Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had he been asleep at the time ? |
| 2 | Make the most of British pork because prices are low for the time of year . |
| 3 | I have no idea how i it went around a up in the northern hemisphere , over Scandinavia , and Georgia 's in the south , so you 'd have think it 'd have been weak by the time it got down I 'm not a scientist , I have no idea what |
| 4 | Acting chairman Dr James Smith said : ‘ He is an extremely busy man and we are grateful for the time and effort he gave . ’ |
| 5 | Had Anicia Juliana been alive at the time ( she died about 528 ) , she would not have been amused . |
| 6 | At this point it is replaced by different patterns , some of which are different in the time sequence of the light flashes from the one that he/she has previously seen . |
| 7 | ‘ These , ’ I cried , ‘ are inhabited by horned pygmies who move in herds , and who are old by the time they are seven ! ’ |
| 8 | For this reason , many advisers recommend that their clients swop their unit-linked policies to the with-profits type about five years before they retire , provided market conditions are favourable at the time . |
| 9 | Some witnesses are unavailable at the time of trial . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're sure of the time ? ’ |
| 11 | you 're most of the time you 're getting it right cos this is just making the right sort of guess and you 're seeing the sort of When it gets to the awkward ones y you 're just sort of Well maybe it 's that , maybe its something else . |
| 12 | Further along the village another house used to be the ‘ cookhouse ’ and game room for them — the meals must have been cold by the time they arrived at the table of Londesborough Lodge ! |
| 13 | I am conscious of the time , so I say only that it will be a sad day if the Government are allowed to change the legislation , not only for the miners and their communities or for those who , directly or indirectly , are involved in or seek employment in the industry , but for the whole of society . |
| 14 | Neither was it beyond the bounds of probability that a man of eighty-three had been confused about the time . |
| 15 | Of course , even within the stated parameters , comprehensiveness is an impossible goal , because some publications escape the net , or are listed so late that they have gone out of print or are out-of-date by the time they appear . |
| 16 | If we are to communicate clearly and precisely with each other over a wide geographical and social range , we must obey the rules of Standard English as they are current at the time we are speaking or writing . |
| 17 | These ‘ would seem to have been traditional at the time , for Ormandy did the same in his Philadelphia recording . |
| 18 | If the tests are negative at the time of the initial examination , it is quite a good idea to ask the doctor whether he thinks there is likely to be any infection present or what he believes your symptoms are due to . |
| 19 | CCG 's staff services manager Karen Pleva commented : ‘ Once staff got used to adding credit onto their cards , they have been impressed by the time saved . |
| 20 | ‘ She would have been fourteen at the time of the Opet festival . ’ |
| 21 | the amount insured for household contents and valuables and portable possessions are inadequate at the time of any loss or damage or |
| 22 | the amount insured for household contents and valuables and portable possessions are inadequate at the time of any loss or damage or |
| 23 | Strip examination revealed that this was the result of slight corrosion on the contacts , and the evidence suggested that this may well have been present at the time of the accident . |
| 24 | Charlie had stopped by to speak to Josie as he 'd said he would , but Lucy had n't been present at the time . |
| 25 | ( One even refused to stand down although he would have been seventy-six at the time of the next election . ) |
| 26 | He had been sceptical at the time , but she 'd been quite right , for he had suddenly understood the story . |
| 27 | In other words they are independent of the time an individual has spent acquiring a competence or how that competence was achieved ( training course , learning on the job , etc . ) |
| 28 | I have long been concerned about the time lapse from the commissioning of a book to its appearance in the shops . |
| 29 | If you are alone at the time of death |
| 30 | In the USA , it has been found that the life-expectancy of people with AIDS is reduced in drug-users , women , black and Hispanic people , and those who are older at the time of diagnosis . |