Example sentences of "[adv] at some time " in BNC.

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1 However , if one shift performs better ( and ‘ better ’ might refer to the quality or quantity — or both — of product that is made ) is it because it consists of more conscientious workers ; their conditions of working are better , or they have less distraction ; they are supervised more closely and the conveyor belt moves faster ; or their body clock enables them to work better at some times of the day than others ?
2 Obviously at some time in the past , Farrs had put a new body on the chassis and Dad had seen the possibilities of the old one as an allotment shed .
3 All you 're do you 're sit sitting in an office , not as luxurious as this necessarily at some time , selling advertising to .
4 One can think of these fluctuations as pairs of particles of light or gravity that appear together at some time , move apart , and then come together again and annihilate each other .
5 During the life-cycle of the family it was easier to maintain a home ashore at some times than at others .
6 We are concerned if we perform badly or dangerously at some times and the effects of poor performance will also be of interest to managers and the general public .
7 Thus , as the world 's oceans are unevenly heated and cooled — more in some places than others , more at some times than others — so it tends to shift .
8 For all these reasons , there is some mixing , though it occurs more at some times of year ( during the winter storms ) than at others .
9 Irregular employment and unemployment were also important , more at some times and places than others .
10 Nevertheless , historically , local authorities have had considerable independence , more at some times than others ( Foster et al . ,
11 It was probably at some time during that same period when the dawning need to rely on a ‘ god ‘ first disturbed the developing human being , that he started to enjoy pleasures which were not the result of simply satisfying the desires associated with his physical evolution .
12 Taskopruzade 's grandfather , for example , studied under Molla Yegan , probably at some time alter 839/1435–6 , and it was Molla Yegan who recommended him for the post at Taskopru .
13 If you decide to accept infertility or childlessness , then this is the process you will need to go through ; it 's difficult , but we all have to leave dreams behind at some time in our lives .
14 If you have not worked regularly at some time since 1978 because you have had to stay at home to care for either a child or a sick or elderly person you may have protected your right to a pension by claiming HRP .
15 Well at some time or other it sticks .
16 ‘ But apart from the fact that my mother obviously lived here at some time I know nothing at all . ’
17 Then at some time during the day , he or she has cause to turn their head sharply to the left , or attempt to take off the jacket .
18 ‘ Back home in Australia , you can play for my university there , Queensland , for ever , so long as you 've been there at some time .
19 Someone had managed to light a fire there at some time , though , because there were still a few damp ashes .
20 A mile along this road was Rocky Valley , which is also a good hunting ground for birds of prey — not necessarily for barn owls , with all the buzzards and kestrels competing , but no doubt our pair would venture over there at some time to see what they could pick up .
21 Regular visitors to Switzerland will almost inevitably have changed trains there at some time or another .
22 The demon coughed nervously ( demons do not breathe ; however , every intelligent being , whether it breathes or not , coughs nervously at some time in its life .
23 But who knows , the illustrious Mr Punch may yet ride again at some time in the future .
24 As a union we 've successfully argued albeit belatedly at some times , that TUPE protects public sector workers in all cases of contracting out .
25 Yet at some time in the days after its surrender to 5 Corps , the decision had been taken that the division should not be repatriated , although no formal record of how or why this happened seems to have survived .
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