Example sentences of "[adv] at [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did n't bother much at other times unless asked , and then they often had to think twice . |
| 2 | Every office in the country should be scheduled to receive flowers from charming old gentlemen at least once a week , and especially at busy times when carping is usually at fever pitch . |
| 3 | At Collington Chapel Lane is closed until Friday cos they 're putting a new sewer in there and traffic 's being diverted there along Main Street and at Totton there 's roadworks on Nottingham Road at the junction with Attenborough Lane delays likely there especially at busy times that 'll do us for now we 'll update the traffic for you again in half an hours time . |
| 4 | Right it is a hundred miles from King 's Lynn to London , the train takes two hours to do the journey the train does not go at a constant speed , it speeds up sometimes and slows down at other times it also stops at stations on the way and on once of course as it , as it 's stopping it 's going more and more slowly and as it 's er moving off again it starts slowly and starts to go quickly but because it takes two hours in all the train goes a hundred miles in two hours we say its average speed for the journey is fifty miles per hour . |
| 5 | Thus tree rings are differentiated by the types , density and size of cell laid down at different times of the year ; varves by the gradation in particle size resulting from sedimentation of debris released into rivers and carried to lakes by the annual melt of glaciers ; and ice core layers by differences in dust content and acidity . |
| 6 | A family might earn from spinning as much as 4s ( 20p ) a week in the days before the mill , but that only at favourable times of the family cycle when two or perhaps three children were working as well as the mother . |
| 7 | Then it stays in the burrow alone , visited only at feeding times , for nearly two months . |
| 8 | Facilities for homeless people are of course open only at certain times of the day and I had n't the money to go anywhere else . |
| 9 | Many animals , from sheep to starlings , breed only at certain times of year — again depending on day length . |
| 10 | This is because astronomical observations using the hardware can take place only at certain times of the year . |
| 11 | That only at certain times you can see them ? |
| 12 | For example , metal contamination is sometimes found in bore-hole water only at certain times in the year , possibly because of changes in the ground-water level , and normal sampling may show negative results for most of the remainder of the time . |
| 13 | There are numbers of rooms that an individual can not enter at all , or only at certain times , for reasons of status , sex , or even age . |
| 14 | And perhaps only at certain times of the year , especially in agricultural communities . |
| 15 | All these measures will save fuel and many thermostats can also be used in conjunction with a programmer to bring the hot water heating on only at certain times of the day . |
| 16 | The argument rests in part on the pervasive nature of deixis ( see Chapter 2 below ) in natural languages , for sentences like ( II ) are true or false only relative to contextual parameters , thanks to the fact that I , now and the tense of am are variables given specific values only on particular occasions of utterance ( i.e. ( II ) is true only when spoken by certain speakers , those who are sixty-three , or true of individuals only at certain times , when they are sixty-three ) : ( 11 ) I am now sixty-three years old These facts seem to establish that truth conditions must be assigned to utterances , i.e. sentences with their associated contexts of utterance , not to sentences alone ( or , if one likes , truth conditions include context conditions ) . |
| 17 | Also , to see as much of the main palace as possible it is necessary to take several guided tours ( such as for Madame du Barry 's apartments , Madame de Maintenon 's suite , and the King 's private apartments ) which are often available only at awkward times on specific days . |
| 18 | They also have a ‘ stand by ’ appointment scheme , where you can ring in at certain times at half an hour 's notice , where prices range from £4 to £7 . |
| 19 | A Swiss Bishop had heard about the project and suggested a plan which is essentially still followed in international meetings : i.e. that representatives of all Eucharist-centred endeavours and activities throughout the world should come together at certain times . |
| 20 | Months ago they were passing strangers , chucked together at check-in times . |
| 21 | Security staff will take over at other times |
| 22 | Things get uncovered that you ca n't see easily at other times . ’ |
| 23 | Yet nearby landowners had little option other than to tolerate the threat to law and order which the existence of open villages implied because the closed parishes to some extent relied upon the open ones to provide a pool of reserve labour which could be used during periods of peak demand like harvest , but which would not at other times become a charge on the poor rate . |
| 24 | Landsat images of a given area will therefore always be taken at the same local solar time and not at varying times throughout the day , thus maintaining a constant direction of illumination . |
| 25 | Their only child lived in a manor house in Wiltshire and rarely visited , although she telephoned frequently , usually at inconvenient times . |
| 26 | Particular genes can be switched on and off at particular times because the bottleneck/growth-cycle calendar ensures that there is such a thing as a particular time . |
| 27 | This means that while you are out for the evening , anyone who may be watching the house will be unsure as to whether you are at home or not , because various lights will go on and off at different times . |
| 28 | He admitted : ‘ Lawrie McMenemy took me off at half- time in Spain after I 'd been booked . |
| 29 | ‘ I must be careful to lock the car , as youths often steal cars to get home at Fair time . ’ |
| 30 | It also at various times gathered into its ambit important figures within general educational administration ( for example , Haddow , Sadler , Barker , Curzon , Mans bridge , and a host of college Heads , Registrars Provosts , and Vice Chancellors ) . |