Example sentences of "and [verb] at [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | His subsequent progress inside the Corporation was rapid and distinctive — from the external services in Bush House to Canada again , this time as BBC representative from 1956 to 1959 ; back to Bush House as head of external broadcasting administration ; on to Broadcasting House as the BBC 's secretary ( 1963–6 ) , a post of varying status and influence at different times in the history of the BBC , but during the regime of the director-general , Sir Hugh Greene , who had personally selected Curran for the job , a key post drawing him into discussions of policy , often highly controversial policy , as well as of administration ; back again to Bush House as director of external services ( 1967–9 ) , which brought him into close touch with government ; and on Greene 's retirement , becoming , to his considerable surprise , director-general himself in April 1969 . |
| 2 | As antimalarial drugs were desperately needed during the war , it is startling to realize that chloroquine was first synthesized several years before the war and recognized at that time as having antimalarial activity . |
| 3 | Clearly , in order to obtain this kind of information it is necessary to conduct three assessments under similar conditions so that they are directly comparable and spaced at equal time intervals . |
| 4 | Sir William Pickering was Knight Marshal to Henry VIII , and when he died in 1542 he left Oswaldkirk to his 24-year-old son , an extremely handsome and distinguished courtier and diplomat , brave and wise as well , and considered at one time as a suitor for Queen Elizabeth . |
| 5 | It is not surprising that many professionals involved in education are rather dispirited and disillusioned at this time . |
| 6 | Length of gestation was significantly associated only with wheezy chest most days ( p<0.01 ) and cough at other times ( p<0.05 ) in the adjusted models . |
| 7 | Advice and support at this time could aim to minimise the chances of a girl returning to an unhappy discordant home and to parents with whom she may largely have lost touch . |
| 8 | Dot did n't tell her that at school they already had hot and cold water and she could wash her hands and face at any time . |
| 9 | It does not matter why a State has failed to become a party to a treaty , or whether it is eligible to become a party and intends at some time to do so . |
| 10 | There 's only one FA Cup Final , one Wimbledon , one Royal Ascot every season , even though there 's plenty of football , tennis and racing at other times . |
| 11 | They were very large evidencing the importance of the cities being replanned and reconstructed at this time . |
| 12 | Alive and alert at all times . ’ |
| 13 | Can copy be accessed from several files and displayed at one time ? |
| 14 | The whole day had been a strange one for a young lady like herself who had never been allowed to go out on her own , had been carefully looked after and protected at all times from the impact of the world in which most people lived . |
| 15 | Work at the north end of Normangate Field in 1974–5 dated the allotments here to the earlier second century at least , thereby suggesting that land closer to the town centre must have been surveyed and allotted at this time or even earlier . |
| 16 | We have a duty to be as clear as we can , and to articulate at all times what we are trying to do , in at least a general sense , and it will help us to ask ( even if we can not always easily answer ) what the result might be in terms of student ability or behaviour . |
| 17 | I found the sexism and heterosexism of the Black movement difficult to cope with and felt at that time that I was n't considered Black enough either in my colour or my politics . |
| 18 | However , development was enhanced after about 4500 B.P. There is also evidence for increased storms and winds at this time elsewhere in the Outer ( Simpson , 1966 ) and Inner ( Birks , 1987 ) Hebrides and from Orkney ( e.g. Keatinge and Dickson , 1979 ) . |
| 19 | ( d ) If a person is voluntarily helping the police , that person is entitled to terminate the interview and leave at any time . |
| 20 | It 's not only a working instrument but the kind of guitar that you feel like picking up and playing at any time ; when it 's not wowing the punters it will probably spend its time lying on the sofa permanently on call . |
| 21 | They fail to keep him informed , and to advise at crucial times , such as takeovers . |
| 22 | She was a nurse , and had at one time been a nun . |
| 23 | Still , she liked one or two of the collective , Xanthe had put some money in ( actually five hundred pounds , a fair whack ) when Miranda had asked her to , so she felt bound to give the paper some support in kind , and the office was fun — she liked pitching in with headings , sidebars , suggested stories , and pasting up till the small hours , with the help of ciggies and carafe wine ; the sex gossip was the best in town , which made up for the coffee ( though they could afford dope , they could n't rise to real coffee , and had at one time even resorted to the bitter brown syrup Camp , with the turbaned lascar on the label ) . |
| 24 | ‘ You do encourage potential residents to call in and inspect at any time , do n't you ? ’ |
| 25 | The point about the Urgonian limestones , say , is that we know that they are of about the same age throughout Europe in spite of the fact that fossil evidence shows them to have started and ended at different times in different places . |
| 26 | If you do n't you could use an A four pad building up a picture of the guy and trying at some time |
| 27 | Ur was amongst the cities they conquered and sacked at this time . |
| 28 | However , many godly ministers were fined and imprisoned at this time . |
| 29 | Naturally , the manager had more details to offer : the car hired had been a red Cavalier , Registration H 106 XMT ; it had been hired at 1.45 p.m. and returned at some time after the offices had closed at 6.30 p.m. , with the keys pushed through the special letter-box , as requested . |
| 30 | Tony Visconti : ‘ Space Oddity ’ had been recorded and released at this time although it was not selling . |