Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [art] particular time " in BNC.

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1 It is assumed that for every action the operator has a purpose , the choice of the particular action at the particular time or point in the sequence is triggered by some other event , usually the successful completion of an action is indicated by a particular information presentation which also is noted on the chart .
2 He points out first that those who are aware of the finer points of history will know that in former days ( or " the earliest days ' : the meticulous ulema were authorized to give fetvas individually according to the requirement of a particular time .
3 Some palaeontological works are systematic ; that is to say , they describe a particular fossil , or group of fossils ; or they are used stratigraphically , to delimit a geological zone within a particular time period , so that the age of a sedimentary sequence can be determined .
4 We can notice , too , that the deictic aspect of the definite referring expression the sun ( the definite article being a deictic term ) is contextually ambiguous — I could use it homophorically ( the sun , generally ) or deictically ( the sun at a particular time and place ) .
5 Take the flipping , a particular or token event which occurred only in a particular place at a particular time , to be f , and the starting to be 5 .
6 Singular statements , unlike a second class of statements that we will meet shortly , refer to a particular occurrence or state of affairs at a particular place at a particular time .
7 Insofar as our interest is in the market process and its competitive character , we should no more be surprised that only one producer is making a product at a particular time than that of many producers of a particular product one is charging a price which no other producer is asking .
8 Without the relational property of being on the mat at a particular time the cat would not be the ontological individual it is .
9 Life was faster , demands changed more quickly , and people were included because they met a particular need at a particular time .
10 They say their findings are not intended to be taken as predictions , rather as snapshots of public opinion at a particular time ( though they are quick to claim credit when their ‘ snapshots ’ coincide with the final result ) .
11 A pictorial representation of the age-sex structure of a population at a particular time is provided by an age-sex profile or population pyramid .
12 Bem and Locksley and Colten agree that sex-role inventories express ideas of gender in a particular community at a particular time , and so display built-in constraints and obsolescence ( Bell and Schaffer 1984 ) .
13 A place could become holy through some historical event , a memory of a work of God done at the site at a particular time .
14 Dowsing depends on the interaction between the person and the site at a particular time .
15 Programmes are booked in advance for a particular room at a particular time and are then " broadcast " into that room as prearranged .
16 Other methods of stimulating volume might include controlling trading hours ( by concentrating liquidity in a particular time frame , as on the metal and cocoa rings ) or by lengthening the hours , to attract business from other time zones .
17 These are all , in effect , tests of manners , not morals , since propriety is a measure of the appropriateness of public behaviour to a particular time or place .
18 There remains the more fundamental question of why it should befall a particular person at a particular time and place .
19 So you work on one assignment at a particular time ?
20 He is often concerned with the structure of social relationships , the principles underlying organizations and the manifestation of social institutions in general as evidence at a particular time , rather than being concerned with the flow of events which attracts the historian .
21 We 've got to get the things to do but quite often if you are , we 've got to have those things to do you 've got finish by a particular time .
22 Whilst we hope you will find these facility ratings a helpful guide when making your holiday choice , it is important you appreciate both that circumstances can change after our brochure goes to press and that such facilities can not be guaranteed throughout the season , particularly where they are dependent on weather or the level of demand at a particular time .
23 To argue over the logic or truth of an idea in absolute terms is to explore the nature of belief itself , but for an historian of ideas what is most interesting is ‘ who held a particular belief at a particular time and what needs it fulfilled for them .
24 ( The same , actually , is true of a press campaign , but there is no reason to simplify , since the appearance of an ad in a particular paper at a particular time is determined , whereas the actual TV buying pattern needs to be left flexible . )
25 This is a serious problem for the " outsider " linguist , who may not be able to trust his/her intuition to decide which code is in use at a particular time .
26 It would be necessary to understand the particular animal 's relation to its environment at the particular time .
27 Nevertheless there is at least one sense in which The Lord of the Rings can claim ‘ mythic ’ status , which is as ‘ a story embodying the deepest feelings of a particular society at a particular time ’ .
28 All over the world , standards of beauty vary ; fat women can become the ideal , or those with small feet , or tall women , or those with blue eyes , or whatever it is that seems to capture the spirit of beauty for a particular time and place .
29 The timing of training sessions was investigated in some depth and the importance of fitting the training to a particular time of year and to a particular size of training package at specific times of day was revealed .
30 Number of employees on payroll at a particular time .
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