Example sentences of "'s [noun] at [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The south of France is pretty high on people 's agendas at this time of year . |
| 2 | Norman Bowler witnessed the vagaries of Minton 's existence at this time , but the older man also revealed to him a tender side which his performance in public obscured . |
| 3 | Claude Simon 's fiction at this time is particularly amenable to the criteria established by Ricardou . |
| 4 | Politicians of the powerful Irish republican and solidly Roman Catholic SDLP political party were fiercely critical and their co-operation was basic to the government 's policies at that time . |
| 5 | Given Foix 's Haus-machtpolitik at this time , a desire to dominate the south-west by annexing further territories was easily attributed to the count . |
| 6 | People 's vulnerability at this time can be very great , and it is a poignant reflection on our society that there are many other people ready to prey on this . |
| 7 | The motivation for too many people 's lives at this time seems to be the achievement of navigating through the spikes of complex material gadgetry which had been invented as a supposed aid to living . |
| 8 | In one sense it 's part of every man 's dream at some time or other — to make for the country and live off and in nature . |
| 9 | The impact of these events on the church of Canterbury is unknown but Theodore 's increasing ill-health ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 43 ) may have meant a serious diminution in Canterbury 's influence at this time . |
| 10 | Eadmer gives a curiously confused account of Anselm 's motives at this time , but one thing stands out clearly : Anselm would not bring about the chaos in personal relationships and conflict of obligations which he might find himself obliged to precipitate if he read the letter . |
| 11 | Friends noticed an increase in Minton 's drinking at this time . |
| 12 | ( Peter Jenkins ( 1976 ) , who visited both Washoe and Lucy in 1973 , reports that Fouts was cautious about Lucy 's abilities at this time and Jenkins himself seems to have been more impressed with Washoe . ) |
| 13 | Who else would have been in Mayall 's band at that time ? |
| 14 | Specify capitalism 's needs at any time and the structure of state organization is explained — except of course in periods of acute crisis . |
| 15 | Raphael also suggests that bereaved parents who felt particularly unsupported themselves , lacking contact with the grandparents , for instance , were especially likely to be oblivious to , or deny , their children 's needs at this time . |
| 16 | Attempts to establish a people 's diet at any time is very difficult without supporting documentary evidence , however , as vital evidence might he missing . |
| 17 | This fusing of party orthodoxy and personal alienation in Nizan 's writings at this time needs to be stressed . |
| 18 | The purchaser may also wish to suggest a willingness to re-open discussions at a future date , subject to the candidate 's approval at that time . |
| 19 | This was designed to build up English exports , to encourage English shipping and increase England 's share of the carrying trade , of which the Dutch had the lion 's share at that time . |
| 20 | An effort of this kind would have been quite beyond the office 's powers at any time until well into the nineteenth century . |
| 21 | The fullest retrospective account of the union 's difficulties at this time is contained in the " statement by the Edinburgh branch on the Female Question " , printed in the STC almost thirty years later in 1904 . |
| 22 | But we will hear more of this in years to come and it is yet another sign that church planting is on God 's agenda at this time for Britain , for Europe , and for every nation . |
| 23 | The court may terminate a guardian 's appointment at any time but must give its reasons in writing for doing so . |
| 24 | After that , while never again did she stay long enough to have supper — or do the washing-up — Rosemary , still popping across to Leith 's and Sebastian 's flat at any time , accepted about two invitations in particular each week for coffee . |
| 25 | I notice from the erm County Council 's own er document for today that they remind us that the Panel in looking at the present structure plan in nineteen eighty erm considered whether the county 's wish at that time to have this broad erm kind of sweeping up policy was appropriate . |
| 26 | I never knew Griffith himself but Sir Ben Lockspeiser , who acted as Griffith 's assistant at this time , told me something about the circumstances under which the work was done . |
| 27 | Otherwise , in the event of a claim the insurance company may insist on receiving the signature of both husband and wife before monies are paid out , and the husband 's whereabouts at that time may not be known . |
| 28 | The main concerns of the women 's movement at that time — job opportunities , pay , childcare , education and reproductive rights — were familiar topics of discussion and there was a sense in which ideas and attitudes were settling and.shifting into more enlightened grooves . |
| 29 | But Adalard was not the only influential man in Charles 's entourage at this time . |
| 30 | It captures a desperation that few of Minton 's friends at this time , when he was successful and sought-after , were prepared to face . |