Example sentences of "be [verb] at [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is very popular with the Milanese , and the seats around it are filled at most times of the day . |
| 2 | The equivalent life therefore takes into account the fact that the redemption payments are received at different times . |
| 3 | Nor need this group have been composed of the same households throughout : as the fortunes of different employments fluctuated so different groups could have been included at different times . |
| 4 | Since then , various parts have been occupied at different times by a multitude of smaller firms . |
| 5 | In considering the case of B Ltd , he stated that it was easier to conclude that the mezzanine platforms were plant as the four platforms had been installed at different times , covered only 60% of the floor area and one had actually been dismantled . |
| 6 | On the building maintenance side , it has been looked at several times in the past . |
| 7 | As a result of acquiring writing ‘ one can compare side by side utterances that have been made at different times and places ’ ( 1977 , pp. 11 — 12 ) . |
| 8 | In this conversation several first generation speakers are present , and both British English and Creole are used at different times . |
| 9 | The shares in the composite index are selling at 16 times prospective earnings . |
| 10 | Shares are selling at 23 times earnings , their highest since 1926 . |
| 11 | More rarely , such stories are told at other times to demonstrate the reverse : that policemen and women are human beings and are affected by emotionally demanding work . |
| 12 | Similarly , residential care has been preferred at some times more than others , so until the eighteenth century in the Netherlands and Flanders the foster family was seen as the best place for orphans , foundlings , and abandoned children and has long been extensively used to care for needy children in Scotland ( Packman , 1975 ; Pinchbeck and Hewitt , 1973 ; Pyck et al . , |
| 13 | For example , VCR products are growing at three times the rate of other audiovisual products ( Ohmae 1985 ) . |
| 14 | In some cases the overlay will not be completely accurate as the different maps may have been produced at different times by different teams of surveyors . |
| 15 | the Licensed Software has been used at all times properly and in accordance with instructions for use as set out in the Accompanying Documentation |
| 16 | Walnut , beech and deal have also been used at different times . |
| 17 | Provided that news bulletins are shown at agreed times across the country , for example at 5.45pm and 10pm , this is no problem . |
| 18 | All other Palestinian higher-learning institutions had been reopened after having been closed at various times since the intifada started . |
| 19 | Youngsters should not construct mains powered projects unless they are supervised at all times by a suitably experienced adult . |
| 20 | These would probably have been deposited at different times , and the detailed examination of their contents will , in theory , reveal a progression of different parts of a coinage ; if one or more of these parts can be attached to an absolute date , it should be possible to estimate a date for the other parts in the progression or sequence . |
| 21 | Another problem for the astrologer is the widely varying lifestyles and fortunes of people who are born at identical times and places . |
| 22 | In recent years , however , there has been a move towards more intensive farming : altering the lambing season so they are born at different times of the year ; bringing lambs indoors and using special feed to make them grow bigger . |
| 23 | This may lead to confusion so unless it is critical to maximise the use of an operator it is recommended that the offline runs are scheduled at different times . |
| 24 | The most effective method is that of asking all members of a sample of households to keep diaries , noting what they are doing at all times of the day . |
| 25 | Quick-growing root vegetables such as radishes and carrots which grow out of sight can be compared for size when they are pulled at various times . |
| 26 | The Cassini map has a charming idiosyncrasy in the shape of the ‘ Moon Maiden ’ , one of a number of fanciful lunar inhabitants that have been introduced at various times . |
| 27 | Individual students can work at their own paces and the exercises can be completed at convenient times within the student 's schedule of studies . |
| 28 | The bees in fact should be treated at all times , so is the belief , as if they were people ; and people who were very ready to take offence if not treated properly . |
| 29 | Young adults and rams should also be treated at these times . |
| 30 | The possibility of increased virulence in these antibiotic resistant strains ( which may be related to the presence of plasmids encoding antibiotic resistance and virulence factors ) suggests that attempts to limit their selection by judicious use of narrow spectrum antibiotics should be considered at all times . |