Example sentences of "[adv] at the time of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some numbers he wrote half the contents ; in others , especially at the time of an operation on his eyes for glaucoma , little . |
| 2 | It is not possible to foresee , especially at the time of acquisition , exactly what information a specimen might hold . |
| 3 | The film had to be stopped for seven minutes , during which one man shouted through a loud-hailer , ‘ We , the National Front , protest against this anti-British rubbish , especially at the time of El Alamein . ’ |
| 4 | For much of the time these small market towns may well have appeared sleepy to travellers who were familiar with the hustle and bustle of the big cities , but every week on market day and more especially at the time of the annual fairs they were transformed by an influx of visitors . |
| 5 | The ESPLANADE , on which witches were once burned at the stake , is the scene of the famous Military Tattoo held annually at the time of the International Festival . |
| 6 | For mortality , the intensity of selection in a stable population ( r=0 ) remains constant during the pre-reproductive period because the consequences of death for reproductive success remain constant ; selection intensity starts to decline only at the time of first breeding . |
| 7 | They claim that he became the Messiah only at the time of his baptism — that is , his anointment or coronation . |
| 8 | Exercise raises the metabolic rate , not only at the time of activity , but also for a little while afterwards . |
| 9 | One difficulty with testing recognition memory is that inferences might be made only at the time of the recognition test . |
| 10 | So , for many years , the couple made their living as hired help , and were doing so at the time of the film 's success . |
| 11 | It is understood that the companies set out in Schedule 2 , are , other than ABC GmbH and ABC Corp , wholly owned subsidiaries of ABC and will remain so at the time of the acquisition of ABC . |
| 12 | Even though Durie and Hobbs were thousands of miles away at the time of Britain 's demise at the hands of the Asians in Melbourne last December , the pair nevertheless felt the pain their colleagues were suffering . |
| 13 | A man called Murphy , who buys and sells horses , was not far away at the time of Sir Charles ' death . |
| 14 | He 'd been away at the time of the murder but if , as seemed likely , he 'd been having an affair with Angy … suppose he was married and his wife had found out , and taken the opportunity while her husband was absent to do away with her rival ? |
| 15 | They dismiss US claims that the war is ‘ going to plan ’ , noting only that the multi-national force is four weeks into a war which shows no likelihood of ending soon at the time of writing . |
| 16 | He himself had founded this in honour of St Thomas of Canterbury , at whose tomb Henry II was doing penance just at the time of William 's capture at Alnwick . |
| 17 | Phil , my wife , erm had measles just at the time of the exam . |
| 18 | … here in the Masurian border districts , Adolf Hitler had the vast majority behind him , already at the time of the first Reich Presidential election . |
| 19 | But I am not so sure that I should have recognised what I recognised unconsciously at the time of writing : that I was in a state of helplessness , the helplessness of being a non-person . |
| 20 | Child care manager Lucy Wheatley said : ‘ It is not usually at the time of the miscarriage that the woman suffers but several months later . ’ |
| 21 | Child care manager Lucy Wheatley said : ‘ It is not usually at the time of the miscarriage that the woman suffers but several months later . |
| 22 | However , Moira had two sisters , Marjory and Jeanette , who were 14 and seven respectively at the time of the disappearance . |
| 23 | Moira had two sisters , Marjory and Jeanette , who were 14 and 7 respectively at the time of the disappearance . |
| 24 | This policy , which was very much stimulated by the convertibility crisis in 1947 , was tightened up even further at the time of the next sterling crisis in 1949 . |
| 25 | Then again , the population of the country as a whole was rising fairly quickly at the time of the enclosure movement , especially in the industrial villages of the Midlands , and there was a demand for houses . |
| 26 | However , there are many aspects to the definition of an interface for systems as complex as GIS , and the solutions to this problem are developing extremely rapidly at the time of writing . |
| 27 | Multiple ulcers ( two or more at the time of diagnosis ) ; |
| 28 | Undoubtedly there have been numerous policy turnabouts , most noticeably at the time of the Cultural Revolution when forestry resources were misused for unsuitable land reclamation ( Gustafsson , undated ) , which in certain particularly vulnerable areas may have exacerbated the destructive floods of autumn 1981 . |
| 29 | The Essenes , an extremely ascetic sect who withdrew to the desert region of Judaea near the Red Sea , appear to have originated in the middle of the second century BC at the time of the Maccabean revolt against the misguided Hellenizing reforms of the Seleucid ruler of Palestine Antiochus IV . |
| 30 | Last year provided an instance of that , when the television cameras were congregated around the right hon. Gentleman 's home at the time of his departure from Government . |