Example sentences of "[vb pp] that [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Crown has claimed that by the time he was arrested in the summer of 1991 his alleged computer forays had breached security surrounding a number of systems including one at EC headquarters , another at a world famous centre for cancer research and treatment and others at various universities . |
| 2 | As you will see from the heading to this minute , I have decided that for the time being we are ‘ the Strategy Unit ’ . |
| 3 | It might be said that at the time of the signing of the document he was in no position to resist both the seizure of all his goods under a distress and the forfeiture of his lease with no practical possibility of relief . |
| 4 | ‘ It is said that in the time of Shang they would take a tortoise shell and cover it with ink , then throw it into a fire . |
| 5 | We have seen that by the time children start school they have developed the basic cognitive and linguistic abilities required for handling explanations in the empirical and intentional modes . |
| 6 | The court was told that at the time he thought he had AIDS . |
| 7 | An inquest in Lancaster had earlier been told that by the time the information was received , Lancashire Police had spent £250,000 investigating what they thought was the murder of John Threlfall , 18 . |
| 8 | Voluntary settlements ( in particular family settlements made after marriage ) are set aside by a bankruptcy if made within two years before ; and even if made within ten years before , unless it is shown that at the time the bankrupt was able to meet his liabilities without the settled property . |
| 9 | ‘ It is quite in order , ’ he said , ‘ for a person to put assets into family trusts , or indeed give assets away to other parties , provided that at the time a person gives away his assets he is quite solvent . ’ |
| 10 | For present purposes it is sufficient to note that the expression embraces the period of two years prior to the onset of insolvency in the case of transactions at an undervalue and of preferences given to a person connected with the company , provided that at the time of the transaction the company was unable to pay its debts or it became unable to pay its debts by reason of the transaction . |
| 11 | ‘ The Springboks really believed that by the time they faced us at Twickenham — 12 months after the World Cup final — they would lift the crown unofficially . |
| 12 | The reason for our settling where we did was because Nigel , being an electrical and water engineer , had always believed that by the time he reached retirement the world would be starting to run out of power . |
| 13 | Ward 's counsel also suggested that at the time of her original trial large amounts of vital evidence had not been passed on to the defence . |