Example sentences of "at the [adj] time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I arrived there at the due time and waited and waited , but no corporal appeared . |
| 2 | There is no need for any concern at the present time but the problems have got to be addressed because they wo n't go away . |
| 3 | We know rather little about what kind of bargains are struck at the present time although inheritance is always a possible way of ensuring that the balance of support does not tip too much in one direction , even if its use is not spoken about openly . |
| 4 | Another significant area of outstanding work is late benefit applications which total over 30,000 at the present time although some of these are speculative and some also apply to Community Charge as well as Council Tax . |
| 5 | The submissions made to your Lordships on the basis of the history of eleemosynary corporations do not seem to me to justify the drawing of such a distinction at the present time once it is accepted that certiorari can be available ( as in Thomas ) on some grounds . |
| 6 | Are there issues in your relationship at the present time that you resent ? |
| 7 | Teachers readily admit at the present time that in most cases they have had little or no training in assessment procedures , and therefore feel they lack both the skills and the confidence to take on a more responsible role in certification . |
| 8 | The European Community ( EC ) , for example , actually came into existence largely through an acute perception of French national interests by Jean Monnet , who was mainly responsible for creating the European Coal and Steel Community — the precursor of the Common Market — as a means of protecting French industry and especially French steel makers from their more efficient German competitors ; and it is widely recognized at the present time that national interests continue to play a major part in the debates and decisions of the Community . |
| 9 | In May 1947 the Joint Chiefs , while acknowledging that planning had to remain flexible , observed that " it appears at the present time that initial establishment of Allied forces in the Middle East is the most promising course of action " . |
| 10 | These proposals are aimed at providing the public with more reassurances than are provided at the present time as to whether boards of directors have fulfilled their stewardship responsibilities . |
| 11 | By their reasons the justices stated that the girl would continue to be liable to sexual abuse if allowed to return to her family as the mother refused to recognise the responsibility of the father for that abuse and that the mother would not protect the girl from the father on whom the mother was emotionally dependent ; that they had considered that the girl might be cared for by her half-sister but had concluded that it would be difficult to prevent contact between the girl and her father ; that they had formed the view that contact between the girl and her father would be harmful at the present time and therefore the local authority should refuse such contact until the review by the local authority in six months time ; and that there should be supervised reasonable contact between the girl and her mother and between the girl and her half-sister . |
| 12 | Over a hundred MPs in the House of Commons hold government posts at the present time and even the humblest of them — the parliamentary private secretaries — are almost always forced to resign if they vote against the government or even abstain . |
| 13 | 1.6 This allowance is based upon staff who are at the top of the grade at the present time and translates into the following : |
| 14 | The message which Balfour sent was that , ‘ He is also of the opinion that it will be a serious danger if the Socialist Party is allowed to assume office at the present time and he thinks every means ought to be taken to avert the Parliamentary defeat which would bring them into office in your place . |
| 15 | At the present time and in er the public fund and the health committee we did decide to have a review after so I think that is actually in control I do n't think we should mess about with it any more at this point . |
| 16 | I think the government should slow down on all its activities at the present time and concentrate on getting the economy right , and everything else put on the back burner . |
| 17 | They 're er they live in at the present time and er his name 's Paul and he 's the main Skoda dealer in Nottingham . |
| 18 | CD trials , with teachers who are new both to the unit and to the computer system , are important at the present time because most teacher users will be in this category . |
| 19 | His achievement was thus in a real sense an imaginative one , and so much was he the right man in the right place at the right time that his procedures and opinions were never seriously gainsaid . |
| 20 | The drama school will know about this , and make sure your picture is sent at the right time before you finish training . |
| 21 | Not just meeting the right person at the right time but also developing at the same pace so that you both have the same needs and expectations from life at roughly the same time . |
| 22 | Much worse to begin too soon and reach the end too quickly , typed Goldberg , squinting at the manuscript before him , than to begin at the right time and reach the end too quickly . |
| 23 | Much worse to begin too soon and feel one has begun too soon than to begin at the right time and discover one has nothing to begin . |
| 24 | Skill is one of the most important elements in the champion 's make-up , because if he ca n't perform the right technique at the right time and in the right way , he will never make it to the winner 's rostrum . |
| 25 | The unpredictable English weather meant that delivering the leaves at the right time and at exactly the right stage of development for silkworms to thrive on them was impossible . |
| 26 | Some halted at the right time and others did n't , resulting in a bit of a rugger scrum . |
| 27 | Local staff or voluntary workers can not be expected to have the resources , time or experience to ensure that telecommunications , backdrop , crowd flow , music , lighting and camera positions are available at the right time and in the right way . |
| 28 | These lessons were given at the right time and were invaluable in later life . |
| 29 | He has to get the barley , go out at the right time and sow it . |
| 30 | So we need to get the word of God , go out with it at the right time and leave it with people . |