Example sentences of "is [prep] this time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is during this time that torture most commonly occurs . |
| 2 | Since rainfall controls plant growth , and plants are the base of the food pyramid , deserts typically have only a short period when food is abundant ; it is during this time that the creatures of the desert must complete their breeding cycle . |
| 3 | It is about this time of year that life at the headquarters of the Women Professional Golfers ' European Tour gets a little hectic for Membership Secretary Marion Davies . |
| 4 | It is about this time each day that the boy goes by . ’ |
| 5 | Nathan is behind this time which means I can have the occasional shouted conversation with Tony . |
| 6 | It is from this time onwards that the architectural style of Rome was developed and crystallised . |
| 7 | It is at this time that the characteristic tapping sound which gives the beetle its name can be heard . |
| 8 | Now the Chancellor is at this time usually an ecclesiastic , commonly a bishop , and , as such , interested in , and , at least in his own opinion , a good judge of questions of morality or ‘ conscience ’ . |
| 9 | It is at this time that the trident became a regular part of her iconography , specifically after the great victory of the Earl of Howe at the battle of the Glorious First of June in 1794 ; shortly thereafter , from the early nineteenth century , she is also regularly shown as wearing a helmet . |
| 10 | ‘ Never is at this time , sir . |
| 11 | It is at this time that some do-gooders may make all kinds of suggestions . |
| 12 | Perhaps we could go back still further , to the event of her own birth , and even into an intra-uterine existence , for it is at this time that the ovaries and all the eggs are formed in the female . |
| 13 | It was safer to hire soldiers as well and it is at this time that we first come across the name Mercadier , a name that from now on was to be closely linked with Richard 's . |
| 14 | No inset within the greenbelt is in existence for the area , which is at this time washed-over by the greenbelt . |
| 15 | The way forward then is to recruit , and the importance of new members was never more critical than it is at this time . |
| 16 | But there usually is at this time of year anyway . |
| 17 | ‘ How beautiful it is at this time of the year . ’ |
| 18 | No there never is at this time of day , there is n't news |