Example sentences of "[vb pp] at time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although these troubles occurred in the city , foreigners were also attacked at times of peasant rioting when the rebels came to London , so it is clear that there were some sentiments which were shared by townsmen and countrymen alike . |
| 2 | He was a North-countryman , and the bluntness of his approach to many issues should be considered , I think , as a traditional North-country attitude , exaggerated at times to the point of obtuseness ; it may have been merely a defence mechanism . |
| 3 | Even Durante , who has a tendency to forget her character when she is dancing , responded at times with an uncharacteristically voluptuous abandon . |
| 4 | Admittedly the main duty of this force — if we may call it that — was ceremonial , but at a time when many of their contemporaries were off fighting in a real war , they must have looked at times like extras from a pantomime . |
| 5 | Patients can be seen at times of their choosing by nursing staff , which may be early morning before school or work , late evening or at weekends . |
| 6 | The true definition of Cubism seems to me : the return to a sense of style through a more subjective vision of nature ( conveyed at times by a stronger emphasis on masses ) . |
| 7 | Many were , indeed , buried during the Hannibalic War or the civil wars after 49BC , when much of the fighting took place in Italy , but many other hoards were buried at times during the first century BC when there was no fighting there . |
| 8 | Another form of repo which has been used at times of particularly heavy tax receipts by the government is one undertaken directly with the banks . |
| 9 | Gas is taken from the Regional Transmission System at times of low demand , usually overnight , and put into storage to be used at times of higher demand such as the breakfast and tea-time periods . |
| 10 | They are actions which appear irrelevant to the circumstances , and are generally performed at times of motivational conflict . |
| 11 | Dissent has occurred at times among university students in attempts to radicalise dominant ideas . |
| 12 | This must be enclosed/sent at time of alteration . |
| 13 | Special cards are always appreciated at times like these — my grandmother says that cards are her favourite part of the proceedings . |
| 14 | BJORN BORG has a typically stubborn riposte to those saddened by the sight of one of the game 's greatest champions being reduced at times to a level barely above that of a novice . |
| 15 | ( b ) Mugdock Castle A 14th century ruin ( being restored at time of writing ) previously belonging to the Earl of Lennox , David De Grahame and the Montrose family . |
| 16 | Of course numerous policy dilemmas and conflicts also confronted the United States and Japan in the 1980S ; problems of high cost and prices were exacerbated at times by exchange rate fluctuations . |
| 17 | The strong normative bias in the study of social policy has led at times to a greater preoccupation with criticism of policies than with attempts to discover why they take the forms they do . |
| 18 | In the first half of the century this continental balance was envisaged as essentially one of France , supported at times by Spain and some of the German States ( above all Bavaria ) , against the Austrian Habsburgs , supported in general by Great Britain and the United Provinces . |
| 19 | Even Art finds himself overcome at times by incredulity or revulsion , especially in the section of this second volume , where he confronts problems posed by the first 's inordinate success in 1986 . |
| 20 | It is tempting to imagine an exchange of information and assistance between gypsies and witches , both being subjected at times to severe persecution . |
| 21 | Diversions will send traffic on to other nearby routes , meaning inevitable jams , worsened at times by roadworks on the nearby A1 at Mill Hill and the North Circular . ’ |
| 22 | The Royal Navy equivalent award — the Distinguished Service Cross ( DSC ) , and the Army equivalent award — the Military Cross ( MC ) , will be covered in a later article within this series , both awards having been awarded at times to members of the RAF . |
| 23 | Composed by a 17-year-old , the work was underplayed at times with a few unfortunate slips from the horns adding to a certain lack of direction . |
| 24 | A quite different military course , favoured at times by some French politicians and soldiers , is to create safe havens for the wretched civilians who are the main target in this war . |
| 25 | It was indeed waged at times with a bitterness and pettiness which did the COS no credit . |
| 26 | Commenting on warnings that East Anglia faces a fourth year of drought and restrictions on the use of water for irrigating crops , Mr Peter Ferguson , a director of Halcrow , a firm of consulting engineers , in Colchester , Essex , said : ‘ Farm ponds provide storage for surface or ground water sources and can be filled at times of the year when there is more water than the crops require . ’ |
| 27 | Rumours that Madonna is keen to audition in a peek-a-boo pantomime cow outfit could n't be confirmed at time of going to press . |
| 28 | A London girl whose father had died lived at times in the next street with her grandmother , moving between the two homes . |
| 29 | By 1980 the river stank , the beaches nearby were covered at times by blobs of grease , fat and oils , and thousands of sea birds were poisoned by lead compounds released from a chemical works . |
| 30 | Third party navigation rights have been suspended at times of crisis . |