Example sentences of "[pers pn] is at [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is at that time I would expect Leeds to be consistently playing and competing in the highest echelons of the leagues and cups — a bit like the scum are doing now ( the Gala-whatever-rice defeat excepted ) . |
| 2 | It is at this time that the characteristic tapping sound which gives the beetle its name can be heard . |
| 3 | It is at this time that the trident became a regular part of her iconography , specifically after the great victory of the Earl of Howe at the battle of the Glorious First of June in 1794 ; shortly thereafter , from the early nineteenth century , she is also regularly shown as wearing a helmet . |
| 4 | It is at this time that some do-gooders may make all kinds of suggestions . |
| 5 | Perhaps we could go back still further , to the event of her own birth , and even into an intra-uterine existence , for it is at this time that the ovaries and all the eggs are formed in the female . |
| 6 | It was safer to hire soldiers as well and it is at this time that we first come across the name Mercadier , a name that from now on was to be closely linked with Richard 's . |
| 7 | The way forward then is to recruit , and the importance of new members was never more critical than it is at this time . |
| 8 | ‘ How beautiful it is at this time of the year . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It is ordered that in the interim and an injunction is hereby granted ordering that in the events ( i ) that the medical condition of [ J. ] changes in such a way that his life is threatened but is capable of being prolonged by the application to him of intensive therapeutic measures including artificial ventilation , and ( ii ) that he is at that time in the care of the … |