Example sentences of "at the time it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Careful timing will also he required to ensure that the item is actually happening at the time it fits into the programme . |
| 2 | The scientists concluded that it would have been better to leave the beaches alone , but as one commented : " At the time it made sense . |
| 3 | At the time it sounded like an innocent idea . |
| 4 | At the time it had seemed both natural and civilised to celebrate the taking up of his directorship with a small private party at his house for the senior staff . |
| 5 | At the time it had seemed that they shared so much that they must have some mystic chain binding them together . |
| 6 | Perhaps she should have put him right there and then , but at the time it had not seemed terribly important , for instantly , chameleon-like , his demeanour had altered . |
| 7 | At the time it had been easy enough to make the pledge he had demanded , since she had n't been able to imagine a situation where she would ever want to attack anyone . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Er , what I would like to propose the erm a a that resolution two of course , was put down at the time it had to be put down er , and is clearly going to be affected by , that it happened at the th the financial services in March and what I have suggested is that you might prefer this be a a a second resolution it is or and turn to the to add on the end of that resolution thus urging local churches to through their consultations with district treasurers and finance committee to increase their contributions to the Ministry of Mission Fund in nineteen ninety three in such a way that provincial commi , commitment may be increased by at least five percent over the nineteen ninety two . |
| 10 | At the time it appalled the traditionalists ; now it is winning them round with its logical elegance , nostalgic glamour and atmosphere of cocktails on a Cunard liner . |
| 11 | There are situations where the reciprocal of a rate would make more sense than the original rate : ergonomists , for example , might find it more natural to look at the time it takes a person to produce a fixed number of items rather than at the output a person produces from a machine in a fixed period of time . |
| 12 | At the time it felt brave . |
| 13 | At the time it came as something of a shock . |
| 14 | The great virtue of the N & P service is that the customer hears the price at which he is dealing , at the time it happens . |
| 15 | This outlook emboldened Iran to repudiate the military provisions of the 1921 Soviet-Persian Treaty at the time it abrogated Iranian membership in CENTO . |
| 16 | At the time it looked like a masterstroke , a piece of breath-taking audacity . |
| 17 | At the time it seemed as if the government had crushed the nationalist movement by locking up its leaders for life . |
| 18 | We 're used to it now , of course , but at the time it seemed rather exciting . |
| 19 | Even at the time it seemed to me that it was pointless to be vindictive or even to allot responsibility for such happenings . |
| 20 | At the time it seemed it was a fabulously intelligent thing to say . ’ |
| 21 | At the time it seemed things could get no worse but , inexorably , they did . |
| 22 | At the time it seemed as though the Midland had miraculously got its money back from the ill-fated venture . |
| 23 | The forces of federation and supranationalism were in disarray , and at the time it seemed natural to conclude that the whole momentum of European integration was lurching to a halt , in particular because the EDC debacle had opened up a rift between France and West Germany . |
| 24 | She had joined the course at her parents ' insistence and while it was n't her idea of fun at the time it seemed a better alternative than being behind a typewriter . |
| 25 | For girls who had delayed making their pregnancy public , at the time it seemed impossible to tell anyone , but afterwards they all wished that they had . |
| 26 | At the time it seemed senselessly cruel , but it often proved justifiable in the end : some girls who married Englishmen or Americans found themselves very unhappy in their new life , and eventually returned to Italy . |
| 27 | At the time it seemed one of the better right hands I 've ever thrown — from the shoulder , punching not at but through the target , with half-pivot that threw all my weight behind the blow . |
| 28 | At the time it seemed to us that Hilda was not the happy , carefree girl her father and I wished her to be . |
| 29 | At the time it seemed more truthful to make a break ; then at least the position was defined . |
| 30 | This involved combining the current running costs of the plant with the cost of capital investment at the time it took place , many years before . |