Example sentences of "[noun pl] at the time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This order is consistent with the established relationships between subjects at the time that the scheme was first published ( 1876 ) , but produces some strange collocations for today 's literature . |
| 2 | I was still living with my parents at the time and I 'd not long passed my driving test — with Bernie 's assistance — so I borrowed my old man 's Austin Cambridge one Sunday morning and drove over to Nick 's . |
| 3 | Shocked granny Vera said last night : ‘ I was washing up cups at the time and he told me he did n't agree with what I was doing . |
| 4 | Perez says he is well aware that expert systems have n't lived up to the promises and claims that were being made for the technology three or four years ago , but claims Neuron Data was well aware of its limitations at the time and was already busy putting Open Interface together . |
| 5 | Conversely had we had the profits last year which would have generated taxable profits then we would n't have needed to have done that , so that 's one reason why it was not disclosed on floatations at the time and floatation was not regarded as an asset . |
| 6 | Many subsequent critics have taken up the point made by radical blacks at the time that this was a romantic and pastoral view of the rural South , but several early critics hailed the film as a brilliantly realistic depiction of a whole section of American society . |
| 7 | The force of his sincerity convinced many Western observers at the time that he was simply mad , deluded by his own propaganda . |
| 8 | Because of the difficulty of assessing software before purchase i.e. the lack of objective reviews at the time and the fact that no " on approval " facilities were available , several bad purchases were made when software was first acquired . |
| 9 | Apparently there 'd been this girl , Spanish or Portuguese I think , and Ollie had been giving her private lessons at his flat , and he thought she fancied him , and he 'd had a couple of Special Brews at the time and thought she was just shy , and then he tried kissing her , and it 's the old , old , sordid story , is n't it ? |
| 10 | Or perhaps , not about the right things at the time or perhaps concentrating on . |
| 11 | His lively personality won him many well-wishers at the time and those fans did n't forget him on his birthday . |
| 12 | They were known to our predecessors at the time and were expounded by them as clearly then as we can demonstrate them now ; for the reasons were implicit in the facts of the world in 1900 . |
| 13 | He had been playing Happy Families at the time and wondering why it was that the families depicted on the cards should be so happy and his was n't . |
| 14 | Occasionally she went out for a drink with Mick O'Shea , who was between girlfriends at the time and was happy to have Kathleen along as pleasant and undemanding company . |
| 15 | ( 3 ) Where there is an available market for the goods in question the measure of damages is prima facie to be ascertained by the difference between the contract price and market or current price of the goods at the time or times when they ought to have been delivered , or ( if no time was fixed ) at the time of the refusal to deliver . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I was shooting a lot of travel features at the time and had done a few aerials just to try something new . |
| 17 | The Malthusian of June 1914 estimated that 100,000 women a year took drugs to induce miscarriage , and there were suggestions at the time that there were few mothers of large families who had not attempted abortion . |
| 18 | Attempts have been made to regularize the position and , in 1966 , the Russell Report on the Supply and Training of Teachers recommended that , by 1969 , a professional training requirement should be introduced for all new entrants into the further education colleges , a recommendation that was never implemented because of the urgent need for teachers at the time and the shortage of money . |
| 19 | I have already referred to the findings and the reasons given by the justices at the time that they announced their decision on 28 January 1992 . |
| 20 | John Veal was Chief Inspector of Accidents at the time and led the UK delegation while I was its only other member as alternate delegate . |
| 21 | Davidson , who was probably the closest of Baldwin 's confidants at the time and who also had the advantage of being present at Aix , was equally muddled in his explanations . |
| 22 | Because , well I told the police at the time that er I 've misplaced it and er my is . |
| 23 | Because , well I told the police at the time that er I 've misplaced it and er |
| 24 | went to put the , he , he went away again , but I , I did mention to the police , who I might say were very helpful were ninety per cent of burglars do n't get cleared up so of course it was n't important and I never expected it would be , but I did mention to the police at the time that I would like an future occasion because I 've been trying to use guns in America er to have a gun in the house but they er , but they would n't erm agree to it at all |
| 25 | I told the police at the time that he could not have done what they said he had . ’ |
| 26 | We were probably all busy out in the fields at the time since it happened at the beginning of September . |
| 27 | Donna , who is 5ft 3in tall with short black hair and glasses , was on crutches at the time and may be limping . |
| 28 | Like Powdermaker ( 1967 ) , who recorded fieldnotes in Mississippi only when she was away from her field data , I found I only took notes at the time if I was willing to risk begin interrogated about what I was going to do with the information I was recording . |
| 29 | I had blank sections under my topic headings on paper in which I wrote very brief notes at the time and these were expanded more fully immediately after the interviews while my memory was still fresh . |
| 30 | erm in general we must remember that Iran was erm stating very clearly that it was exporting it 's revolution and there were statements which came out from the Iraqui from the Irani revolutionary committee that they were against the Arab states at the time and that they were very committed towards liberating Israel through Baghdad and such statements was coming , so obviously erm the Arabs had to stick together according to charter of the league of Arab states , which everybody was a member of , and Iraq being subjected to war it was natural for the Arabs to give Iraq support . |