Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] at [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | Peter Wood relinquished the Chairmanship of RBIC , and RBIS , to Chris Pearson , Director of Private and Offshore Banking and Director , South of England in October 1992 when the rapid growth of Direct Line made greater demands on Peter 's time ; Norman , who had been due to retire at that time , was asked to stay on for two years to see the restructuring process completed . |
2 | You are free to cancel at any time . |
3 | In this context an assignment may be considered " terminated " , because it can not affect or be affected by the other process , and is free to terminate at any time . |
4 | Perhaps the internal strains within the authorities of a newly-reunited Germany — and the demands of public opinion in the old East — make any punitive measures against ex-Easterners peculiarly uncomfortable to promote at this time ( and Krabbe 's coach has been widely fingered as a luminary in East Germany 's old chemically-enhanced Sportkulur . ) |
5 | There was too much to explain at one time . |
6 | They are likely to flower at different times and the effect will be untidy . |
7 | It is very , very unfortunate to come at this time . ’ |
8 | In some cultures there are still some established religious and social rituals surrounding death that help all the bereaved have a better understanding of how they are supposed to behave at certain times . |
9 | In planning ward staffing , the ward manager should start with a clear view of the number of staff she is likely to require at various times of the day . |
10 | Pearlin and his colleagues have discussed the effectiveness of commonly used coping responses to various chronic role strains of the sort likely to erupt at any time into major events ( Pearlin and Schooler , 1978 ; Pearlin et al. , 1981 ) . |
11 | Because you 're not , because you 're inside a lot , you do n't have to go out every day , you do n't , you do n't have anything very specific to do at different times during the day . |
12 | And a call came over the radio that there was a problem with one of the pumps downstairs , so seeing I had nothing better to do at that time I went downstairs to give them a hand . |
13 | The system should be able to cope at all times with the workload resulting from continuous operation of seven dedicated user terminals , and occasional use of two user terminals for simple enquiries and for examining portions of text . |
14 | ‘ We 've got a lady at the moment who was able to paint at one time , quite successfully . |
15 | I subsequently wrote to you thanking you for this most generous offer and explaining that we wanted to use them as prizes in a raffle but were unable to proceed at that time . |
16 | Mr Fallon said many disabled people wrote to him concerned that they would not be able to shop at convenient times . |
17 | Instead , holdings and dealings would be recorded electronically in an account , corresponding to a bank account , with one of a number of ‘ account operators , ’ linked to TAURUS , from whom shareholders would be able to obtain at any time documentary evidence of the state of their accounts . |
18 | Florence and Rome are stunning to visit at any time of the year — but in the winter they have a charm of their own . |
19 | So anyway , before I heard that I 'd got an appointment at the Clinic , I got caught for one burglary and so I told them about the rest , 'cos I wanted to get off it an ’ I knew that was the only way of getting off it and I thought , now I 've been caught , I might as well get meself stuck down for a bit , like , rather than get a big fine which I wouldn'a been able to handle at that time … . |
20 | It is also helpful to be able to refer at any time to a ‘ map ’ of the pathways followed and nodes visited in the course of a particular trip through ‘ hyperspace ’ . |
21 | In Birmingham ‘ the evening papers are eagerly read each night , and scores of boys who never play themselves are able to name at any time the runs made by prominent cricketers … and in seasons like the present ‘ discuss readily and ably the claims of the individual members of the Australian team to be considered really worthy exponents of the game ’ . |
22 | It is my grief that I am unable to repay at this time the money that is due . |
23 | Because tin lodes are apt to end at any time , miners have to be continually ready to open up new levels or drives , and to extend new ones in a series of crazy changes in direction . |
24 | The extent and depth of religious belief is notoriously difficult to estimate at any time in any country , but a few general statistics can be applied reliably to the peasantry of 1922 in areas like Belorussia , Kursk , and Tambov . |
25 | And of ISD explained , with her staff shop sandwiches in hand : ‘ It is very difficult to cross at most times of day . |
26 | Changes in attitude conducive to the development of a corporate approach would have been difficult to effect at any time . |
27 | A major infestation is almost certain to occur at some time or other , and you must then decide how to control or eradicate it . |
28 | Now they run nine DC10s , each carrying seventy- four tons of fuel , taken out of civil use because they were too noisy ; they 're loaded and ready to go at any time . |
29 | To be ready to work at all times . |
30 | Maybe she was just waiting for a chance to go abroad and wanted to be ready to leave at any time . |