Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] at [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | My business statement every week is based on the position as I see it at the time and we have organised matters at the time . |
| 2 | Unless they can be guaranteed a post , they will consider alternatives at a time when they probably need to be free of distractions from their studies and may commit themselves to another job unnecessarily . |
| 3 | Many trade unionists , acutely sensitive to wage reductions at a time of high unemployment and deflation , held two important views on the matter of pensions . |
| 4 | Just as the introduction of spinning and weaving machines at the time of the Industrial Revolution in Britain destroyed craft jobs and created fragmented tasks which were performed by unskilled workers , will the new technology also be used to de-skill work ? |
| 5 | Press announcements at the time of the cancelled shows this summer claimed that Morrissey fans who sent ‘ proof of purchase ’ of Glastonbury or Finsbury Park tickets to a PO Box number would receive free Alexandra Palace tickets . |
| 6 | The purpose of the writer 's research ( Tweddell , 1988 ) was to examine practices in arts INSET for serving teachers at a time when the government 's intention to develop a coherent programme of INSET through GRIST was being initiated ( at Easter ) 1987 and to find out how the arts were faring in an educational climate which many observers were declaring inimical to the arts . |
| 7 | Data General Corp is finding the transition to open systems at a time of recession extremely painful with a second quarter loss of $55m after a $48m charge for another 1,000 lay-offs : turnover was down 14% at $274m , in part because the sale of the Japanese subsidiary cut volume by $19m ; the company blamed the disappointing results on competitive pricing pressures , which have cut profits , as well as the weak worldwide economy ; the company says it continues to be very cautious about the remainder of 1992 ; AViiON sales continue to grow , but ‘ we are not satisfied with overall revenues , ’ the company declared Electronic Data Systems Corp says its graphical design system now supports Hewlett-Packard 's series 700 workstations : first deliveries are scheduled for May . |
| 8 | The five death sentences , delivered on June 27 , had provoked protests at a time when the Tunisian government was already countering accusations of illegal detentions and torture in its May-June crackdown against the Nahda movement [ see p. 38215 ] . |
| 9 | Its simplistic political viewpoint may have correctly reflected attitudes at the time it was set ; but it provided a target for the anti-war movement and provoked demonstrations in many cities world-wide when it was shown . |
| 10 | Additionally , if it is found that feelings of risk in the simulator are similar to those experienced when actually driving , and there is reasonable consistency between subjects in assessments , it is possible to infer the feelings of risk a subject is likely to experience when confronted with a particular situation without actually asking the subject to give ratings at the time . |
| 11 | He 's a fine man , your dad , they 're well matched , " It 's great it happened , " the woman in the shop said , buying leeks at the time . |
| 12 | Before Jessamyn had come to him , he had sometimes spent days at a time sitting in front of the windows in his bedroom , looking at the unchanging , unmoving desert as the sun and the moon did their daily dance . |
| 13 | A judicial investigation had opened on July 7 , 1989 , into the possible involvement of Blecha , Gratz and a former Federal Chancellor , Alfred ( Fred ) Sinowatz , and the court dealing with the affair began preliminary inquiries in September into the role played by the SPÖ Finance Minister , Ferdinand Lacina ( Minister for Transport and State Industries at the time ) ; similar inquiries were also initiated into the former Defence Minister , Friedhelm Frischenschläger ( FPÖ ) , and a former Minister of the Interior and of Foreign Minister , Erwin Lanc ( SPÖ ) . |
| 14 | While most students not in receipt of a job offer were making applications and attending interviews at the time they completed the Initial destinations questionnaires , the fact that one third of students would be looking for employment at the end of the courses can only be regarded as a disappointing , and rather unexpected , finding . |
| 15 | Like Powdermaker ( 1967 ) , who recorded fieldnotes in Mississippi only when she was away from her field data , I found I only took notes at the time if I was willing to risk begin interrogated about what I was going to do with the information I was recording . |
| 16 | Grant applications have to be made to the EC , the Rural Development Commission and the Department of the Environment , with approvals taking months at a time when speed is of the essence . |
| 17 | By the use of this technique , it will be possible to gain precise information about the nature of reading difficulties at the time of comprehension rather than relying on inferences made from memory performance . |
| 18 | They are but not as I saw things at the time — I did n't think I would marry . |
| 19 | A paper by David Whitaker claims an 86% hit rate for Bookseller entries with public libraries at the time of ordering titles , and 80%–100% hit rates at the time of cataloguing . |
| 20 | I can only really remember one occasion when my husband knew that I was I was taking Pills at the time , I think I took about twenty eight in one night . |
| 21 | When will he get together with the Secretary of State for the Environment to put an end to the nonsense of capping , which is squeezing resources at a time of rapidly rising crime ? |
| 22 | Sharon 's boyfriend Matthew Stanton , 21 , was walking with her just behind the happy , giggling girls at the time of the accident early on Saturday evening . |
| 23 | Changes in the management team and consequent changes in investment policy which may or may not have yielded benefits at the time of the dividend increase . |
| 24 | I am tempted to accept the Minister 's explanation of his motivation , but those in my constituency , one of the poorest in the country , who made claims at the time of the reforms found it more difficult to obtain any decent benefits from the system . |
| 25 | Take notes at the time , so you remember the facts . |
| 26 | If patients are receiving sulphonylureas at the time of admission there is no contraindication to their continuation , although one should be wary of the very long-acting chlorpropamide as hypoglycaemia is more likely . |
| 27 | Even when a picture is used , it is not complete , it takes the form of an icon which contains what the perceiver considers matters at the time . |
| 28 | The clinical features of the two groups as well as the subgroups in group A — that is , those who had calculi at the time sclerosing cholangitis was diagnosed and those who developed calculi after sclerosing cholangitis was diagnosed , are shown in Table I. Because of the similarities between the two subgroups in group A , they are hereafter referred to as one group . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , declining confidence in the pound , and perhaps in the ‘ Thatcher Revolution , ’ is severely constraining ministers at a time when — as a formidable faction in the Cabinet has recognised — the Government needs to give a higher priority to the quality of life if it is not to be swept aside in the 1990s . |
| 30 | Rule 37.1 does not impose a mandatory bid obligation on a shareholder not acting in concert with the directors unless he purchased shares at a time when he had reason to believe that a redemption or purchase would take place . |