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

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1 Another reason why coaching does not occur as often as it might is due to the time pressures which every manager faces .
2 This is due to the time taken to charge capacitor C3 via the high value resistor R4 .
3 This lag is due to the time lag in the seasonal increase in total radiation , as also pointed out in reports of spring blooms in areas from Lofoten and southwards .
4 And the other thing you have to bear in mind is that at the time the original structure plan was drawn up , they were n't talking about the er the structural employment problems that we are at the moment .
5 On the other hand , he is suspicious of nutshell knowledge and footnote knowledge , and he wants as full an explanation of everything that is relevant as is possible in the time allowed .
6 Whatever else it may betoken , it is clear for the time being that Mr Laws will not be asked to put on his war-paint and go a-hunting for scalps " .
7 Perhaps the work-load is high at the time , looking at the map and the ground for possible clues as to where they are , looking for signs of possible lift to climb in , together with all the other little worries involved in a field landing .
8 But they want to be sure it is empty at the time they might need to sell or redevelop .
9 A decision now has to be made about whether this rearrangement is acceptable for the time being or whether some further rearrangement might be more satisfactory .
10 There is also a transient expression of c -fos , but only if the animal is unanaesthetised at the time of induction , suggesting that the c- fos protein is necessary for the generation of the most persistent form of LTP ( LTP3 ; see Box 1 ) .
11 LTP can be tentatively subdivided into several mechanistically distinct components : LTP1 , with a duration of less than 3–6h which is blocked by kinase inhibitors but not by protein synthesis inhibitors ; LTP2 , a component which is blocked by translational inhibitors but which appears to be independent of gene expression ; and LTP3 , with a time constant of several days , which is only obtained if the animal is unanaesthetised at the time of induction and which may require gene expression ( see text ) .
12 In the case of bookings made less than 6 weeks prior to departure the full amount is payable at the time of booking .
13 The train make–up is typical of the time with air–conditioned Mk2 stock supported by Mk1 braking coaches .
14 Although a great quantity of pottery was found in this deposit , it is typical of the time of the Report , that only 16 examples were published ( fig. 11 of the Report ) .
15 The amount of slashing is optional for the time being .
16 Combe Bank could be regarded as an attempt to reduce the four-corner-towered form of , for example , Lord Burlington 's Tottenham Park to the scale of a villa ; at Whitton Place he appears to have been one of the first Palladian architects to employ the three-sided bay-window motif ; and his stable block at Althorp , Northamptonshire ( 1732–3 ) , with its portico derived from St Paul Covent Garden is exceptional for the time in its exploitation of the bold simplicity of the Tuscan order .
17 Where the original tenant is not required to provide a guarantor but the alienation provisions permit the landlord to require a guarantor on an assignment if it is reasonable to do so , some landlords and tenants prefer the form of the guarantor 's covenants not to be set out in the lease but to rely upon what is reasonable at the time of the assignment , presumably to ensure that the state of the art is employed .
18 In Rannie v Irvine ( 1844 ) 7 Man & G 969 Tindal CJ said " if the contract is reasonable at the time it is entered into , we are not bound to look out for improbable and extravangant contingencies in order to make it void " .
19 No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business .
20 No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business .
21 This is well beyond the time scale generally relevant to landform development but it is still important to be aware of how present landscapes , especially in plate interiors , relate to the most recent episode of supercontinent fragmentation .
22 ‘ I guess my credit rating is safe for the time being . ’
23 The sequence of events during the 1-cell cycle ( detailed timings are given in Table 1 ) is initiated by fertilization and is independent of the time of ovulation ( 8 ) .
24 Ken Revell , chief technologist at BL Technology , says he is concerned at the time the government study has taken .
25 Little reliable information is available at the time of writing and much of the " data " which does exist is based on guesswork — more or less inspired and sometimes merely sensational .
26 These results suggest that knowledge of the overall theme of a passage is useful only if it is available at the time the passage is read or heard .
27 First off the production line in March was ‘ Dumpy ’ 2 — a pack design which allows the farmer to lift three-quarters of a tonne of fertilizer from either the bottom or the top , depending on what sort of agricultural equipment is available at the time .
28 Such a bit image blocks are not normally compressed , and anyone using graphics in a document is familiar with the time it takes to load the printer .
29 I do find it extraordinarily difficult to see how it [ women 's ordination as priests ] is consonant with the time and place that God chose to be incarnate .
30 The effect of erosion on volcano morphology is beautifully illustrated in the Hawaiian Islands where the degree of dissection of each island is proportional to the time elapsed since volcanic activity ceased .
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