Example sentences of "the time [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the very day that the Garotter 's Act became law , the essential distinction between right and wrong faltered appreciably in the pages of The Times where a disturbance was noted at Cremorne Gardens which had resulted in some upper-class rowdies being heavily fined . |
| 2 | Right , I mean that 's the time when a video is useful . |
| 3 | It is not that primary teachers must become preoccupied with examinations or tests to be taken at the time when a child changes school . |
| 4 | Just about the time when a nome ought to be taking it easy . |
| 5 | But consider the phrase ‘ at the time when a person referred to in paragraph 1 becomes entitled to invoke the rules referred to in the preceding paragraph ’ . |
| 6 | Membership is gained consciously or unconsciously and it is often difficult to determine the time when a person becomes a member . |
| 7 | It can be seen that the physician or doctor will have to bear both factors in mind when deciding if the time when a drug is to be taken is important ( see also Chapter 14 ) . |
| 8 | This , we hoped , would permit us to see the various stages of the project in operation from the time when a school began to plan its proposal to the time when the materials purchased with project funds were already in use . |
| 9 | But this is usually the time when a stallion is most intolerant of other males , and even in this particular co-operative situation , a stallion will not allow another one to mate with ‘ his ’ mares . |
| 10 | In calculating the time when a review is due , the starting point is : ( a ) where a person is arrested outside the police station ( i ) the time he arrives at the relevant station ; or ( ii ) the time 24 hours after the time of his arrest , whichever is the earlier ; ( b ) where a person attends the police station voluntarily and is subsequently arrested there the time of arrest ; ( c ) where a person is arrested outside England and Wales : ( i ) the time he arrives at the first station to which he is taken in the police area in which the offence for which he has been arrested is being investigated ; or ( ii ) 24 hours after the time of his entry into the country whichever is the earlier ; ( d ) where a person is arrested in another part of the country and has to be taken to the police area where the offence is being investigated for questioning — the time at which he arrived at the first police station in the police area in question . |
| 11 | This is the time when a professional knows he has to cut sentimental connections and kick close friends and women back into the world of clerks and shopkeepers . |
| 12 | Less extreme examples can be found in any street or office , and there is a move among women to make the best of ‘ prime-time ’ , a phase which has been described as the years between 35 and 60 , the time when a woman can capitalize on her experience , energy , and maturity . |
| 13 | The custom of asking for permission to marry has less significance nowadays ; it harks back to the time when a father had control over his unmarried daughter 's money until a husband came along . |
| 14 | We are a long way from the time where a computer could pass a reasonable judgement on the quality of an electronic document . |
| 15 | While this is a considerable improvement on the former method , it does nothing to reduce the paper-work involved or to shorten the time before a buyer is entered on the company 's register and receives his share certificate — which will take weeks and sometimes months . |
| 16 | Home Office figures showed plans to lengthen the time before a prisoner became eligible for parole and to introduce longer parole periods would mean the prison poulation could expand by between 4,000 and 5,000 . |