Example sentences of "at the [adj] time be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most economically prosperous parts of the UK at the present time are widely regarded as the towns and cities located on a broad axis extending from Cambridgeshire to Dorset and Avon . |
| 2 | Those not teaching at the present time are welcome to attend on a daily basis at £2 per session . |
| 3 | Probably the most common type of conversion project at the present time is the adaptation of a mill or warehouse into a block of dwellings . |
| 4 | The average consumption of fat in the Western world at the present time is about 130 grams ( over 4½ ounces ) a day per person . |
| 5 | The rise of the lay colleges at the present time is largely the fault of the medical profession itself , a result of its consistent disregard for this approach to treatment so that the demand for it far outweighs the practitioners available to supply that demand . |
| 6 | There is little disagreement with the view that the principal public interest issue at the present time is the quality of audit-ing . |
| 7 | The great growth in Christianity at the present time is in the Third World and those parts of Eastern Europe that are still under atheistic leadership . |
| 8 | In Hemingway 's famous expression , what teachers need at the present time is ‘ grace under pressure ’ , and my intention is that the discussions in this book should be very practical aids to the development of this valuable commodity . |
| 9 | The vital task facing trade unions at the present time is to sell trade unionism — to convince trade union members that they belong to a beneficial , positive and essential organisation . |
| 10 | One discouraging aspect of the relations between nations at the present time is that there is little indication of a decline in nationalist sentiment or in the fervour with which particular national interests are pursued . |
| 11 | L some of that land is at the present time is used for the golf course , there was an impact of all those routes on on the golf course . |
| 12 | One of the chief causes at the present time was the increase in interest rates , especially for the self-employed . |
| 13 | He said no one working for the Post Office at Middleton at the present time was in any way part of the investigation . |
| 14 | Being in the right place at the right time is all important in fishing , and living on the doorstep of the river gave me the advantage . |
| 15 | An officer 's doing the right thing at the right time is taken for granted . |
| 16 | It was n't a graceful goal , but being in the right place at the right time is what counts . |
| 17 | Indeed , the only formal requirement for economic evaluation of alternative plans or programmes at the current time is that of option appraisal for schemes where one of the options is a capital scheme with an initial outlay of £10 million or more ( DHSS , 1981 ) . |
| 18 | The ‘ development risks ’ defence is available where the defendant shows ‘ that the state of scientific and technical knowledge at the relevant time was not such that a producer of products of the same description as the product in question might be expected to have discovered the defect if it had existed in his products while they were under his control . ’ |
| 19 | ( c ) Where the defendant can show that : " the state of scientific and technical knowledge at the relevant time was not such that a producer of products of the same description as the product in question might be expected to have discovered the defect if it had existed in his products while they were under his control " ( s. 4(1) ( e ) ) . |
| 20 | Section 4(1) ( e ) states as follows : ( e ) that the state of scientific and technical knowledge at the relevant time was not such that a producer of products of the same description as the product in question might be expected to have discovered the defect if it had existed in his products while they were under his control … |
| 21 | Certainly , the idea that when I look at my spectacles and think ‘ So that 's where I put them ’ I am having thousands of other little thoughts at the same time is a silly idea , and some would say that the doctrine of the holism of the mental is just a silly idea . |
| 22 | Not that he was playing any flash lead parts but to keep a strong rhythm part going and sing at the same time is rather like having to twiddle both your thumbs in opposite directions at the same time . |
| 23 | gold is virtually indestructible and at the same time is recognisable to most people ; |
| 24 | ‘ Keeping the bend and making Benji move sideways at the same time is not easy , ’ she said . |
| 25 | The recipes in the Walking Diet are easy to follow and quickly prepared , so that even the busiest people have a chance to cook mouth-watering food that is full of goodness and at the same time is low in fat . |
| 26 | Why so many of the other directors chose to sell at the same time is not known to me . |
| 27 | He sounds like he 's still going through a learning process , coming to terms with the fear of losing friends , and at the same time is worried that he 's being misunderstood himself . |
| 28 | And , furthermore , in emphasizing literary value , the new English serves " a power that is potentially cohesive in that it binds society into its proper heritage , and at the same time is wholly conservative " . |
| 29 | it is a nothing , a zero , a mere point , which , however , dwells in all apparent existences , and at the same time is the point of origin whence , on the slightest stimulus , a double appearance presents itself , an appearance which only manifests itself to vanish . |
| 30 | The Government adverted to this problem in its White Paper , recognising that ‘ it is not easy to define in a manner which conforms with the normally precise definitions of the criminal law , but which at the same time is sufficiently general to catch the variety of conduct aimed at . |