Example sentences of "[to-vb] [that] at [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is now difficult to imagine that at this time virtually all the academic departments were based in the Trent Building
2 We asked after Pop and were glad to hear that at that time he was still well .
3 It is safe to conclude that at any stage of this planet 's history the world of bacteria has been overwhelmingly conditioned by the state of the biosphere .
4 One set of interviews , with the literary editors of national newspapers , was carried out using half a dozen ‘ topic headings ’ simply to ensure that at each interview I covered the ground I had decided beforehand was important for my purpose .
5 A system exists to ensure that at any time , day or night , the consultant 's wishes are followed .
6 We need to recognize that at some level , the processes of computer-aided historical research which involve the application of expert or subject-specific knowledge — are explicable in generic terms that can be made accessible to non-specialists .
7 It would be reasonable to suppose that at this latitude the islands would be frozen in for most — if not all — of the year , and so they would , were it not for the Gulf Stream .
8 The Libyan polity was one of the more rapidly changing , the more uncertain ones in the world : to argue that at any moment each Libyan had a coherent world view and that his actions were ( within a reasonable tolerance ) consistent with it , would be exceptionally blinkered .
9 But I have to say that at that time I still did n't know , I had a good idea , that it was n't the man we were looking for but therefore he was still arrested and he was arrested on sus well for harbouring an escapee .
10 I would like to say that at this point everything changed : I stopped dieting , bingeing , fasting and taking laxatives and being obsessed with food .
11 Accordingly I ought to be able to say that at this stage his comments seem to me beside the point , or more exactly in excess of it .
12 This is not to say that at some point such studies may not eventually facilitate or enter into explanations of a traditional theoretical kind , but this is not their point .
13 I have to admit that at this stage I was still wondering if this was just one of those gimmicky fashions that organizations , educational as well as industrial , go through occasionally .
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