Example sentences of "be [verb] at this time " in BNC.

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1 Resigned to being detained for several minutes , Melissa forced herself to be pleasant , making suitable replies to his comments on the weather and agreeing that it was a bit unsettled , that frost was still likely to be a problem but was only to be expected at this time of year .
2 A very low-fat start to the day is tomatoes or mushrooms on a slice of wholemeal toast ; and the baked bean must not be forgotten at this time of day .
3 Eggs are laid down in the autumn and a good digestible protein-rich diet , such as earthworms , should be fed at this time in order to encourage early spawning .
4 The other divers were nowhere to be seen at this time , which made for an extremely dangerous situation in the open ocean .
5 Can you find out about any others that can be seen at this time of year ?
6 There is legitimate concern that the meeting decided that little could be done at this time we might be able to contribute to the campaign at a later stage .
7 ( It will have to be moved at this time in any case ) .
8 The president acknowledged that ground convoys are the best way to deliver aid , but said the airdrops were ‘ a temporary measure , designed to address the immediate needs of isolated areas that can not be reached at this time by ground . ’
9 It is a knitting system that should be considered as temporary storage area for patterns that are to be knitted at this time .
10 Note , that MODULE7 , MODULE9 and LFPACK2 are not to be entered at this time .
11 The Council has therefore reached the view that a formal scheme should not be introduced at this time but that members should be encouraged to take young intrants into their offices if they are able to do so , and the Council therefore recommends members to consider whether they can offer this facility to young people in their areas .
12 No one knew where he 'd gone ; everyone was worried sick ; and by the look of her , Shirley Brown was worried the sickest : what could a man be doing at this time of night , for heaven 's sake ?
13 No direct light should be provided at this time , as the fry are light sensitive for the first week after hatching .
14 If the original Application Form indicates that the parents are also interested in an Assisted Place the appropriate forms will be issued at this time .
15 The 1031 annal on Cnut 's visits to Rome and Scotland could have been inserted at this time too .
16 Parler brought with him the influence of the Cologne school and , though only the choir and chapels with part of the south façade were completed at this time , it is interesting to compare , both on exterior and interior , the work of Matthias on the lower part and Parler on the upper ( 532 and 533 ) .
17 This strategy of inculcation and for more explicit interventions into the flow of subjective responses , experiences , and pleasures , had a great deal in common with the programme for a renewed Liberalism being developed at this time by L. T. Hobhouse :
18 However , some excellent studies were done at this time , many using fieldwork techniques and participant observation rather than surveys .
19 It was not just in the treatment of syphilis that advances were being made at this time .
20 He brought his ballad finished ’ , we hardly need to be reminded that The Rime of the Ancient Mariner , Christabel , and other poems were being written at this time .
21 The Pacifics were used at this time on the Nottingham to Marylebone semi-fasts but they were to be transferred away as the rundown of the GC got underway .
22 Investigation of town plans reveals that many cities were growing at this time ; the records reveal increasing long-distance trade ; in the Mediterranean there was a growth of the commerce of the Italian cities so striking that Professor Lopez has labelled it and its northern counterpart ‘ the commercial revolution ’ .
23 Better management is likely to result from a period of careful observation and assessment , with considerable support being provided at this time through frequent contact with nursing and other ward staff .
24 Staff were asked at this time to complete a form indicating whether or not they wished to relocate .
25 Many other surveys were conducted at this time , employing the newly re-established social science departments , which had been inactive for over two decades .
26 Given this broad context , the purposes of this article are threefold : to outline some of the complexities of the payments situation in the period 1945–51 ; to discuss some of the military expenditure and foreign policy aspects of that situation , and how these were debated at this time ; and , finally , to examine one of the most politically problematic aspects of balance-of-payments policy in this period : its impact on the sterling area in general and the colonies in particular .
27 Given the time needed to deal with the residue of Poll Tax no reduction in Support Services , including typing is being suggested at this time and other services are expected to continue as at present .
28 The result , stretching west from Hedeby , whose semicircular defences also seem to have been renewed at this time , was a rampart over eight miles long , about thirteen yards wide , and nearly ten feet high , not counting the wooden palisade with which it was presumably crowned .
29 Some recently acquired territory may have been lost at this time or soon after .
30 On the other hand , where severance of the subject matter is envisaged under the contract and property is to pass at this time , it is possible to argue that this is only a sale of goods ( see Kursell v Timber Operators and Contractors Ltd [ 1927 ] 1 KB 298 ) .
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