Example sentences of "or at [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there were a fair number , though of course the numbers of women at Cambridge are , or at that time were , very low . |
| 2 | There is hardly a treasure hunter anywhere in the world who has not heard of Charles Garrett , read at least one of his numerous books on the subject , or at one time or another used one of his metal detectors . |
| 3 | Interesting results emerge when we place these ‘ players ’ — who may be individuals or organized groups — on a two-dimensional , nxn square lattice of ‘ patches ’ : each lattice-site is thus occupied either by a C or a D. In each round of our game ( or at each time step , or each generation ) , each patch-owner plays the game with its immediate neighbours . |
| 4 | Order 9 , r 6 applies if the defendant in a default action : ( 1 ) does not within 14 days after service of the summons on him , pay to the plaintiff the total amount of the claim and costs on the summons ; or ( 2 ) delivers an admission of the whole of the plaintiff 's claim unaccompanied by a counterclaim or a request for time for payment , or ( 3 ) does not deliver an admission of part of the plaintiff 's claim , a defence or counterclaim , the plaintiff may on filing a request for judgment , and certifying that defendant has not sent any reply to the summons , and stating what payments , if any , have been made , have judgment entered , either for payment forthwith or at such times as plaintiff may specify . |
| 5 | ( 3 ) The Director may by notice in writing require the person under investigation or any other person to produce at such place as may be specified in the notice and either forthwith or at such time as may be so specified any specified documents which appear to the Director to relate to any matter relevant to the investigation or any documents of a specified description which appear to him so to relate ; and — ( a ) if any such documents are produced , the Director may — ( i ) take copies or extracts from them ; ( ii ) require the person producing them to provide an explanation of any of them ; ( b ) if any such documents are not produced , the Director may require the person who was required to produce them to state , to the best of his knowledge and belief , where they are . |
| 6 | Plug it in anywhere in the building , and by pressing buttons you can switch appliances on and on , or dim lights , either immediately or at preset times . |
| 7 | Where resort sports or other facilities are advertised , they may not necessarily be available in all resorts in the vicinity of all properties featured or at all times of the season . |
| 8 | During the summer Dad would go to the allotment or at other times of the year start one or other of the jobs which he always seemed to have to do . |
| 9 | It can also examine timetables to ensure that bus companies operate not only at peak times but at midday or at other times when people wish to travel to doctors , hospitals or services that may be situated in the centres of population in cities and towns . |
| 10 | Another is the use of casuals to supplement the basic staff in a restaurant or bar on busy days or at busy times of the year . |
| 11 | Appetite might be poor and food that is eaten will be difficult to digest ; bowel movements will occur at inconvenient times in the night or at unaccustomed times during the day , or the traveller might suffer constipation for a few days . |
| 12 | ( You are rarely able to sample rhythms as often as you would like. ) ( a ) Are your 4 hours of observations made in a single session or a number of sessions ? ( b ) If it is a single session , is this at the same time or at different times each day ? ( c ) If it is at different times , then how do you arrange them ? ( d ) If it is a number of sessions , then how many ? |
| 13 | This would seem to demonstrate not only that studies in different areas or at different times have produced different results , but that a follow through of the cases prosecuted might have found , for example , that Blacks had a different ( possibly higher ) rate of ‘ not guilty ’ pleas , with acquittal rates which might have justified them in not accepting a caution . |
| 14 | I suppose in asking that question I 've got to ask you to rule out er all transactions er which have sort of transacted through New York and London at the same , or , or at different times , because quite clearly the Good Committee would er all their suggestions would fail on that behalf You 've just destroyed the question I was going to ask you really before I got to the question . |
| 15 | ‘ Seeds collected now can be tested for resistance either this year or at some time in the future , ’ he says . |
| 16 | But , from a study of the pattern of his previous lives , it would seem that at some point — whether as Martin or at some time in the future — he will have to accept the role of teacher , guide or helper . |
| 17 | The other possibility er is that having read it the site visit that I will have made , in any event , either already or or at some time during the latter part of next week , I may discover there is something which one of the parties points out which I have n't looked at because I did n't realize that it was relevant . |
| 18 | Compared with the general population , significantly more miners had visited their general practitioner because of dyspepsia either recently or at some time in the past ( 80% v 55.1% , p<0.001 ) . |
| 19 | So it should n't be that much of a problem but I do recommend erm this weekend , amongst the many other things , to look at the C C Q , or at some time before you go out in the big wide world and do it for real , to look at the C C Q and pull it apart so you know what each box is actually for . |
| 20 | ‘ You played it for her , you can play it for me ’ : MacWeek expects Apple Computer Inc this month to announce a software only information server code-named Bogart that simplifies and accelerates text search and retrieval ; the thing will use agent technology to enable users to perform English-language queries with Boolean operators and proximity searches of text stored on a central server or on CD-ROMs and will deliver ‘ smart relevance ’ search results , ranked by pertinence to the user 's query ; searches can reportedly occur on demand or at user-specified time intervals . |
| 21 | While agreeing with the spirit of Jameson 's suggestion that an avant-garde sensibility may displace and make strange the regularity of everyday television , it is not enough to appeal to an already formed avant garde — formed in another place or at another time and for another purpose — which can be hauled in and held up to television as a template of value . |
| 22 | The horse that forgot about the tiger that lived in its lair at the bottom of the hill , or at any time disregarded the danger , would very soon become the tiger 's dinner , and so lack the opportunity to pass on to future generations its genes for a poor memory and a low threshold of fear . |
| 23 | Well , the water was n't hot , then or at any time . |
| 24 | If you do not wish to receive any of these offers — now or at any time in the future — please complete your personal details , tick the box below and return this form by post ( no stamp needed ) to Thames Water Utilities , Freepost , Swindon , SN2 6BR . |
| 25 | In the society of the present , or at any time for that matter , the librarian , in his or her professional capacity , has no competence and no right to make moral judgments of the propriety of this or that piece of literature . |
| 26 | A kind of interplanetary world musician — there 's only a few , in any form or at any time , and he 's one of these guys . |
| 27 | 4.1 acknowledges that all rights ( including but not limited to the copyright and other intellectual property rights ) in the Licensed Software which are owned by and shall remain the property of and and shall not during or at any time after the expiry or termination of this Agreement in any way question or dispute the ownership or any other such rights of and . |
| 28 | A superb relaxing refreshing decongesting natural treatment ideal in the morning or at any time during the day — even over make-up . |
| 29 | ‘ Did he tell you then or at any time that he intended returning to St Matthew 's ? ’ |
| 30 | Even more alien to the spirit of British law , is a recent amendment to the Directive which enables a member state to declare an object a national treasure ‘ before or after its lawful removal ’ , and therefore take retrospective action at the point of sale or at any time subsequently . |