Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [art] time [Wh adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it beyond imagination , in these days of biological engineering , to conceive of a time when embryos will be implanted in a man 's body , and develop , and be born — perhaps by caesarian section ? |
| 2 | And thirdly , and certainly not erm least , we hoped ourselves to benefit at a time when the Government cutbacks were just come into force , which were requiring us to raise erm more income from non-government source . |
| 3 | Military conscription has always been a useful way of soaking up young people and even though Russia is suffering from a decline in the birthrate the sudden release of a large number of men on to the civilian labour market might be difficult to absorb at a time when Gorbachev is trying to raise productivity . |
| 4 | You could decide to work at a time when your partner or a friend is round to see the baby , or arrange for someone — a childminder or relative — to look after her for a few hours each week . |
| 5 | They were told by Jesus not to speculate about the time when God would bring in the kingdom in all its fullness , but , once they had received the Holy Spirit , they were to witness to Jesus in Jerusalem , Judaea , Samaria , and throughout the world ( Acts 1:8 ) . |
| 6 | people used to talk about a time when the volcano also spat flames and rocks into the sky , like the strangers ' guns , when the black strand on the northern promontory of the island was formed by the mountain 's spewing . |
| 7 | In the bond market , the Bank does not actively try to sell at a time when prices are falling ; indeed its spokesmen have often asserted that it can not sell in such conditions , that the views of investors in the short-term are predominantly extrapolative and that few will wish to buy stock when the price is falling . |
| 8 | In the more seasonal forests , hummingbirds may be migratory , but in all forests they tend to breed at the time when the flowers on which they depend are most abundant , though as with the thrips and the Shorea species , there is some staggering of flowering times and avoidance of competition for pollinators between plants . |
| 9 | Always check the area you are sailing into to allow for the time when you will be facing battlements but when you crouch in the middle of the boat , do keep an eye on the boom or you 'll end up with a nasty bump on the head . |
| 10 | In his Sonnets Shakespeare achieved the rather remarkable feat of turning to new and individual ends a genre that had flourished throughout Europe for several centuries and was in effect beginning to die at the time when he wrote , in the mid 1590s . |
| 11 | Doctors faced with a refusal of consent have to give very careful and detailed consideration to the patient 's capacity to decide at the time when the decision was made . |
| 12 | Doctors faced with a refusal of consent have to give very careful and detailed consideration to what was the patient 's capacity to decide at the time when the decision was made . |
| 13 | She stepped into the brightly varnished launch , aided by a uniformed boatman , trying not to think of the time when Lucenzo would bow out of her life . |
| 14 | So , as Forster points out , AMV has the cash resources to expand at a time when many target companies are temptingly priced . |
| 15 | ‘ I wonder how long we are prepared to vacillate at a time when Britain , and all that Britain stands for , and human civilization , are in peril ? ’ |
| 16 | I think one wants to go at a time when people still want you to stay , rather than stay until people want you to go . |
| 17 | This problem is more likely to arise at a time when the patient is unconscious and can not be consulted . |
| 18 | He clearly regards the management of the mound as his own particular responsibility and expertise , for if the female comes to the mound to lay at a time when opening it might cause a dangerous fluctuation in its temperature , he will refuse to do so and drives her away . |
| 19 | This is useful practise to prepare for the time when you allow the dog off the leash for the first time , and call it back to you . |
| 20 | Futurologists love to speak of a time when the equities of international corporations will be traded 24 hours a day in one electronic marketplace |
| 21 | Futurologists love to speak of a time when the equities of numerous international corporations will be traded 24 hours a day in one electronic marketplace . |
| 22 | For , in the book of Daniel ( 12:4 ) there is a prophecy that seemed to speak of a time when many would pass to and fro and knowledge would be increased . |
| 23 | He was not a lady 's man in the accepted sense , rather he championed and encouraged single women to travel at a time when it was still considered bad form for a respectable young lady to take a shopping trip to London unchaperoned , let alone visit the Continent . |