Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In the first case , fieldworkers may have wished to retain certain functions , such as working directly with children and young people , as their prerogative , because they considered themselves to be better trained to undertake these tasks , albeit with limited time at their disposal and with , in some instances , limited skills .
2 In brief , requisitioning was unpopular , not least since it was often carried out in the period between spring and autumn when trading and fishing conditions might normally be expected to be better than at other times of the year .
3 In analysing these figures , which are detailed in Tables 2 and 3 , below , it must not be forgotten that since the Survey was conducted in summer , the proportion of visitors from outside Edinburgh will be higher than at other times of the year .
4 " You did n't start till after closing time at the Drovers ! "
5 The tradition in this region was , as in pre-Romanesque times in Western Europe , to build in solid wood , not half-timber work as was the western European method during the Middle Ages .
6 Charlotte has her old master , too , and she keeps fairly regularly to Bordeaux for wine , though at different times of the year she may go to Spain for oranges , or to the Canaries for new potatoes or bananas .
7 His story begins at a time when , as at other times in this century , the patriciate , and the merely rich , had slipped down into marked collusion with the smart , with upstarts and bohemians .
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