Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | Grant applications have to be made to the EC , the Rural Development Commission and the Department of the Environment , with approvals taking months at a time when speed is of the essence . |
| 32 | On the one hand , the Church of England had managed to insult and harass its lesbian and gay members ( it is not known how many left in disgust ) , and had helped to justify to the public the upsurge in homophobic discrimination and violence which was taking place at the time . |
| 33 | So there is a negative segregation against difficult or disturbed sufferers , taking place at the time of the assessment . |
| 34 | In 756 , after successfully campaigning against the Britons of Strathclyde and besieging Dumbarton at the time of the alliance with Óengus , son of Forgus , king of the Picts , almost the whole of Eadberht 's army perished at Newburgh on the Tyne , perhaps at the hands of the Britons . |
| 35 | By the use of this technique , it will be possible to gain precise information about the nature of reading difficulties at the time of comprehension rather than relying on inferences made from memory performance . |
| 36 | Patients taking sulphasalazine at the time of onset of relapse continued on this drug . |
| 37 | Eilish McDermott , QC , appearing for Doherty , submitted ‘ natural justice ’ required that — taking account of the time he spent in jail in the US — Doherty should have been given the opportunity to make representations to the Secretary of State . |
| 38 | I can only really remember one occasion when my husband knew that I was I was taking Pills at the time , I think I took about twenty eight in one night . |
| 39 | It 's not as though we were n't making money at the time either . |
| 40 | ‘ I was supposed to be playing rhythm at the time , but I decided to play a solo on the spur of the moment . |
| 41 | When will he get together with the Secretary of State for the Environment to put an end to the nonsense of capping , which is squeezing resources at a time of rapidly rising crime ? |
| 42 | Sharon 's boyfriend Matthew Stanton , 21 , was walking with her just behind the happy , giggling girls at the time of the accident early on Saturday evening . |
| 43 | His sojourn with the UDC is suggestive of the role played by that organization in maintaining a basis of grass roots campaigning activity at a time when the official Labour Party had abandoned electioneering for the patriotic excesses of all-party recruiting platforms . |
| 44 | Halliwell was cooking haddock at the time . |
| 45 | If patients are receiving sulphonylureas at the time of admission there is no contraindication to their continuation , although one should be wary of the very long-acting chlorpropamide as hypoglycaemia is more likely . |
| 46 | He was making the investitures in lieu of his mother who was touring Africa at the time . |
| 47 | Conversely slightly more of the action sample were receiving meals-on-wheels by the time of the second assessment but this is probably because more of the control sample were out receiving day care and therefore were less likely to require them . |
| 48 | Meanwhile , declining confidence in the pound , and perhaps in the ‘ Thatcher Revolution , ’ is severely constraining ministers at a time when — as a formidable faction in the Cabinet has recognised — the Government needs to give a higher priority to the quality of life if it is not to be swept aside in the 1990s . |
| 49 | No sense in bearing grudges at a time like this . ’ |
| 50 | The Israeli Prime Minister , Itzhak Shamir , who was visiting Washington at the time the invitations were sent out , reacted angrily , stating that a Dec. 4 starting date did not allow enough time for Israel to prepare . |
| 51 | In such circumstances it can not in my opinion be enough for the applicant simply to rely , without more , upon lack of evidence of his presence within the territory of the requesting state at the time of the commission of the relevant offence . |
| 52 | Also due for imminent release is the science fiction film Free Jack featuring Mick Jagger , and the Australian comedy Spotswood , starring Hopkins as a time and motion expert . |
| 53 | Born in 1818 , son of a stonemason , Burnard was carving stone by the time he was twelve , making his own crude ‘ chisels ’ from nails ground down in sand from Dozmary Pool . |
| 54 | Those convening conferences should facilitate the attendance of parents and children by : ( i ) arranging conferences at a time convenient to parents and children as well as the professionals involved ; ( ii ) ensuring that the family are prepared for the conference by the professional worker best known to them ; ( iii ) arranging for them to meet the chair in advance ; ( iv ) ensuring that the family are briefed in advance on the issues to be raised so that they can seek advice and prepare what they have to say ; ( v ) limiting numbers to those who really need to attend ( para 6.23 ) . |