Example sentences of "they [be] at time " in BNC.

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1 The groundwork principles are a necessary element in the art of kung fu and they are usually taught towards the end of training , since many of them are at times contradictory to the normal rules governing training .
2 This is important in the treatment of self-poisoning patients because , as has already been noted , they are at times regarded with hostility by hospital staff ( p. 22 ) , and by relatives and friends ( p. 23 ) .
3 The major differences between the two positions — and they are at times crudely drawn — focus on :
4 I think mostly erm , I think that the audits have gone erm , very well actually erm , people are following the procedures and they are at times , they are a little bit slipping up erm , enquiries seem to be an area and filling in the enquiry form properly and making sure that it is copied to the divisional enquiry file erm , a few people fell down on that erm , but in most cases the procedures were followed virtually to a letter .
5 Erm and it 's a bit like timekeeping I mean they they 've got their own system now for evaluating how good they are at time keeping and I think the erm the figure they try and hit is about ninety five percent is n't it of trains arriving on time .
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