Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] the time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have been told nothing about the time of year , but for the purposes of the story we must assume that the rains have come , and the waters are high and fast , even though the women and children have got across safely enough . |
| 2 | It 's not known with any degree of certainty , erm , there was some indication by someone writing at the end of the last century , that it was written by someone in the time of the Queen Elizabeth , hence , perhaps it was God Save The Queen . |
| 3 | We judge ourselves by the time from call-out to getting the problem fixed which is an average of 63 minutes , ’ he said . |
| 4 | That reminds me of the time at our branch they 're doing a visit , and they did n't come down my isle , and they started to walk out , so I said excuse me , have you come to look at my department or not ? |
| 5 | Despite a lengthy conversation with the chaplain , Paine could not be persuaded to attend divine worship and consequently he was placed in a room by himself during the time of the service . |
| 6 | The 1917 announcement was wrung out of a reluctant and distracted Cabinet by Edwin Montagu , who saw himself at the time as the architect of a new India — an India of ‘ great self-governing Dominions and Provinces … organised and coordinated with the great Principalities … , federated by one central Government ’ . |
| 7 | Newman referred to himself at the time as a ‘ benevolent despot ’ . |
| 8 | What is new however is the suggestion , which at the time of writing must have appeared as the height of impertinence , that the Greek and Roman states originated in much the same kind of confederation as the Iroquois . |
| 9 | The world entered a long-term period of recession and chronic unemployment , both of which at the time of writing seem to have become endemic to our advanced societies . |
| 10 | in addition , I have a Blue Ring Angel which at the time of purchase had a few white-spot-like fluffy things on the edges of his fins . |
| 11 | Although one of the most interesting objects in the sale , it was not considered sufficiently rare — or Bavarian — to be among the items withdrawn from the sale at the instigation of the Bavarian State , which at the time of writing was still negotiating with Fürstin Gloria over what exactly will still come up in the future Regensburg sale . |
| 12 | A more far-reaching agreement on reductions in strategic nuclear arms , which at the time of the Malta summit had been thought imminent , was deferred for further discussion . |
| 13 | Any loss which at the time of making the contract the defendant could have predicted as likely ( or not unlikely ) to result from the breach of it . |
| 14 | In addition to a claim for capital loss or loss of profits , a claim can be made for any consequential loss which falls within the rules in Hadley v. Baxendale , i.e. loss of a type which at the time of the contract could reasonably have been predicted by both parties as liable ( i.e. not unlikely ) to occur in the event of the breach . |
| 15 | In Varley v. Whipp ( 1900 Q.B. ) the contract was for the sale of a specified second-hand reaping machine which at the time of the contract the seller did not own but had still to acquire . |
| 16 | In Underwood v. Burgh Castle Brick & cement Syndicate ( 1922 C.A ) the contract was to sell a-30 ton condensing machine which at the time of the contract was standing bolted to a concrete emplacement in which it had become embedded because of its weight . |
| 17 | Comprehensive agreements on reductions in strategic nuclear arms ( START ) and conventional forces in Europe ( CFE ) , which at the time of the Malta summit had been thought imminent , were not achieved but were expected to be concluded by the end of 1990 . |
| 18 | Secondary trading in the government bond market is dominated by the gilt-edged market makers ( GEMMs ) of which at the time of writing there are eighteen . |
| 19 | The significance of apportioning the price is particularly acute when it is on the stamp duty threshold , which at the time of writing remains at £30,000 . |
| 20 | This treaty was opposed by the Algerian backed Frente Popular para la Liberación de Saguia y Rio de Oro ( Polisario Front ) which in February 1976 proclaimed an independent Saharan Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR ) , which by the time of its admission to the Organization of African Unity ( OAU ) in 1982 had been recognized by more than 70 countries . |
| 21 | Did I ever tell you about the time in the Persian Empire when- ’ |
| 22 | What size was she at the time of change ? |
| 23 | On a commercial note , it may well be that the insertion of a landlord 's break will reduce the market rent obtainable for the property , a fact which will doubtless manifest itself at the time of the first rent review after the landlord 's power to break has become exercisable . |
| 24 | And since , through election by the princes , the kingdom and the empire are ours from God alone , Who at the time of the passion of His Son Christ subjected the world to dominion by the two swords ( Luke 22:38 ) and since the apostle Peter taught this doctrine ‘ fear God , honour the King ’ ( Peter 2:17 ) whosoever says that we received the imperial crown as a benefice from the lord pope contradicts the divine ordinance and the doctrine of Peter and is guilty of a lie … |
| 25 | The Fauré comes first and is the earliest work here ( 1876 ) , emerging as an ardent utterance from the still youthful composer who at the time of its composition was recovering from the shock of being jilted by his fiancée . |
| 26 | Under ( a ) , for instance , it states that — " any individual … who at the time of joining the German forces or joining a formation fighting with the German forces , was living within the 1938 boundary of the USSR , will be treated as a Soviet National for the purposes of transfer . " |
| 27 | Thus contracts are not generally binding on the following people : persons who at the time of making the contract were either minors , or so insane or drunk as not to know what they were doing . |
| 28 | The Court ruled on April 24 that the government was entitled to dismiss up to 600,000 former East German civil servants who at the time of unification had been given temporary contracts rather than being made redundant . |
| 29 | The writer Nikolai Leskov , who at the time of the emancipation was far from hostile to the cause of change , launched a virulent attack on contemporary " liberals " in May 1862 . |
| 30 | The consequences for a purchaser of receiving an unlawful distribution are provided by CA 1985 , s277 and will essentially require a purchaser , who at the time of distribution , knew or had reasonable grounds for believing that it was an unlawful distribution sale , to be made liable to repay the distribution to the vendor . |