Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] at [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were three poor brothers living at that time who owned nothing in the world but one pear tree . |
| 2 | The consensual politics of the transition was manifested in a number of national compacts involving at different times government , opposition parties ( including the Spanish communist party ) , national unions and employers . |
| 3 | Authors whose surnames begin with Mac , or Mc , were dealt with in different ways under differing editorial policies operating at different times . |
| 4 | Authors whose surnames begin with Mac , or Mc , were dealt with in different ways under differing editorial policies operating at different times . |
| 5 | That the project 's objectives took the form they did was partly due to the particular interests of those involved and partly to a knowledge of other experimental projects operating at that time . |
| 6 | Reports from the clergy in some of the affected dioceses show that they were perplexed by the variety and number of the movements emerging at this time . |
| 7 | So it was a , a , a firm of about a hundred years standing at that time . |
| 8 | All other others on these pages are applicable for customers booking at any time . |
| 9 | However , the time lags involved in a relocation exercise — perhaps resulting from delays in obtaining and refurbishing new premises or from departments/sections moving at different times — can seriously affect recruitment and training plans . |
| 10 | With a number of programs running at one time , several windows can appear on the screen at one time . |
| 11 | The idea behind Windows is to have a number of processes running at one time , each in its own clearly defined area of the screen — and for the purposes of this review , I 'm counting Program Groups as tiny processes . |
| 12 | It is generally agreed that the primitive mammals existing at that time were shrew-like creatures that lived by eating insects , and that the various groups of mammals that we see today , such as cats , rats , monkeys , whales , and horses , all evolved from this unpromising ancestor . |
| 13 | Although much more work needs to be done in this area , the impression gained by surveying a range of industries is one of foreign incursions occurring at different times with price being a significant element at certain stages . |
| 14 | The company was floated shortly after that with the shares selling at six times the auditors ' valuation . |
| 15 | Nonetheless , the fact remains that even this frog is dependent upon rains arriving at some time and its active life is , in reality , condensed to that brief moment when the desert is wet . |