Example sentences of "[noun sg] at this time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just how strongly Eliot was spurred on to emphasize the connections between sex and religion at this time is seen in ‘ The Hippopotamus ’ ( 1917 ) which contains one of his most shocking jokes : |
| 2 | Excessive speed at this time can be dangerous in rough air if the pilot is pulling back hard . |
| 3 | English language scholarship at this time failed to reflect the broad range of Japanese language scholarship , in particular the strong Marxist influence on interpretation and conceptualization . |
| 4 | Two important exhibitions re-established the reputation of the association at this time : The Women of Today in 1929 and The Child in 1930 . |
| 5 | Together with some dinosaurs , perhaps , and with birds , which also emerged from a different reptilian stock at this time , they developed the capacity for regulating their own body temperature . |
| 6 | There certainly were Adventurers ( i.e. mine operators ) on the Coniston Manor at this time . |
| 7 | This ability was sharpened by these players ' meetings , which were a unique feature of football at this time . |
| 8 | The Charles Bal , which was at its closest to the volcano at this time , reported : . |
| 9 | Thomasina at this time was fussing around the table . |
| 10 | In its promotion of conjoint nationalism and communism the League resembled the Kuomintang at this time : and it lasted only as long as the Kuomintang managed to contain the two movements . |
| 11 | This can cause confusion at this time of year for naturalists trying to identify the sex of damselflies . |
| 12 | to keep to keep the the members of Council from their collective tea at this time of the evening , but my group feels it is necessary to put forward the people of the acute financial situation of this Council , a situation which is deteriorating rapidly , and began to deteriorate in May last year , May 1990 . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , if you do n't have a visitor on your roof at this time of year , it probably means you 've been naughty , not nice . ’ |
| 14 | Was the , wh were there trade unions in , in , in the Transport Department at this time , were they quite active ? |
| 15 | Such haste inevitably resulted in cursory recording being a characteristic of research at this time , which is particularly regrettable in Faussett 's case because of the scale of his activities in Kent . |
| 16 | Imagine sending her a punter at this time of day . |
| 17 | Its twelve articles covered military as well as economic collaboration , and the Soviet presence in Egypt in the early 1970s became the largest anywhere outside the communist bloc at this time . |
| 18 | People 's vulnerability at this time can be very great , and it is a poignant reflection on our society that there are many other people ready to prey on this . |
| 19 | The solution requires a reassessment of the nature of Toryism at this time ; rather than seeing the Tories as royal absolutists , it is better to see them as conservative legal-constitutionalists , deeply committed to the rule of law and the Anglican Church . |
| 20 | It is true that much of the country closes down for too long over this festive period , though there are advantages for industry in doing that and we all deserve a decent break at this time of the year . |
| 21 | In its early years the new police force had poor relations with headmen , and there is no indication of any general decline in crime at this time . |
| 22 | It may be noted that although throughout the preceding period the vast proportion of the nation 's building costs was being spent on war damage repairs and reinstatement , an activity in which building and quantity surveyors provided invaluable service , the building surveyor made no impact within the Institution at this time . |
| 23 | The building industry at this time created a distinct suburban environment , with the prevalence of the three-bedroomed , semi-detached house . |
| 24 | Leicester did not have a staple industry at this time and the high degree of dependence on the surrounding countryside is evident at once . |
| 25 | Travelling and ferrying loads to the mountain was done at night to make use of the best snow conditions , and Bonington reports that there was still sufficient light at this time of year for night work . |
| 26 | The harbour at this time was formed on the bed of the ‘ Water to Leith ’ , a small stream with its source in the Pentland Hills and flowing for thirteen miles or so through Edinburgh and Leith into the Firth of Forth at this point . |
| 27 | ‘ The snow 's very loose on the Wildhorn at this time of year and all it took was a small charge to start the ball rolling , if you 'll excuse the pun . |
| 28 | Temperatures can fluctuate a great deal at this time of year . |
| 29 | Duncan and I had been talking for about ten minutes or more and swatting the increasing number of mosquitoes that always arrived in force at this time of the evening . |
| 30 | The questions provoked by the Wolfenden approach were not new ones ( John Stuart Mill and James Fitzjames Stephens had both discussed such issues ) but they were particularly topical at this point , for questions of law and morality were at the forefront of public consciousness at this time because of , for example , the Wildeblood/Pitt-Rivers case . |