Example sentences of "and at [art] time of " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this reason , and at a time of less genial moods , the Report was to come under severe criticism . |
| 2 | They would take separate holidays at least once every two years ; they would have at most two children and at a time of her choosing ; neither would publicly humiliate the other ; the spectrum of marital offences under this heading ranging from spoiling the other 's dinner-party stories to a too-public infidelity . |
| 3 | And at a time of frequent harvest failures and recurrent food shortage , exports of grain were being ruthlessly forced upwards . |
| 4 | And at a time of great economic uncertainty , this goal assumes increased importance , especially in an ageing population . |
| 5 | Such sites suit their conventional styles of building and marketing , and at a time of low demand would improve their cash-flow by capitalising on their extensive land holdings of farm land on the fringe . |
| 6 | Controversy surrounded the release in January 1991 of four Belgian hostages in Lebanon [ see p. 37977 ] , when it emerged that Walid Khaled , the spokesperson in Lebanon of the extremist Revolutionary Council of Fatah ( RCF ) who had helped negotiate their release , had been granted a three-month tourist visa on Jan. 11 , one day before the hostages ' release and at a time of great international tension because of the Gulf crisis . |
| 7 | The University of Edinburgh has a long and distinguished history and at a time of difficulty for the institutions of higher education throughout the country , Edinburgh is in a process of constantly reappraising and improving standards to meet the growing demands of a changing world . |
| 8 | The dispute took place after the English victory at Agincourt and at a time of growing alliance between Henry V and the Emperor Sigismund against the French , and there is little doubt that the principal French spokesman on the subject , Cardinal Pierre d'Ailly , was largely concerned with cutting the enemy down to size . |
| 9 | More recently , he relocated the Schools Canteen from dingy basement to gleaming mezzanine and at the time of his death had nearly completed his greatest coup . |
| 10 | Manley was aware that the high cost of modern anaesthetic apparatus was often prohibitive for hospitals in developing countries , and at the time of his death he was working on a prototype of an inexpensive , but effective ventilator for the Third World . |
| 11 | Traditional Clan MacLeod lands included Harris and parts of Lewis , and at the time of his visit to St. Kilda in 1695 , the MacLeods of Skye held the title to that isolated archipelago ( Cooper , 1970 & op. cit . ) . |
| 12 | It was especially welcomed by the poor Islanders who were cleared from their crofts during the infamous Highland Clearances , and at the time of the potato blight many were said to have subsisted on it . |
| 13 | And at the time of the original British government decision in its favour , the design had suffered no serious accidents . |
| 14 | Nivelle Elite , who all sired some excellent stock , some of which was exported to Australia and at the time of writing , has taken Best in Show at Club Championship Show level . |
| 15 | Unemployment is a major affliction , and at the time of the riots 36 per cent of the workforce in Handsworth was out of work , while the figure for people under 24 years was 50 per cent . |
| 16 | Such an excuse exists if an accused ‘ damaged … the property in question … in order to protect property belonging to himself or another … and at the time of the act … alleged to constitute the offence he believed — ( i ) that the property … was in immediate need of protection ; and ( ii ) that the means of protection adopted … were … reasonable having regard to all the circumstances ’ . |
| 17 | Patients often have concomitant hypertension and at the time of diagnosis may already have angina and claudication . |
| 18 | For my money , and at the time of writing ( things can change rapidly ) this deck represents the cutting edge in compact disc reproduction at the price — an important caveat . |
| 19 | The 27 finalists are listed below and at the time of going to press they are poised for the grand final in London . |
| 20 | By 1989 the church was meeting in fortnightly celebrations in Raynes Park High School and at the time of writing the church has grown to a membership of 300 . |
| 21 | Anyone who has a heart will part with good money to hear that hook again , and at the time of going to press , many thousands already have . |
| 22 | She lived in a bungalow provided for her and at the time of Mr Farrington 's death was receiving £2.50 per week for her services and paying £1.50 a week inclusive of rates for the bungalow . |
| 23 | The hours can be calculated by totalling all the man hours expended as a result of the false report , e.g. a false report is made by a driver , involved in a hit and run accident , that his car had been stolen and at the time of the accident it must have been driven by the thief and not himself . |
| 24 | The Mayor of Bedford for the time being was always to be an additional director and at the time of the meeting the Mayor was John Wing , who had been sworn in on 29th September 1793 , and served for one year , after which he remained as one of the aldermen . |
| 25 | He has attempted to come off on several occasions and at the time of interview was undergoing methadone withdrawal and has been heroin-free for two months . ‘ |
| 26 | Whereas Guy had only arrived in the Middle East in 1180 and at the time of his defeat had been King of Jerusalem for less than a year , Saladin had ruled Egypt since 1169 and Syria since 1176 . |
| 27 | As described in Chapter 2 , the greater part of the funding in any year was given to a number of Major Project schools ( usually £6,000 to each of eight schools ) , and at the time of writing 36 schools have received such a grant and another five have been proposed for the current financial year . |
| 28 | Gilmour et al measured maximum aortic acceleration using a suprasternal doppler probe in patients admitted with an acute infarction and at the time of predischarge exercise testing . |
| 29 | The appellants were the owners of the freehold of a valuable house at 220 , Westbourne Grove , London , W.11 , and at the time of the Tomlin order there were already in existence two charges against that property which had been made by the appellants . |
| 30 | Details of drugs taken before and at the time of the final medical contact after the attack were incomplete owing to poor quality of discharge letters in 64 patients managed in accident and emergency departments or hospital . |