Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] time an " in BNC.
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| 1 | During this time an American sailor , Robert Stethem , was murdered but all the remaining passengers , including 39 Americans , were released unhurt . |
| 2 | During this time an overall strategy will be developed drawing on the experiences of the selected trial centres in order to provide a firm base for planning of the second phase which will begin in mid-1988 . |
| 3 | Even without insisting on the strict claim that inference from fact to value is logically inadmissible , a claim which since Hume has been a commonplace , and after G. E. Moore 's analysis of the Naturalistic Fallacy was for some time an orthodoxy , it has been convenient to stay out of range of standard criticisms by showing that we can get along well enough without resorting to this kind of inference . |
| 4 | All three were aware that the King and Queen had , after four years of war , come to represent to their subjects all that was best in the domestic and public virtues , and that there had been current for some time an idea of presenting to them a gift as a mark of national respect , thanks and loyalty . |
| 5 | The acceptance of these conditions as being worthy of medical time an the tendency to resent scarce resources being used on drug addiction and alcoholism have more to do with fear or disgust than whether or not a condition is demonstrably self-induced . |
| 6 | Aden was at that time an RAF command , in which the operational policy of air control had been successfully applied for some years . |
| 7 | J. W. ( later Sir James ) Black , who was at that time an academic pharmacologist in Glasgow , had the idea that blocking the action of adrenaline on the heart might reduce its need for oxygen and so be beneficial in angina pectoris ( a condition in which pain arises because the oxygen supply to heart muscle is insufficient ) . |
| 8 | The first GCE O and A level examinations were held in 1951 ( S levels were at that time an essential part of the system as well , since on them depended the award of State scholarships to university candidates , before the days of Mandatory awards ) . |
| 9 | Erm he was using at that time an R registered Ford Escort er , which was er , only insured third party , fire and theft . |
| 10 | Erm he was using at that time an R registered Ford Escort er which was er only insured third party fire and theft . |
| 11 | Not only was it situated centrally , but it hosted at that time an international exhibition which was considered an attraction for delegates . |
| 12 | As a result , the DES set up a study group under the chairmanship of Stephen Jones , at that time an assistant secretary at the DES and now Assistant Provost of the City of London Polytechnic , both to suggest a fairer way of allocating the 1981–2 pool and also to come forward with longer-term recommendations , based on unit costs within the institutions . |
| 13 | The Special Air Service Regiment — or S.A.S. , as it soon came to be called — was at this time an established part of the Army Air Corps , though it was little known to the public at large . |
| 14 | He was at this time an exponent of the benefits of Anglo-French peace and in the Philobiblon , attributed to him and written in 1344–5 , one chapter was entitled ‘ the Complaint of Books against Wars ’ . |
| 15 | Almost men have at some time an intimation of being more than the material , and the appearance and personality . |
| 16 | For example , let it be assumed that at some time an individual has become entitled to the ownership of some goods , by virtue of an approved process designated ‘ good — . |
| 17 | Park Court , which houses Hilda 's flat , was at one time an outhouse for a local manor , but in 1931 the owner left it to the local council who then converted it into a fire station . |
| 18 | Living on chalk is a mixed blessing , on the one hand the cement industry provides work for many local people and with the mechanisation of farming methods this has meant that what was at one time an agriculture community is now largely dependant upon local industries . |
| 19 | Now I do n't suppose that even Sir Geoffrey knows this , but Irwin Osnafeld , the payee of that £300,000 cheque , was at one time an associate of his . |
| 20 | ‘ Subject to the provisions of this section , if at any time an institution becomes insolvent and at that time — ( a ) it is an authorised institution … the board shall as soon as practicable pay out of the fund to each depositor who has a protected deposit with that institution an amount equal to three-quarters of his protected deposit . |
| 21 | For the purposes of this form of liability a person is a ‘ keeper ’ of the animal if ‘ ( a ) he owns the animal or has it in his possession ; or ( b ) he is the head of a household of which a member under the age of 16 owns the animal or has it in his possession ; and if at any time an animal ceases to be owned by or to be in the possession of a person , any person who immediately before that time was a keeper thereof … continues to be a keeper of the animal until another person becomes a keeper thereof … ’ |
| 22 | 4.25 Regular internal review of residents ' progress should take place when an escalation of aggression occurs or at any time an officer in charge considers appropriate . |
| 23 | Although by that time an elected parliament had become an influential factor in politics , the arbiter of social status remained the court , with its officialdom of ministers , chamberlains , masters of ceremonies — all nobles and mostly descendants of the oldest families . |
| 24 | By this time an estimated 600,000 jobs would have been transferred to the private sector and the nationalised industries share of GDP would have shrunk from 10 to 6.5 per cent . |