Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] at [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luke claims that Caesar Augustus ordered a census to be taken but there is no record of a census happening at that time . |
| 2 | Now , Richard Fairbanks of New York 's Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory has uncovered a detailed record which shows how fast global sea level rose at different times during the transformation from the glacial to the post-glacial world . |
| 3 | It was the largest iron roof-span erected at that time , with arches composed of wrought-iron deck-beam spanning 153 feet 6 inches . |
| 4 | The most obvious incentive towards entertainment was ‘ the fact that the industry stands at all times in the presence of a high court with unlimited jurisdiction — the people before the box office ’ and from that court ‘ there is no appeal ’ . |
| 5 | If he does not , he has in effect accepted at one time the proposition ( the matter put upon the mat ) ‘ Telling even a minor lie to advance one 's career is always wrong , even though it harms no one ’ and at another time ‘ Telling a minor lie , which harms no one , in order to advance one 's career is not always wrong ’ . |
| 6 | But nobody could get the movie made at that time , and the question now was whether Val was n't too old for the part . |
| 7 | if it 's a many-one , watch out , cos you 're going to need , what you 're going to have to do if you need the inverse function at any time , |
| 8 | To create a sense of occasion that is in keeping with the depth of emotion felt at such times is very difficult without recognized formalities and strong ritualistic content . |
| 9 | The present superintendent estimated at this time that about half of all girls coming there had never really had any home life , or had been in care , and believed that this cycle would repeat itself : " as high as 85 per cent of these babies , it 's going to happen to them . |
| 10 | But I would n't have my photograph taken at that time at all . |
| 11 | Eden Hall was extensively rebuilt in 1935 or thereabouts , and much of the original fabric removed at that time , today it is a girls ' school . |
| 12 | Her general practitioner had at one time treated her unsuccessfully for this with an antidepressant . |
| 13 | The work done at this time did , however , serve to educate the permanent officials in the new approach to economic policy . |
| 14 | You know there was there was no other work going at that time . |
| 15 | The 1947 Press Commission had already pointed it out — but the proportion sharing at that time was only one-fifth . |
| 16 | This is over and above the ability to schedule the transfer to run at given times . |
| 17 | Three pound fifteen shillings yeah and that 's how , that 's how the work went at that time but as I say these boatmen erm they used t they used to sit down on lock gates day in and day out and did n't have a ship to come in but I 've kno kno known them to row down the river at high tide or it 's before high tide and there 'd be another erm , there 'd be other boatmen there , one was called , he went down , he used to go down and get 'em going , there used to be a race between these two families or the and the first one got the boat , the first one roped it in you see , or wh what we call roping in , moor mooring the ship up , that was |
| 18 | The basis of payment was the subsidy assessment of 1334 , but although this remained in use for the following two centuries , the variations in the extent to which relief was granted in the fifteenth century to communities which had declined in size and wealth since that date suggest that a genuine effort was made to judge their capacity to pay at particular times . |
| 19 | They were good value , because they were in a style that he could wear anywhere and they were strong enough for all his walking and kept his feet from being bruised on the city pavements , for when you walk as much and as far as Boy did at that time you can hurt your feet badly . |
| 20 | All those who went through the ordeal had at some time survived an accident or illness when their lives had been despaired of . |
| 21 | Councillor Matheson also asked if any social workers presently in the employ of Orkney Islands Council had at any time in their careers , attended conferences , seminars or other courses organised by the Reachout Trust ? |
| 22 | Opponents of the curfew claim that forcing every bar to close at one time or , as proposed , requiring nightclubs to close their doors at 1.30 while allowing drinking until 3am or 4am , would lead to a flood of pub-goers hitting the streets at once , exacerbating the problem . |
| 23 | But in the absence of an increase in the speed of mechanization in the early seventies , the peak rates of accumulation achieved at that time generated peak intensities of demand for labour . |
| 24 | SIR — A recent article on inheritance tax assumed a husband left an estate above the top of the nil band to his wife and there was no inheritance paid at that time . |
| 25 | An overall monolithic plan established at one time is therefore impossible . |
| 26 | As the law stood at that time local authorities could place limits on the number of pupils in each of its schools , and the Secretary of State said that he had no power to intervene in the Dewsbury case . |
| 27 | As Duclaud-Williams ( 1978 ) suggests , the operation of rent rebates and other principles embodied in the Act tended at that time to swing the balance further in favour of home buyers and away from the two rented sectors . |
| 28 | What stance is the opponent using at any time ? |
| 29 | They resolved that , if the money was now obtainable , it should be applied to assist the funds of the journal designated at that time the Veterinary Record ( not connected with the present journal of that name ) which was edited by professors of the College . |
| 30 | The Senate reserves the right to discontinue at any time the studies of any student whose academic work proves unsatisfactory . |