Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did matter but we did n't know that at the time did we ? |
| 2 | The Crown has claimed that by the time he was arrested in the summer of 1991 his alleged computer forays had breached security surrounding a number of systems including one at EC headquarters , another at a world famous centre for cancer research and treatment and others at various universities . |
| 3 | The reasonable interpretation of their experience seems to demand that by the time the chain had reached them the actual result of the observation had become fixed . |
| 4 | She found that in the time allowed four-fifths of the adult pairs conversed , looked or smiled at each other . |
| 5 | There were many other primitives to come but by the time they arrived I knew it was just an attempt to revive attention . |
| 6 | The process of asking questions about the whole range of EPH activities , although revealing a number of minor problems , was eventually discontinued because of the time involved in trying to cover all aspects of the database . |
| 7 | One non-commissioned officer , writing home , said he presumed that by the time his letter arrived ‘ the bells throughout the whole of Germany would be announcing the victory over the mightiest enemy of civilization . |
| 8 | I judge that in the time it takes the lift to creep the height of the building I have to be out the door and on my way . |
| 9 | The key to a successful prosecution is proving that at the time of the offence the children understood the seriousness of what they were doing and were not simply behaving mischievously . |
| 10 | But the Coroner says that for the time being , Marc 's death will remain a mystery . |
| 11 | Pliny the Elder , writing in the later first century AD , says that about the time of Vulso 's triumph statues of wood and terracotta ceased to be used at Rome and were replaced by luxuria from Asia Minor . |
| 12 | An MP says that by the time the technology 's developed , Britain wo n't have a coal industry . |
| 13 | As you will see from the heading to this minute , I have decided that for the time being we are ‘ the Strategy Unit ’ . |
| 14 | I hope that in the time of the consultation they actually begin to take on board the fact that we 're talking about human beings . |
| 15 | Peter and Paul hope that by the time they are grown up , the doctors will know more about HC and how to stop it . |
| 16 | I hope that by the time you read this report we will have got several protests off the ground . |
| 17 | You 've got to remember that at the time , deregulation was looked on as an open cash-register . |
| 18 | I would therefore expect that at the time of the next recession , markets will be much less vulnerable to cost-cutting . |
| 19 | It might be said that at the time of the signing of the document he was in no position to resist both the seizure of all his goods under a distress and the forfeiture of his lease with no practical possibility of relief . |
| 20 | ‘ It is said that in the time of Shang they would take a tortoise shell and cover it with ink , then throw it into a fire . |
| 21 | We have seen that by the time children start school they have developed the basic cognitive and linguistic abilities required for handling explanations in the empirical and intentional modes . |
| 22 | It just seemed easier to let everyone assume that at the time … ’ |
| 23 | He went past the bo , my brother wanted dropped off , it was a one way street he went the way down came back up and parked and by the time he come up and parked it was thirty P extra ! |
| 24 | The french windows of the living-room stood open while they ate and by the time they reached the coffee stage darkness had closed over the hills across the water . |
| 25 | First , an exclusion clause in an unsigned document is not incorporated unless at the time of making the contract , either the buyer was aware of its existence or else reasonable steps had been taken to bring it to his attention . |
| 26 | But it might be more appropriate to wait until nearer the time to send a memo , I do n't know . |
| 27 | A special problem may arise if at the time the decision is made the patient has been subjected to the influence of some third party . |
| 28 | There is evidence to suggest that by the time of Euclid these observations were occurring in a cone of vision . |
| 29 | This certainly seems to be true if we consider that at the time the activity ( such as using a book ) takes place , the person concerned is certainly doing it in preference to doing anything else . |
| 30 | My memory is n't what it was ; but I do remember that at the time the aircraft was considered the fastest in the Middle East . |