Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Further efforts were made to strengthen the defences at this time by the despatch of one flight of Hurricanes from 274 Squadron in North Africa .
2 The report on the coarse wares is very illuminating for the views at that time of a man who had spent a lifetime handling pottery .
3 As the sun could never shine into the houses at any time of the day they must have been cold and damp .
4 Members should not indicate any willingness to accept the proposals until such time as all negotiations on them have concluded .
5 For example , if we knew the positions and speeds of the sun and the planets at one time , then we could use Newton 's laws to calculate the state of the Solar System at any other time .
6 They could imagine what conditions must be like up in the mountains , having done their stint in the sticks at one time or another .
7 Very often , of course , in Divisional Court appeals the justices have not been asked to state their findings of fact and record the reasons until some time afterwards , sometimes a considerable time afterwards , after a notice of appeal has been lodged .
8 ‘ But why should he do a deal with the kidnappers during that time ? ’ she asked .
9 And er there was very little money spent on the roads at that time , the , the railways had been the great carriers of everything and the motorcars were just coming in .
10 It was most probably the closeness to the river that was the deciding factor in choosing the site , for the state of the roads at that time made it easier to travel by water .
11 The curve is jagged because the values of raw time series data at adjacent points can be very different .
12 1.30 In a serious personal injury case or in a fatal case the initial calculations of loss of earnings or dependency may be made very soon after the accident , based on wage rates provided by the employers at that time .
13 If the driver suddenly needs to call for extra revs , he can overrule the settings at any time by pushing the foot pedal .
14 The staple diet of the Highlanders at this time was oatmeal porridge , cakes made from barley or stoneground oat-flour , vegetables , milk , butter , eggs and cheese with occasional fish , beef , venison , wild fruits , honey and the famous Scottish soups .
15 I had got my back almost round to the steps by this time but I knew I 'd never get my parka open and the front door key out unless I had an edge .
16 Another resident , who asked not to be named , said : ‘ Everyone has had trouble with the gangs at one time or another .
17 I 'd go a little bit further and say well it 'd be much more likely that husband and wife would be in the master bedroom with in the small bedroom , but as you say er the adults or anybody indeed in the flat is likely to be in the bedrooms at that time , but Sergeant you see went a bit further and said that at the briefing , somehow he got information that was likely to be in the master bedroom so I understand your evidence , you certainly did n't get that impression at the brief .
18 Group chief facilitator said : ‘ Initially we have been successful in helping to establish teams in the personnel , training , public relations , sales and distribution departments at Barlaston , while Johnson Brothers have had five teams indifferent areas of the offices for some time now . ’
19 No change was made to the livery of the cars at this time .
20 Perhaps it is better , rather than roaming back into the recesses of geological time to consider the sudden and simultaneous extinctions that happened in Our geological yesterday .
21 TRI-R hangers will not be available in the shops for some time , but we 're able to offer you a chance to try two different versions of this exciting wall-hanging system .
22 They had come within sight of the stables by this time , and Mrs Alderley 's coachman , seeing his mistress approaching , made haste to open the door , calling to the groom who had accompanied them to reharness the horses which had been released from the bit .
23 Since higher education is currently exam oriented and likely to remain so even under SCOTCATS it is recommended that SCOTVEC and institutions of higher education jointly undertake an urgent review of modular certificates in order to discover ways in which these could be made to relate more effectively to the demands of full time higher education .
24 Ramon Pidal gives a rounded portrait of the brothers at this time :
25 There were very few lone parents on the books at that time : so few that no separate statistics were kept of their numbers .
26 You just insist you have access to the books at any time or you send your accountant in to check .
27 ‘ But it shows she was trying everything and it did put an end to the sightings at that time . ’
28 Although one looks at reasonableness at the time the agreement is entered into , it is only practical also to take into account the legitimate expectations of the parties at that time regarding the future , and what is reasonably foreseeable .
29 This point is sensibly picked up in the Vienna Sales Convention , which provides in article 1(2) that : The fact that the parties have their places of business in different States is to be disregarded whenever this fact does not appear from the contract or from any dealings between , or from , information disclosed by , the parties at any time before or at the conclusion of the contract . ’
30 This chapter will start by looking at the potential for politicisation in later-Stuart England , and show that most of the issues which divided the parties at this time had roots which dug deep in society .
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