Example sentences of "[verb] at [adj] time [coord] " in BNC.

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1 It may look to some extent like the original , it may even retain traces of the original , but the many pieces that make the whole were added at different times and have been the subject of change and much repair work .
2 The importance of these statutory provisions appears to me to be that Parliament has considered at various times and in various contexts the need for recovery of imposts paid but not due and has legislated in a manner which suggests that no such general principle as the Woolwich contends for was thought to be in existence .
3 The intercutting of parallel actions — which can be shot at different times and in different places — can all be done at the editing stage , and you are free to try your hand at risky shots safe in the knowledge that any failures can be edited out later .
4 As a result of acquiring writing ‘ one can compare side by side utterances that have been made at different times and places ’ ( 1977 , pp. 11 — 12 ) .
5 Because I look at hard times and I make this vow : This will not stand . "
6 Thus the problem of splitting a program between two storage media , one fast but small and the other large but slow , has reappeared at different times and at different storage levels .
7 This will be used at random times and locations to measure vehicle speeds , naturally targeting faster moving traffic .
8 Arguments against screening included that other effects of hormone replacement therapy are as or more important when decisions on treatment are made ; that no agreement exists on when and whom to treat ; that measurements vary at different times and with different equipment ; and that there is little separation between the groups who will and will not suffer fracture in terms of bone mass .
9 Astrology is based on many empirical observations about the positions of stars and planets , and about certain vague characteristics of people born at particular times and places .
10 Another problem for the astrologer is the widely varying lifestyles and fortunes of people who are born at identical times and places .
11 This would be difficult to do if the chicks hatched at different times and were thus at different stages of development and strength .
12 Legal Aid cases can be interim billed at specific times and rates .
13 Competitors started at staggered times but with the leaders all setting off within three minutes of each other , the competition benefited from an added edge .
14 Small pots , each containing several one and two-month old Lolium temulentum plants grown at 20°C ( i.e. unstressed plants ) were viewed at various times and the images compared .
15 We see no objection to smoking being allowed at prescribed times and with reasonable precautions against fire .
16 They are likely to flower at different times and the effect will be untidy .
17 Children develop at different times and by overcoming different obstacles .
18 This makes any comparative analysis of data recorded at different times or using different aggregation units problematical .
19 In the event , we had to return at separate times and as the friend , Mr. Robin Townsend , was to cross first , he took the plastic ticket and we agreed he would arrange to have the ticket divided , and leave my part at your Ostend office .
20 Different activities declined at different times and in different ways .
21 They can open at certain times and do n't close till three o'clock .
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