Example sentences of "the [adj] time a " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there was no computer system to manage the exercise — when the nav wanted a position line or fix he pre-warned the instructor , who sat the other side of the ‘ cockpit ’ facia , and at the appropriate time a piece of paper was pushed through the wall with the details scrawled upon it ! |
| 2 | Bassett said : ‘ What directors and fans sometimes forget is the good times a manager has given them . ’ |
| 3 | He said : ‘ What directors and fans sometimes forget is the good times a manager has given them . ’ |
| 4 | Those observations were applicable to the present case : the appellant was at the present time a dangerous young man for whom a determinate sentence was not appropriate . |
| 5 | In Britain , for example , there is at the present time a vigorous controversy about the introduction of proportional representation , stoutly resisted by the two main parties , but supported by a growing part of the population who have become increasingly dissatisfied with the existing system , which produces a gross discrepancy between the votes cast for various parties and their representation in parliament , and results in practice in a form of minority government . |
| 6 | The State Department 's Policy Planning Staff noted on 20 November 1951 : We have , in fact , at the present time a special relationship with the U.K. which involves consultation between us on a wide range of matters of joint concern . |
| 7 | There is at the present time a park and ride facility on the south western side of York er on the er Tadcaster Road and er another one is being proposed on the eastern side at Grimston Bar adjacent to the A sixty f Excuse me , A sixty four trunk road . |
| 8 | ‘ The only time a Gruncher dies , ’ Don Mini said , ‘ is if he falls into deep water . |
| 9 | IN HIS preview of England 's tour of New Zealand ( WCM Jan ) , Steven Lynch alluded to the first England tour of New Zealand in 1929–30 as being the only time a country has been engaged in two Test series simultaneously . |
| 10 | In my book the only time a manager should consider resigning is when he starts believing his own programme notes . |
| 11 | Incidentally , he never did baptise my breast with Mississippi water ; the only time a bottle passed between us was when I sent him some Taburel water to stop his hair falling out . |
| 12 | The only time a board memorandum might be contemplated is where the Information Memorandum includes forward projections ( typically seeking US buyers ) and we ask for a letter of representation ( see 1103.4 ) . |
| 13 | Was the Financial Times a national daily ? |
| 14 | Erm there was the whole time a sense of anxiety about him . |