the service that he 's rendered our church to this point in time but particularly as the convenor of the Board of World Mission and Unity . |
| 20 | I 'm delighted and I 'm sure you 'll be delighted to hear the advice of the business convenor that we suspend at this point in time . |
| 21 | Now note I 'm not asking at this point in time for a general opening . |
| 22 | At this point in time , I can see eyes inside some of the eggs and definite movement . |
| 23 | At this point in time , he could win every gold medal in the book . ’ |
| 24 | Now my own view is is that this point in time we all do have to get together and agree . |
| 25 | Cos at this point in time , we would have left that piece of ground in excellent condition . |
| 26 | Perhaps at this point in time , there was a change from sea-floor spreading in the North Atlantic area , to sea-floor contraction . |
| 27 | The information available to both players at this point in time consists of the past history of the state variable and the sequences of observed disturbed actions . |
| 28 | As I think you will agree when you have looked at all the evidence it may well not have been quite so simple in this case to determine what was the best for the girl , as we , looking back on events from this point in time , may think . |
| 29 | We are really struggling at this point in time , thinking , ‘ What are we doing , what are we about ? ’ |
| 30 | Anybody whose ambitious at this point in time is taking a risk , in the last three years the world 's airlines have lost between them about ten billion U S dollars . |