Example sentences of "is at [det] time " in BNC.

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1 It is at such times , perhaps , that we wonder about the unconscious effect of what we read .
2 But some will , and it is at such times that counselling can play an important role .
3 It is at such times that the independence of the Supreme Court is at its greatest , but they are rather untypical .
4 If the news was really unexpected she would be off balance and it is at such times that people are most likely to speak the truth .
5 ‘ It is ordered that in the interim and an injunction is hereby granted ordering that in the events ( i ) that the medical condition of [ J. ] changes in such a way that his life is threatened but is capable of being prolonged by the application to him of intensive therapeutic measures including artificial ventilation , and ( ii ) that he is at that time in the care of the …
6 It is at that time I would expect Leeds to be consistently playing and competing in the highest echelons of the leagues and cups — a bit like the scum are doing now ( the Gala-whatever-rice defeat excepted ) .
7 In addition , the German question and the European question are inseparable : ‘ the German question is at all times a European question too . ’
8 Norwich Union 's aim is at all times to provide a first class standard of service .
9 The weapon 's computer thus knows where it is at all times , without relying on any signals from outside .
10 The subconscious mind is at all times fully protective and will not allow the patient to betray himself by his actions or his words .
11 This has sometimes been justified on security grounds but often the argument has been that disclosure is not in the public interest , that " secrecy is at all times the condition in which the best men make the best decisions . "
12 Li Yuan is not to know , but I want us to know where Kim is at all times .
13 I beg to move , to leave out from ’ House ’ to the end of the Question and to add instead thereof : regrets that Her Majesty 's Government 's preoccupation with divisions in its own Party has meant that in the Inter-Governmental Conferences it has not taken the negotiating approach necessary to ensure that the United Kingdom exercises decisive influence on the future of the Community in ways which will help to advance the living and working standards of the people of this country in company with other peoples of Europe ; calls upon Her Majesty 's Government to work for an agreement at the European Council which ensures inclusion of the Social Charter , qualified majority voting on social and environmental matters , powers for the European Parliament to hold the Commission to account in ways that complement the role of national parliaments , decision-making at the level — local , regional , national or Community — where maximum democratic control is at all times exercised , foreign and security policy co-operation without the development of a European Community military role , widening of the Community as rapidly as practicable , co-operation to combat terrorism and other crime , and strengthened powers for ECOFIN as the politically responsible counterpart to any European Central Bank system ; and urges the Government to work to secure agreement to , and adopt policies for , high levels of employment , sustainable non-inflationary growth , balanced regional and national economic development and social cohesion , and for the fundamental reform of the CAP , in order to achieve real economic convergence in the years leading to economic and monetary union and a single currency as the essential foundation for those changes and to safeguard the long-term interests of the people of the United Kingdom . ' .
14 This need not , however , suggest ( as Saunders sometimes does indeed imply ) that owner-occupation is at all times and in all places an optimum means of gaining control over one 's own life .
15 1.1 " the Landlord " includes the successors in title of the Landlord to the Site and any other person who is at any time entitled to the reversion immediately expectant on the term agreed to be granted by this agreement
16 There is at these times a hot , sweet taste on my tongue , the taste of blood .
17 ‘ It is at these times that you realize the blessings of a good thick skirt ’ , she reported after her rescue .
18 It is at these times that fate may appear to step in and take over the proceedings .
19 It is at these times that the ghosts flock most cordially to our summons . ’
20 It is at this time that the characteristic tapping sound which gives the beetle its name can be heard .
21 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 ’ .
22 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 .
23 ‘ Never is at this time , sir .
24 It is at this time that some do-gooders may make all kinds of suggestions .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 No inset within the greenbelt is in existence for the area , which is at this time washed-over by the greenbelt .
28 The way forward then is to recruit , and the importance of new members was never more critical than it is at this time .
29 But there usually is at this time of year anyway .
30 ‘ How beautiful it is at this time of the year . ’
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