Example sentences of "[vb pp] at [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thirdly there have been studies of geomorphological processes affected by human activity and particularly important stimuli were produced by Wolman ( 1967a ) who suggested the way in which sediment yield varied at the present time between urban and non-urban areas and extended this to provide a model of change of sediment yield in the northeast of the USA since 1700 , and also by Douglas ( 1969 ) . |
| 2 | These points are being forgotten at the very time that they have become most pressing — for the transition from communism in Russia and Eastern Europe has added greatly to the demands that are being placed on western aid budgets . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm sad that it folded , but it 's come at a good time , ’ she tells me . |
| 4 | ‘ He 's rather busy — you 've come at a bad time , I 'm afraid , Miss Holbrook . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's probably come at a bad time , ’ said Pool 's longest serving player . |
| 6 | Conchis was no more than the chance agent , the event that had come at the right time ; just as in the old days I might , after a celibate term at Oxford , have met a girl and begun an affaire with her , I had begun something exciting with him . |
| 7 | Creaney , who now forms a new strike partnership with Andy Payton , and has nudged his boyhood idol Charlie Nicholas into reserve football , feels the Cologne tie has come at the right time . |
| 8 | Suddenly , she knew that her aunt 's news had come at the perfect time . |
| 9 | You have come at the wrong time . |
| 10 | ‘ This validation from the Prime Minister has come at an important time for the industry as it strives to get up off its knees , ’ said Keith Banbury , Chief Executive . |
| 11 | A bank can not predict which of its customers wish to withdraw or deposit money on any given day ; a travel firm can not control which of its package tours will be booked at a particular time . |
| 12 | Its format is usually standard , though much of the information collected and reported at a particular time may not be relevant to current development issues . |
| 13 | Can it be done at a different time ? |
| 14 | It is useful , when several people have to get together to collaborate on an activity , to make one of them responsible for seeing that this is done and done at the right time . |
| 15 | They fly piston engined aircraft for the most part which are subject , amongst other things , to carburettor icing which will stop an engine in flight even if the ambient temperature is as much as 10°C above freezing unless carburettor heating is selected at the appropriate time . |
| 16 | ‘ They all looked as though they 'd been written at a different time from the rest of the notes on the cards . |
| 17 | Telex messages can be typed direct into the teleprinter 's memory and automatically transmitted at a preset time . |
| 18 | So yes the answer to the question is yes there is a budget there is a budget and we need to do things now one of the problems could be the budget is n't sufficient to cover all that needs doing so I think you 'll find that the building been built at a certain time there a comes a time you 've got plan a maintenance programme which we have things need to be done . |
| 19 | A call can be booked in advance with the operator to be connected at a specified time . |
| 20 | There is no safe atmospheric level of asbestos fibres universally accepted at the present time ’ . |
| 21 | Such policies can not work , because cuts have to be made at a difficult time and even more jobs are lost . |
| 22 | I would prefer , at the risk of offending the purists , to take a robust attitude , and simply say that it is a decision made at a particular time in response to a particular situation against a particular political background , and is poor material on which to build any general proposition . |
| 23 | Abnormal development may occur if a protein is not made at the right time or place , or the protein is defective or if too little or too much is made . |
| 24 | Development and consultation time has been short , and there are a number of features which will require close scrutiny during the early stages of piloting , so that adjustments can be made at an appropriate time . |
| 25 | Philip Drew had also been seen at the relevant time by a stagehand . |
| 26 | In Webb the employer was allowed to put forward an explanation , which was accepted as being gender-neutral , that an employee was needed at a specific time to be trained and to cover for a period of maternity leave with the probability of being retained as a permanent employee . |
| 27 | Instead , they are likely to use the ‘ just-in-time ’ ( JIT ) system where complex market relations with component subcontractors are used to ensure that supplies arrive on the premises where they are needed at the appropriate time . |
| 28 | It is however a controversial project because of the cost of its electricity and the question as to whether it is needed at the present time despite electricity being the main growth area in the Brazilian energy demand picture . |
| 29 | The relaxation modulus E r was measured at a standard time interval of 10 s and , is shown as a function of temperature in figure 12.1 . |
| 30 | Aunt Fosters had died at the right time . |