Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes , of course , bags are searched , but the removal of company property from the premises of licensed dealers is rarely punished by anything more than instant dismissal , acceptable enough at the time to the culprits , as it coincides with their own plans . |
| 2 | ‘ You were willing enough at the time . |
| 3 | This idea is not very palatable : why should the Sun be anomalous just at the time that we start to search for neutrinos ? |
| 4 | I 'm still a bit confused about erm sorry I should have brought this up at the time . |
| 5 | The theological justification behind such an approach ( not that I had necessarily thought this out at the time when I was a member of the church ) must surely be that God 's will must be held to be one with what is good , and therefore what Christianity proclaims can not differ from human ethical goods . |
| 6 | oh no , the war was very much on at the time |
| 7 | Sometimes a feature of the Constitution is discerned as such only at the time when it has just ceased to have much relevance . |
| 8 | Moira had two sisters , Marjory and Jeanette , who were 14 and 7 respectively at the time of the disappearance . |
| 9 | Changes of character brought about by the fluctuation of material conditions were so marked that they were noticeable even at the time from within the camp . |
| 10 | The practical effect of this is illustrated by the case of Strange ( SW ) Ltd v Mann [ 1965 ] 1 WLR 629 where at the time of entering the contract the business was exclusively a credit-betting business and it was accepted by all parties that the validity of the covenant fell to be tested without regard to the fact that subsequently betting shops became legal and that a betting shop had been set up by the plaintiff . |
| 11 | In 23 patients ( group A ) biliary tract calculi were present either at the time of diagnosis ( 14 patients ) ( Fig 1 ) or subsequently developed some time after the diagnosis of sclerosing cholangitis had been made ( nine patients ) . |
| 12 | As for Daedalus himself , he had been busy too at the time inventing the Greek alphabet in Cumae , on the other side of the peninsula . |
| 13 | Indeed , he or she will use whatever is available locally at the time . |
| 14 | A man called Murphy , who buys and sells horses , was not far away at the time of Sir Charles ' death . |
| 15 | I had been far away at the time , and knew nothing about any murder . |
| 16 | In respect of the more anglicised parts of Wales , such as the Vale of Glamorgan , this statement was probably inaccurate even at the time of writing . |
| 17 | It need have been irrelevant only at the time the edition of the digesta was made , which according to Schulz was in the late third century . |
| 18 | ‘ Had I been big enough at the time , I would have beaten his ass but I was n't . |
| 19 | ‘ It was bad enough at the time . |
| 20 | However , Moira had two sisters , Marjory and Jeanette , who were 14 and seven respectively at the time of the disappearance . |
| 21 | DECIDEDLY BIZARRE even at the time , every year further away from the Red Menace makes this charred black farce seem weirder still . |
| 22 | The changes brought an inflow of new firms , with twenty seven initially at the time of Big Bang , as opposed to eight jobbers previously , and capitalisation was increased . |