Example sentences of "on [noun] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Estimates , or if possible measurements , of fuel on board at the time of impact contribute to knowledge of the probable weight of the aircraft and its expected performance in terms of rate of climb or speed . |
| 2 | I was on watch at the time getting colder and colder and wetter and wetter . |
| 3 | However , with cash in short supply , Dolphin has had to put some of its own SCI product development on hold for the time being , until , as it hopes more cash comes rolling in . |
| 4 | Conversely had we had the profits last year which would have generated taxable profits then we would n't have needed to have done that , so that 's one reason why it was not disclosed on floatations at the time and floatation was not regarded as an asset . |
| 5 | If , however , you book your holiday within 6 weeks of departure date , final timings and detailed joining instructions will be given over the telephone or on Viewdata at the time of booking . |
| 6 | If , however , you book your holiday within 6 weeks of departure date , final timings and detailed joining instructions will be given over the telephone or on Viewdata at the time of booking . |
| 7 | out er we had nobody on site at the time . |
| 8 | The two-thirds majority of only those who were present meant that the views of legates and those absent from the curia on business at the time of the death of a pope carried no weight in the election of a successor . |
| 9 | Cinema-goers emerging into the night following a presentation of the aforementioned work may , at one time , have been justified in the belief that the film would be available on video by the time they got home . |
| 10 | Three others — Paul Dalrymple and John Sutherland ( Kings ) and Gary Williams ( Bulls ) — have been given two-match suspensions , while Kings ' Graham Bailey and George Charters , who left the bench when not on court at the time , each receive a one-match ban . |
| 11 | Because your husband was on strike at the time ? |
| 12 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 13 | Yesterday 's leader article on Austria in The Times concluded : ’ The Community must itself look east and rebuild by free trade those shattered economies if the migration on which far-right reaction feeds is to be stemmed ’ . |
| 14 | It is surely no coincidence that plays dealing with homosexuality and abortion were shown on BBC at the time when these issues were to be debated in the House of Commons and the Press ’ . |
| 15 | He had been appearing on television at the time . |
| 16 | I mean we were to come over Bridge here and there was a police station on Bridge at the time , police , you know opposite the T B I , and the sergeant used to stand there and he used to wait for us coming home . |
| 17 | Lastly ‘ our Nige ’ pops up in a jazz programme with Peter Pettinger ( piano ) , recorded on impulse in the time left after the Elgar Sonata in 1984 . |
| 18 | There is no doubt that if CCs had been on offer at the time , Bruin would probably have taken them all . |
| 19 | I think in this day and age , there is probably a greater propensity to move and consequently there may well be an increased erm amount of vacancies occurring and that was why in our statement , we actually increased the number of vacancies , but I think that is a function of the number of houses on offer at the time . |
| 20 | It was understood that Italy alone was on offer for the time being ; but the imperial prospects of 817 were undimmed . |
| 21 | Sonic thirty pages in volume two are known to contain an account of everyday life on Islay at the time of the author 's visit , and notes on the fishing at Portnahaven are particularly valuable . |
| 22 | Sonic thirty pages in volume two are known to contain an account of everyday life on Islay at the time of the author 's visit , and notes on the fishing at Portnahaven are particularly valuable . |
| 23 | Luckily Miss Malley was on leave at the time , otherwise this event might just have been too much for her . |
| 24 | The very wide shoulders narrowing sharply to a slim hip on a longer jacket was the biggest influence on menswear at the time and he took the world by storm . |
| 25 | All this gave strong grounds for believing that the body had been put into the sea near the house on stilts about the time of high water on Friday night . |
| 26 | The offender was on licence at the time of the offence from a sentence of 15 years ' imprisonment imposed in 1981 . |
| 27 | All the more embarrassing , then , that the residence of the High Commissioner , Sir Derek March , was recently burgled and thoroughly looted , despite a British policeman being on duty at the time . |
| 28 | The keeper on duty at the time might have got a message out before the lighthouse went . |
| 29 | I believe her , I trust her and I was not bewitched by her green eyes , owing to the fact that I was on duty at the time . ’ |
| 30 | ( iii ) On 17 September 1990 the respondent attended the key department together with his new employer , Mr. A. The only assistant on duty at the time was Mr. S. with whom the respondent had previously worked . |