Example sentences of "occur [prep] [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although much more work needs to be done in this area , the impression gained by surveying a range of industries is one of foreign incursions occurring at different times with price being a significant element at certain stages . |
| 2 | Uplift of this magnitude could have occurred during Hercynian times with the stripping of considerable amounts of Carboniferous overburden . |
| 3 | Undoubtedly , comparatively sudden and very widespread events , such as major marine transgressions , did occur at various times during the earth 's history . |
| 4 | Appetite might be poor and food that is eaten will be difficult to digest ; bowel movements will occur at inconvenient times in the night or at unaccustomed times during the day , or the traveller might suffer constipation for a few days . |
| 5 | These occurred at different times down the whole length of the front , from Haj Omran in the mountains of the north to the marshes in the south . |
| 6 | Still more complex behaviours , such as the spinning of an orb web by a spider , or the singing of the species-specific song by a bird , depend on an interaction between innate structures generating particular movements , on innate tendencies to be reinforced by particular sensory inputs , and on experience , which may have to occur at particular times during development . |