Example sentences of "at the time a " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | And because , as I say , of my conventional background there seemed at the time a tendency to think of me as a reactionary young man . |
2 | The creation of this order at the time a new Official Secrets Bill was being pushed through Parliament by an increasingly interventionist government is significant , and the idea of a senior officer 's having ‘ first read ’ of any essay to maintain the integrity of the institution manifests the importance of the legalized surveillance of allegedly dangerous material and enhances the separation of the world of control from that academic enquiry ; although its implementation is only randomly applied . |
3 | In November 1952 Karajan made what was at the time a celebrated recording of Bach 's B minor Mass . |
4 | Disability insurance is usually sold by the lender at the time a mortgage is taken out and provides cover in the event of the borrower being involved in an accident or developing a sickness which prevents them from continuing their mortgage payments . |
5 | ‘ It is quite in order , ’ he said , ‘ for a person to put assets into family trusts , or indeed give assets away to other parties , provided that at the time a person gives away his assets he is quite solvent . ’ |
6 | There was at the time a French popular song , wistful and haunting , and I used to repeat it in my mind like a rosary. : |
7 | They should be ignored in normal practice and disinfection should be assumed to have taken place only at the time a chemical has been applied and after the requisite contact time has elapsed . |
8 | Lord Hunt , at the time a young official in the Dominions Office , offered a similar interpretation in his 1983 survey of what had happened to Cabinet government since Lloyd George and Hankey invented it in its modern form . |
9 | You should make an entry in the manual log at the time a file is created or updated , because you will forget to do it later . |
10 | At the time a sensation had been created by an |
11 | Eric , at the time a budding saxophonist , press ganged Melanie into service as a singer in his band Adventure . |
12 | True , what he had felt for Kee was at the time a stronger passion , and so far as charm went they could n't be compared . |
13 | The code , which took effect from the start of 1993 , requires insurance companies to provide the consumer with the main features of the product at the time a quotation is made . |
14 | At the time a lot of people felt we were selling out at the bottom , but I have n't heard that accusation recently . ’ |
15 | At the time a decision was made at the highest political level , with help from the mighty KGB chief Yury Andropov . |
16 | Indeed , Lord Plowden ( who was at the time a civil servant engaged in economic planning and subsequently the chairman of a public corporation ) has recently suggested that the blueprint laid down in the Act was arguably too detailed , and that questions such as the division of powers between the centre and Area Boards could rationally be placed within the purview of nationalised industry management rather than of Parliament . |
17 | For them a systematic process is more plausible and most human resource departments in firms have systematized procedures ( application forms , interview schedules , psychological tests ) to extract theme data at the time a person joins the firm . |
18 | In addition a comparison with ground-based magnetograph data shows that magnetic flux decreased in both poles at the time a flare occurred ( , Solar Physics Research Corporation ) . |
19 | In 1956 , the Glasgow Archaeological Society celebrated its centenary , and at the time a new fort at Bishopton , discovered from the air , was being investigated . |
20 | He persuaded the dealers at the time a fiercely independent group of businessmen who did n't like the idea of belonging to any organisations that they needed to be heard by the government , museums , and collectors . |
21 | Drafted by the Conservative Research Department , it was presented by William Whitelaw , the Shadow Home Secretary , and David Howell , formerly a junior Minister who had worked under Whitelaw at the Northern Ireland Office and was at the time a Front Bench spokesman on Home Affairs . |
22 | Sud ( now Aerospatiale ) was at the time a partner with Dassault and this is why the type certificate for the aircraft states " Dassault-Sud " . |
23 | At the time a number of instrumented buoys were moored along the equator and were sending back information about the wind and sea conditions . |
24 | In 1957 Macmillan inherited the leadership of an unpopular government , lagging behind Labour in the opinion polls , but the policies pursued over the years to 1959 managed eventually to retrieve the party 's position : Macmillan 's nuclear ‘ defence ’ policy seemed at the time a plausible way to reclaim the status of a world power on the cheap ; the formation of EFTA was negotiated ; Macmillan sacked the deflationary Chancellor Thorneycroft and substituted Heathcoat-Amory who instituted another convenient bout of pre-election tax cutting . |
25 | At the time a person is charged he shall be given a written notice showing particulars of the offence with which he is charged and including the name of the officer in the case ( in terrorist cases , the officer 's warrant number instead ) , his police station and the reference number for the case . |
26 | Other problems converged with this one , and the solution that was found constituted what seemed at the time a natural development , and seems in retrospect , the decisive start of a second stage . |
27 | His replies pleading inability to attend were sent from Bogota , and ‘ Bogota ’ became at the time a favourite Tory catcall at political meetings . |
28 | , Peter ( 1850–1918 ) , locomotive engineer , was born 13 August 1850 in Polmont , Stirlingshire , the son of George Drummond , who was at the time a permanent-way inspector on that section of the North British Railway , and his wife Christina Thomson . |
29 | It is important to note that the preferential creditors are given priority where a receiver is appointed with respect to a charge ‘ which , as created , was a floating charge ’ ; thus the fact that the charge has crystallised at the time a receiver is appointed does not result in preferential debts being denied their statutory priority . |
30 | That it will not require the Insurers to provide duplicate policies or confirmation of cover except that , in the event of the borrower failing to produce evidence of cover satisfactory to the Society at the time a policy is taken out , the Society may as an exception request the Insurers to confirm cover . |