Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similar proportions were not seeking work at the time of the survey . |
| 2 | Twelve per cent of students were not seeking employment at the time of the survey ; |
| 3 | of the 16 students not seeking employment at the time of the survey , 14 planned to carry on writing up their theses , and two had arranged extended visits overseas . |
| 4 | As minister , he issued instructions to vignerons on the advantages of adding sugar at the time of pressing and it was the vignerons of the more northerly winemaking regions , like Champagne , who benefited the most . |
| 5 | That MP was the minister of the previous administration having responsibility at the time for the administration of civil aviation . |
| 6 | The lads were having lunch at the time and when ‘ Jacki ’ leaned over to shake hands with Peter Grant , his tie fell into a bowl of soup . |
| 7 | Moreover , in Schroeder Lord Reid said that a consequence of examining validity at the time when the contract was signed made it unnecessary to deal with the reasons why the respondent ( originally the plaintiff ) now wished to be freed from it . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | So there is a negative segregation against difficult or disturbed sufferers , taking place at the time of the assessment . |
| 10 | Patients taking sulphasalazine at the time of onset of relapse continued on this drug . |
| 11 | It 's not as though we were n't making money at the time either . |
| 12 | ‘ I was supposed to be playing rhythm at the time , but I decided to play a solo on the spur of the moment . |
| 13 | 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 . |