Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] at [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the modern Sylvia realized that the family had very little money at that time and that the birthday party given for her was probably quite a meagre affair compared with the boisterous celebrations on her own children 's birthdays . |
| 2 | Not only may the defendant be permitted , in the discretion of the court , to change that plea at any time before sentence , but , when a plea of guilty to a lesser offence than that charged has initially been accepted by the prosecutor with the approval of the court , there can , it appears to their Lordships , be no finality in that ‘ acceptance ’ until sentence is passed . |
| 3 | For each nuclide at each time the geometric of anterior and posterior counts was calculated , to compensate for the anteroposterior movement of the gastric contents during emptying . |
| 4 | According to local history , this field at that time would have been the playing fields of Mr Burton 's private school , which eventually became Victoria Park . |
| 5 | Another bonus at this time of year is edible flowers . |
| 6 | Another bonus at this time of year is edible flowers . |
| 7 | Well , they approached other authorities and other organisations er in order to find the funds , and the other authorities and other organisations refused to cough-up , because there had been a report in 1982 , er as a result of some research at that time . |
| 8 | Once you became head of the department , you could have pulled me off this job at any time . |
| 9 | Say to yourself , " X was at this place at that time , now what can I use that would indicate that he was not ? " |
| 10 | It occurs to me , being in this place at this time with no sign of an approaching end to the Kaffir war and all things uncertain , that it may be of interest to record the passages of everyday life if only as a source of remembrance and reflection in later years . |
| 11 | Nadia : I am from the General Union of Palestinian Women and it 's good that I am participating in this meeting at this time because I am having major problems with the British Feminist Movement and the Western feminist line . |
| 12 | You will be given the phone number of the school so that you can reach this teacher at any time . |
| 13 | See there wee no big shops in this town at that time . |
| 14 | In the account of Henry I 's household there is no reference to the ‘ chancery ’ ; there was no formal institution under this title at this time , in the English or in any other European kingdom . |
| 15 | So popular was this usage at one time that I recall examining final school-practice for one college when in observing two full days of drama lessons I only saw games , no drama at all . |
| 16 | See this use at any time and repeat as required for treat in the autumn or the spring . |
| 17 | Well on er Monday we had some chocolate cake , yesterday we had scones cream and strawberry jam , and today we find on the desert trolley , just for you as a big treat , all this week at this time every single day on Trent F M , a little bit of something nice and naughty , but we do n't mind . |
| 18 | It is to be hoped that all steam enthusiasts will perhaps make an effort to support this railway at some time during the present season to help to ensure that it remains in being into the future . |
| 19 | Given that the problem of teenage smoking needed to be tackled with some urgency at that time ( and still does ) , such a course of action was understandable . |
| 20 | He had a passionate love of music and in another world at another time might have made a fine musician , but there , held in that place at that moment , there were other plans , other duties , other paths . |
| 21 | I regret that I am unable to assist you with this aspect at this time . |
| 22 | I have one other , can I reserve one matter to the end of the meeting because I wish to make a proposal which er would be erm I think ought to be taken erm in closed session because of the nature and confidentiality of the business and personal interests , so perhaps I can propose the closure of the meeting to the press and public at the end of the meeting and defer the final item an item relating to this matter at that time . |
| 23 | I certainly do n't prefer the figurative though I may have lent this way at one time . |
| 24 | For Japan to react in this way at this time was not in itself culpable . |
| 25 | If the system is unable to meet this standard at any time , this will be manifest in erratic responses . |
| 26 | This dog was also taken into the Armed Forces , thus effectively ruining any chance of the breed making any progress in this country at that time . |
| 27 | and erm and so it appears , if you just take this document at this time , that how that they 're placing less emphasis upon production , I mean if their aim is to , if their primary aim is to mobilize mass support that how that production was going to decrease because it was gon na infringe upon rich and middle peasants . |
| 28 | Yeah , s s surely the , the point is , we 'd have booked another comedian if it had been possible to book another comedian at that time , which it obviously was n't . |
| 29 | Burnside water , as it was aptly called , is now the headquarters building rebuilt in the 1920's as a multi storey plate glass building of some note at that time . |
| 30 | If I had n't been in that bar at that time , perhaps all this would have happened to somebody else . |