Example sentences of "[verb] out at a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the study was carried out at a time of economic expansion and three out of four of the firms had experienced growth in the year prior to the study . |
| 2 | Official attempts in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to reform and strengthen the police duties of headmen were carried out at a time when the overall influence of headmen was on the wane . |
| 3 | In the latter case , the higher-level program is translated as a whole into a lower-level program as a whole , and that process is carried out at a time before and separate from the time when the ( compiled ) program runs . |
| 4 | His kidnapping was carried out at a time of great international tension , occurring only two days after US aircraft had conducted bombing raids on targets in Libya . |
| 5 | As a rule he was unobserved , as he took care to go out at a time when everyone in the house was occupied elsewhere . |
| 6 | The annual report published by HMI has always been a loose-leaf , photocopied document , shoved out at a time designed least to embarrass Ministers . |
| 7 | His book comes out at a time when anyone who shares his concerns may be feeling particularly down-hearted . |
| 8 | An application for a warrant of further detention can be made up to 42 hours from the commencement of the detention clock , in a situation where the 36 hour period runs out at a time when it is not possible for a magistrate 's court to sit . |