Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [prep] [num] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he does not , he has in effect accepted at one time the proposition ( the matter put upon the mat ) ‘ Telling even a minor lie to advance one 's career is always wrong , even though it harms no one ’ and at another time ‘ Telling a minor lie , which harms no one , in order to advance one 's career is not always wrong ’ . |
| 2 | An overall monolithic plan established at one time is therefore impossible . |
| 3 | Thirty-four of the company 's reservoirs were contaminated with faecal coliforms , and drinking water was also found to contain excessive levels of pesticide residues. 80 per cent of its water supply areas failed at one time or another last year to meet statutory requirements . |
| 4 | This is like the selective employment tax operated at one time in the United Kingdom . |
| 5 | Coping and support networks can be built up gradually as part of a group exercise and on your own and can provide a forum for discussion and shared experience as well as letting off the inevitable steam and frustration experienced at one time or another . |
| 6 | Ignoring the remainder of the world 's population , Mechanic defines hypochondria as a disorder experienced at one time or another by some 70 per cent of apprentice doctors . |
| 7 | Fifteen hundred men worked at one time in what became the largest copper mine in Europe — a vast open-cast quarry hewn out of the hilltop . |
| 8 | Only cut the amount required at one time , otherwise the extra slices will dry out during storage . |