Example sentences of "[adj] at the time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I w I I personally er made it clear at the time when they changed the rules er er fairly recently , that I did n't think they should . |
| 2 | As with most research projects covering unfamiliar ground , it was not clear at the time how this would help the subsequent investigation , but it met the immediate need to record the results in a concise and tidy manner . |
| 3 | Further , by wills and settlements , provision may be made for those who may come into existence at a future time , subject to the rule against perpetuities , which forbids any disposition which is not certain to take effect ( if it takes effect at all ) within lives in being and twenty-one years afterwards ; but a life in being includes a person en ventre sa mere at the time when the will or settlement takes effect . |
| 4 | No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business . |
| 5 | No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business . |
| 6 | Finally , the Yugoslav government held up payment to the construction enterprises for several more months , and then paid them in dinars at the current rate of exchange , which was considerably worse than the rate applicable at the time when payment was originally due . |
| 7 | What matters is the status of the party as unassisted at the time when he incurred the costs in the proceedings which he seeks to recover . |
| 8 | made me laugh ( especially as I was happy at the time anyway : - ) |
| 9 | Would he tell us then what he believes the impact of the er pay settlements will have on the spending he 's allowed local authorities because it seems to me there must either be a cut in staff er and a cut in services if they 're gon na keep within the the money that he made available at the time when he was n't aware of these settlements . |
| 10 | She comments also on the ambiguous fascination these theorists exhibit with regard to their own practice : ‘ it is all a beautiful , theoretical game , that they themselves do n't perhaps really believe in , but indulge in it as one indulges in a passion , overwhelming at the time then looked at with mild amusement , a passion for beautiful systems ’ ( 614 ) . |
| 11 | ( 2 ) On receiving the claim the Board shall inquire into the matter and shall , subject to the provisions of this section , give by way of repayment such relief … in respect of the error or mistake as is reasonable and just : Provided that no relief shall be given under this section in respect of an error or mistake as to the basis on which the liability of the claimant ought to have been computed where the return was in fact made on the basis or in accordance with the practice generally prevailing at the time when the return was made . … |
| 12 | I find that the conditions prevailing at the time when the reduction in rent was made , had completely passed away by the early months of 1945 . |
| 13 | I am satisfied that the promise was understood by all parties only to apply under the conditions prevailing at the time when it was made , namely , when the flats were only partially let , and that it did not extend any further than that . |
| 14 | On the facts the accused was guilty at the time when the label was swapped , not at the time when he removed the item from the shelf , intending to switch the label . |
| 15 | The Court of Appeal in Gregory ( 1982 ) 77 Cr App R 41 considered this case to be one of " instantaneous appropriation " , yet Pitham & Hehl does look like a case where the course of stealing was not complete at the time when the defendants got their hands on the furniture . |
| 16 | ( 2 ) That the transfer had been executed within the powers of the attorney ; that between the defendant and the perpetrators of the fraud the transfer was merely voidable ; and that , accordingly , the transfer was valid at the time when the building society advanced the mortgage money ( post , p. 680C–G , H ) . |