Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] at [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not at all necessary to say that I hoisted French colours , and therefore took the schooner unawares , or that at the time most of her men were on board of the Indiaman ; the great art in this world is , to know where to leave off , and in nothing more than when people take the pen in their hands . |
| 2 | ‘ The rule as to unsoundness is that if at the time of sale , the horse has any disease which either actually does diminish the natural usefulness of the animal , so as to make him less capable of work of any description of which in its ordinary progress will diminish the natural usefulness of the animal , or if the horse has , either from disease or accident undergone any alterations of structure that either actually does at the time , or in its ordinary effects will , diminish the natural usefulness of the horse , such a horse is unsound . ’ |
| 3 | And that at a time when , as was realised , the stakes were particularly high , when the country 's prospective self-sufficiency in oil would provide an incoming Government with a stronger economic base . |
| 4 | They have argued that Elizabeth 's church contained a variety of acceptable doctrinal positions , that predestinarianism never managed to achieve the dominance accorded it by Tyacke , and that at no time during the sixty-five years between 1560 and 1625 was the idea that good works could be an aid to salvation anything other than a perfectly orthodox belief . |
| 5 | The daring magnitude of this conception has since been obscured by its almost routine enactment in a series of African countries in the 1960s , but it should never be forgotten that India was the test case , and that at the time success in the execution of such a plan seemed far from assured : only a year before Mountbatten 's appointment the then viceroy , Lord Wavell , had been pressing on the Cabinet his ‘ Breakdown Plan ’ , which consisted simply of the phased evacuation of the British from India without any serious attempt to ensure that a viable , much less friendly , government was installed in their place . |
| 6 | Much of what he says about his money troubles and his illness is consistent with the evidence of extant records which show his salary was often in arrears , and that at the time he says he was ill his salary was being collected for him , indicating his absence from work . |
| 7 | By his fourth plea , the defendant pleaded that the plaintiff never had any cause of action against the defendant in respect of the £2,000 , the subject of the Exchequer proceedings , which the plaintiff , at the commencement of that action and thence until and at the time of the making of the alleged promise , well knew . |
| 8 | ‘ And since at no time have you possessed the prince 's heart , how could I have stolen it from you ? ’ |
| 9 | The spartan nature of camping requires that you live on dehydrated food , and since at the time of going to print no manufacturer has come up with dehydrated beer , enforced sobriety will be a big feature of your expedition . |
| 10 | She had clearly by various decree created a force majeure over mineral workings and whilst at the time this would have appeared an admirable standing , nevertheless the monopoly began to serve , in later years , as a disincentive to exploration and development . |