Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] at [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was partly accidental : he became archbishop at a time when the expansive energies of the Norman conquerors were beginning to make an impression in Scotland , in Wales , and — very tentatively — in Ireland . |
| 2 | It is up to the Secretary of State , if he keeps internment on the books as he has told us he will , to begin to educate people throughout this kingdom about the need to implement internment at a time that he judges correct — when he is advised by the Chief Constable and the GOC to do so . |
| 3 | Availability is the percentage of time for which the plant is mechanically capable of producing full rated output of electricity , whether or not such output was called for to meet demand at the time . |
| 4 | Brick-making was expanded in country market towns to provide employment at a time of decline in the need for farm labourers . |
| 5 | Similar proportions were not seeking work at the time of the survey . |
| 6 | It failed to find a publisher either in Macmillan or elsewhere , but Hardy was given a great deal of largely conflicting and unsettling advice at a time when he was ‘ feeling his way to a method ’ . |
| 7 | Twelve per cent of students were not seeking employment at the time of the survey ; |
| 8 | of the 16 students not seeking employment at the time of the survey , 14 planned to carry on writing up their theses , and two had arranged extended visits overseas . |
| 9 | So it is perhaps not surprising , though it was n't made public at the time , that IBM last year paid a seven figure sum to what was then Interactive Systems Corp for the substantial body of Unix development work that Interactive provided to IBM 's Advanced Interactive Executive , AIX , effort . |
| 10 | Mr Major rejected the appeal and insisted the donations from Nadir 's companies had not been illegal , even though they were not made public at the time . |
| 11 | ( 2 ) For purposes of this section " payment on the spot " includes payment at the time of collecting goods on which work has been done or in respect of which service has been provided . |
| 12 | She 's had help now , but what a pity , you know , then I guess people were n't so aware of what could be done , but what a pity she could n't have had help at the time . |
| 13 | But whatever the motive , the Maestro and Montego are providing much needed work at a time when work is hard to come by . |
| 14 | He would start the evening in his quiet , sometimes moody , Kansas drawl and would end up in ranting fashion , telling them all that things would be different when he and the rest of ‘ new ’ Hollywood were running things , and they would all be clapped in irons , which was hardly the brightest way to inspire confidence at a time when you were seeking film money . |
| 15 | They provide much needed colour at a time when many perennials and certainly most shrubs have finished , but without appearing overwhelmingly garish . |
| 16 | As minister , he issued instructions to vignerons on the advantages of adding sugar at the time of pressing and it was the vignerons of the more northerly winemaking regions , like Champagne , who benefited the most . |
| 17 | If all these subjects had had endometriosis at the time of removal the rate in current and recent users would rise to 0.42 per 1000 woman years ( from 0.22 ) and the relative risk would be non-significant at 0.7 ( from 0.4 ) . |
| 18 | By 1920 the English Channel Tunnel Company 's scheme for a rail tunnel between Shakespeare Cliff and Sangatte was at an advanced stage of development and had attracted the support of MPs , businessmen and engineers who saw it as a major work of postwar reconstruction which would provide badly needed employment at a time of recession . |
| 19 | Not only are peak users paying for the high marginal costs they impose , but also those users who would not mind consuming at a different time ( e.g. households with night storage heaters , who can use electricity at a time when marginal costs are low ) are induced by cheaper prices to switch to consuming at off-peak times . |
| 20 | If the relocation takes place at a time when it is important for a child to complete a course of education , e.g. GCE examinations , the company will pay reasonable board and lodging costs for the child up to a maximum of £200 per month for the remainder of that school term or until all examinations are complete within that academic year . |
| 21 | In the context of inflationary scenarios this formation takes place at a time ( refs 14 , 15 ) . |
| 22 | This takes place at a time prearranged to be mutually convenient . |
| 23 | The new shares represent about 3.9% of the enlarged equity on a fully diluted basis at the time of closing . |
| 24 | Blyth Holdings Inc , Foster City , California , says it has closed a private placing , raising $3m from General Reinsurance Corp , representing a 2.7% equity stake on a fully diluted basis at the time of closing . |
| 25 | The attempt to impose stricter limits on arms exports followed criticism at the time of the Gulf War of German weapons sales to Iraq over a long period [ see pp. 37639 ; 37471 ; 36498 ] . |
| 26 | The 67 children who had reached maturity at the time of this study tended to have been diagnosed earlier in the decade than those still growing . |
| 27 | The victim had become owner at the time of the deception . |
| 28 | Among recent conditions imposed were restrictions on drilling activity at a time when seabirds were moulting or mating . |
| 29 | Nobutoshi Akao takes office at a time when the country is increasingly coming under fire from environmentalists for ignoring global priorities . |
| 30 | Of the 68 patients entered , two were retrospectively excluded from analysis : one patient had an incompletely healed ulcer at the time of entry , and the other had a substantial prepyloric ulcer associated with small duodenal erosions . |