Example sentences of "the [adj] time [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unpredictable English weather meant that delivering the leaves at the right time and at exactly the right stage of development for silkworms to thrive on them was impossible . |
| 2 | We need to ensure that our white collar members have the help and the support and the advice available to them , but that help and that advice needs to be at the right time and at the right place . |
| 3 | Having decided that basic fact , the real problem is getting to the chosen position at the right time and without being shut out by other yachts . |
| 4 | Skill is one of the most important elements in the champion 's make-up , because if he ca n't perform the right technique at the right time and in the right way , he will never make it to the winner 's rostrum . |
| 5 | Local staff or voluntary workers can not be expected to have the resources , time or experience to ensure that telecommunications , backdrop , crowd flow , music , lighting and camera positions are available at the right time and in the right way . |
| 6 | The reason they were picked ( aside from those who are here by right of birth ) is that a small portion of their total brain power was visibly alight at the right time and in the right place . |
| 7 | On the other hand , public relations is often looked down on by the media as messengers with stories that hold no interest and which will be presented in the wrong way at the wrong time and in the wrong situation . |
| 8 | The original objective was to liberate South Korea , it then began to unite Korea but if you raise the objective to an assault on China proper then , then you would have to quote General Ridgeway , who was a commander on the spot , er you 'd be fighting the wrong war , the wrong time and in the wrong place . |
| 9 | The original objective was to liberate South Korea , it then began to unite Korea but if you raise the objective to an assault on China proper then , then you would have to quote General Ridgeway , who was a commander on the spot , er you 'd be fighting the wrong war , the wrong time and in the wrong place . |
| 10 | There is general dissatisfaction with direct debits being charged at the wrong time or from the wrong account and so-called ‘ phantom withdrawals ’ from ATMs . |
| 11 | Exiled for the second time and without the support of many of the Castilian knights who had followed him before , Rodrigo once again displayed his qualities of a great commander . |
| 12 | Where they come into their own , is let's say that you wanted to phone me in July because my wedding anniversary is in July , you could turn to the back of the July calendar card , write down call Ricky Elliot on the seventh , because it 's his wedding anniversary , erm , and write down my , my telephone number and then distressing though I find this idea , you could forget the whole thing , confident in the knowledge that the system will remind you at the appropriate time as to what action you should take . |
| 13 | Malcolm , myself and Chris went round I think it was two days before , looked for the well it 's a lot tidier that it was the previous time because of the new racking . |
| 14 | Teachers readily admit at the present time that in most cases they have had little or no training in assessment procedures , and therefore feel they lack both the skills and the confidence to take on a more responsible role in certification . |
| 15 | The Third period reaches from the end of the Second period , right through to the present time and on for ever , or until there is no longer life on earth . |
| 16 | At the present time and in er the public fund and the health committee we did decide to have a review after so I think that is actually in control I do n't think we should mess about with it any more at this point . |
| 17 | These proposals are aimed at providing the public with more reassurances than are provided at the present time as to whether boards of directors have fulfilled their stewardship responsibilities . |
| 18 | Jason Ratcliffe , 22 , would surely have reached the 1,000 mark for the first time but for the early-season decision to spread Asif Din 's role as a limited-overs opener into championship cricket . |
| 19 | This year sees a strong European attendance , with André Candillier from Paris showing for the first time while in the field of Old Masters . |
| 20 | An analysis of soil samples from a Kurdish village has proved for the first time that in 1988 Iraqi armed forces used nerve gas as well as mustard gas in air raids against civilians . |
| 21 | The congress also agreed for the first time that in order to ensure a separation of the MPRP and state bodies , the Chairman of the Presidium of the People 's Great Hural ( i.e. effective head of state ) should not be a member of the supreme governing body of the MPRP . |
| 22 | She also looked great — out of dungarees for the first time and into a becomingly simple black dress . |
| 23 | However , others in the industry are concerned about ‘ cowboy ’ companies dabbling in biotechnology for the first time and about the commercial offshoots of universities which are scaling up laboratory experiments — often on shoestring budgets . |
| 24 | So the subjects had clearly realized this aspect of the dynamic solution between doing the experiment for the first time and for the second . |
| 25 | Compartmentation of the interior means that the building is experienced in a new way — details which were once distant ( and which may have been executed in the knowledge that they would not be viewed at close hand ) are seen in ‘ close-up ’ for the first time and in relation to much smaller and more intimate spaces ( Plate 20 ) . |
| 26 | It would be interesting to see if , for the first time and in so unusual a field , the family achieved distinction . |
| 27 | That morning Wycliffe had heard of the Glynn family for the first time and in the few hours since he had learned something about them ; about Gerald , Gina and Barry , about Christine and Aunt Sara , and about the uncles , Alfred and Maurice . |
| 28 | In the Congo he had hunted big game for the first time and in Abyssinia he took every opportunity to do so , and conveyed his enthusiasm to me when I was only a small boy . |
| 29 | In 1987 , the service had to compete for the hospital 's laundry contract for the first time and in 1993 , it will have to submit another tender . ’ |
| 30 | Accurate pictures could now be built up for the first time as to how tigers spent their day , how often they killed , their associations with other tigers and how the young animals found and established their own home ranges . |