Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also moderated political conduct , mediating peace between Ecgfrith and Aethelred in 679 following the battle of the Trent at a time when Ecgfrith was otherwise honour-bound to pursue hostilities to avenge Aelfwine ( HE IV , 21 ) . |
| 2 | They reach the further boundaries of the solid in a time which is probably between a ten-thousandth and a hundred-thousandth of a second and are reflected back , as a kind of echo , very little attenuated or diminished in intensity . |
| 3 | Thus Caesarius of Arles was accused by one of his own clergy of committing treason with the Burgundians at a time when they were ruled by the arian Gundobad . |
| 4 | He had swum against the tide at a time when schools to which specific counsellor appointments had previously been made had used a counsellor 's vacancy , at a time of teaching staff reductions , for other purposes . |
| 5 | Only a single user can access the computer at a time , and he has to write , debug , and run his programs in the most basic computer-oriented form . |
| 6 | The LTTE for its part blamed government forces , saying that the killings were " meticulously planned and executed , and blamed on the LTTE at a time when the Sri Lankan government is trying to purchase weapons from Middle Eastern Moslem countries " ( a reference to a visit made by Ranjan Wijeratne , Plantations Minister and Minister of State for Defence , to Iran , Libya and Egypt in early August ) . |
| 7 | By limited liability the state is encouraging management to use shareholder funds in more risky ventures than they would otherwise undertake , and then pass on the liability at a time for forced liquidation , to third parties . |
| 8 | I am indebted to husband John for pushing me into the purchase at a time I obviously needed the machine but was not very full of vim and zip to get it and learn it . |
| 9 | These shared residential houses for single elderly persons provide an important new welfare resource for the Association at a time when increasing numbers of those who served in World War II , and their dependents , are reaching an age when they need the support of a housekeeper . |
| 10 | According to the SEP light will travel at a velocity c in any direction in the frame of the capsule , so that light will reach the roof after a time Δr/c . |
| 11 | These are old , and they were made in the mind at a time of great fear . |
| 12 | There was little hope for political enlightenment in the provinces at a time when the number of literary centres and of those attending them fell to one-tenth of what they had risen to in 1921 . |
| 13 | Despite the entry for a time of media conglomerates such as the Mirror Group and Thomsons into the West African press , I think it is still fair to say that the primary motivation for producing a newspaper in Nigeria is political rather than commercial . |
| 14 | The real signs of a healthier economy will only be seen when factories stop closing down , employers start taking on staff , and consumers flock to the shops at a time of year other than the annual pre-Christmas splurge . |
| 15 | US intelligence sources , who revealed the deal at a time which coincided with a visit to the USA by Israeli Prime Minister Itzhak Shamir ( see p. 36599 ) , alleged that Libyan pilots were receiving training in the Soviet Union to fly the planes and that a Libyan Il-76 transport plane was being converted into a refuelling tanker . |
| 16 | The document expressed great concern that Wilson had been strongly pro-Israel when prime minister from 1964–70 and that his return to office would sour relations with the Arabs at a time when the international oil crisis was acute . |
| 17 | ‘ Professor Summerfield , you should never underestimate the guile of a Time Lord . |
| 18 | It was an appealing idea because it at least seemed to offer some sort of progression to the work at a time when there was little or nothing written about coherent development in drama . |
| 19 | But what of the farmers expected to carry out the work in a time of recession . |
| 20 | He trained as a safety officer with ICI before joining the council at a time when the Health and Safety at Work Act greatly uncreased the duties of local authorities . |
| 21 | This encouraged the transfer at a time when the son was still willing and able to make some changes to the farm . |
| 22 | On Sept. 11 Farouk Qaddumi , head of the political department of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) , advised everyone concerned to be " patient and reflective " in dealing with the transfer at a time of crisis in Arab relations , in order to avoid " the expected negative consequences " resulting from the Cairo decision . |
| 23 | They included , roughly speaking , the earth 's London face being away from the sun for a time , the absence of any light source like that of the sun , in the right place at the right time , and conditions having to do with the behaviour of light . |
| 24 | I decided to take a lot of the fruit , and to put it to dry in the sun for a time . |
| 25 | This would help to protect the dollar at a time when the United States was experiencing balance of payments problems . |
| 26 | This might have shored up the dollar for a time had the US balance of payments improved as expected . |
| 27 | Next you have to decide when to enter the date and time information — do you want to use the spreadsheet like a time clock where you record what you are doing at the time you do it or will you use it to maintain a post-hoc record and enter dates and times in batches . |
| 28 | The suffering and self-conscious first-person singular manifested in Dyer could be considered a creation of the Gothic novel that came after him , and Dyer can also bring to mind the magus of a time before . |
| 29 | Hilton describes the story of man before the Fall as a time when reason was clear and bright , love directed only towards the goodness of God and man 's potential fulfilled as his soul " whilk may be called a made trinite was fulfilled in mynde and loue of vnmade blissed trinite whilk is oure lord " ( 43a.314. – 114 ) . |
| 30 | The bars here are unique in that unlike the rest of ‘ puritan ’ Germany , they only close for an hour a day to let the cleaners in ( many bars even pour drink through a loophole by cleaning half the bar at a time — prost ! ) |