Example sentences of "at the [adj] time of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it is inevitable that at the present time of confusion and reform we ask why we should be dependent upon these two great blocks of examinations , at these two particular points in a student 's school career . |
| 2 | He said : ’ there is no statistical evidence that is known to me at the present time of people who are actually being discharged from the private sector We do not have evidence to bring to you of a substantial number of people who have been discharged against their will from the private sector . ’ |
| 3 | The seventy five year old bachelor had finally got his girl at the second time of asking years He 'd waited half a century for this kiss with his new bride Rose , and he still could n't believe his luck . |
| 4 | He proved how difficult this feat is by failing to repeat it at the second time of asking . |
| 5 | Many neglected hedge species respond to hard pruning at the right time of year , and will quickly produce a thicket of new growth . |
| 6 | So Bartle may have been a corn spirit , christianised to become St Bartholomew whose day falls at the right time of year , or even a former village priest as has been suggested . |
| 7 | Do you feel that it 's pointing the right way , bringing the sun in through the right windows at the right time of day ? |
| 8 | It would , for example , be no defence for the seller to say that his farm fertiliser was perfectly safe and effective when applied in the right concentration ( at the right time of the year ) if the instructions supplied with the fertiliser stated in error the wrong concentration , whether too weak to be effective or so strong as to kill the crops . |
| 9 | He went on to play in all 42 League games that season and helped the club to finish in a respectable third position but , statistically at least , his best season with the Palace was 1920–21 when , along with all the other Southern League clubs , we were admitted to the Football League — and promptly won the newly-formed 3rd Division at the first time of asking ! |
| 10 | I was confident I could wear her down eventually , but I certainly never expected her to come across at the first time of asking . |
| 11 | He had looked for a loophole in their guard , he had found that crevice at the first time of asking . |
| 12 | It has proved , at the first time of asking in Test cricket , to be nothing more than a wrist-slapper . |
| 13 | In the arts it has become over the last century not the exception but almost the rule for the innovator at the crucial time of forming his style to find something in another culture from which he can learn , an influence not superficial , as in eighteenth century chinoiserie , but radical ( the Impressionists and the Japanese woodcut , Debussy and the Javanese gamelan , Frank Lloyd Wright and Japanese architecture , the Imagists and Japanese and Chinese poetry , the Cubists and African sculpture , Henry Moore and the Mexican Chac Mool , Brecht and Chinese theatre , Artaud and Balinese dance ) . |
| 14 | Various witnesses , including shoppers and tramdrivers , gave varying accounts of witnessing Drew or somebody like him at the appropriate time of the murder . |
| 15 | In the future , it might be possible for us to reset our body clock to the new time zone quickly , by taking a pill containing melatonin at the appropriate time of day . |
| 16 | Some of the Indian princes had private stations , and in China special stations were even built so that the Emperor could visit the western tombs at the appropriate time of the year . |
| 17 | After a peaceful settlement was reached " the Security Council members … will bring their active contribution to the settlement of the other problems of the region and , in particular , the Israeli-Arab conflict and the Palestinian problem by the convening at the appropriate time of an international conference … to secure the security , the stability and the development of this part of the world " . |
| 18 | Darlington police want to speak to anyone who may have seen suspicious activity around the health authority offices at the estimated time of the incident . |
| 19 | It is not rational to expect the best virtue where temptation is applied in the most trying form at the frailest time of human life . ’ |
| 20 | If only a portion of the balance is to be switched into another currency , the service will take two working days , using the exchange rate quoted at the requested time of transfer . |
| 21 | I was n't really sure what I was doing going to listen to a programme of classical music at the uncustomary time of 10 a.m . |
| 22 | He tries to fix dates at the key time of Jesus ' birth and beginning of his ministry ( Luke 2:1 ; 3:1 ) . |
| 23 | Well the advice Mrs then is if you know what variety it is and you know it 's a variety tough enough to grow outdoors like er Peregrine , then send protection at the susceptible time of the year when the blossom 's out , otherwise er if it is a tend a more tender variety we do n't think er the thing is going to survive and certainly not going to fruit . |
| 24 | His new venture , The Champion , opening in early June , will close at the traditional time of 3.30am . |
| 25 | I should be grateful if you would amend the small advertisement for the B.A.E.C. at the next time of insertion so that the last part reads : ‘ For details , write to the Secretary , . |
| 26 | At the next time of passing , the first term is smaller again ( since var[ ] is lower ) and the covariance is reduced , reinforcing the first effect . |
| 27 | She was worrying that they 'd made love at the wrong time of the month . |
| 28 | Although we can quickly reset our watches , our body clock takes many days to adjust , and so instructs the pineal to produce melatonin at the wrong time of day , causing jet-lag . |
| 29 | It would be the last straw if her husband tried to get romantic at the wrong time of the month . |
| 30 | If you are scoring the tests yourself , rather than getting the computer to do it for you , then always do so at the same time of day — otherwise there would be variability due to time-of-day effects upon your scoring ability . |