Example sentences of "on [noun pl] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Although this approach has much to commend in terms of logic and rationality , by requiring justification of every activity and expenditure item it places an enormous workload on schools at a time when they are already overwhelmed . |
| 2 | As they involved a great deal of the same work to bring them into effect — work that would have taken a considerable time — and would have imposed further contingent or actual liabilities on funds at a time when there was already considerable anxiety because of the uncertainty over the Barber judgment — |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | They might be considered likely to feed on flowers at a time , such as the dry season , when there is a scarcity of fruit . |
| 6 | Donna , who is 5ft 3in tall with short black hair and glasses , was on crutches at the time and may be limping . |
| 7 | He even claimed to have been reading a book on cybernetics at the time of the revolution , but his scholarly interests did not prevent him from amassing enormous wealth by the standards of his fellow citizens . |
| 8 | He dialled Dottie 's number , trying not to dwell on thoughts of the times Michael Banks must have done the same from the same phone . |
| 9 | I well recall one tough Yorkshire girl who was on drugs at the time , coming to a service where I was preaching , and being pierced to the heart by a throwaway line I had never intended saying , about God hardening Pharaoh 's heart . |
| 10 | Is not it hard that all those measures have been placed on students at a time when they find it particularly difficult to get vacation jobs or part-time jobs in term time and when those who graduate find it increasingly difficult to get jobs to pay off the overdrafts that they have had to incur as students ? |
| 11 | Ken took Apricot with him on gigs for a time and quite enjoyed it , but found getting her to school and organizing her clothes and meals onerous . |