Example sentences of "existence at the time [prep] " in BNC.

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1 held that a general charge on the undertaking of a company applied to all its ships , whether or not in existence at the time of its creation .
2 This opinion required that the other party to the Mandate agreement , South Africa , accept supervision by a body to which it had not consented and which was not even in existence at the time of the agreement .
3 The Court of Victoria rightly rejected the contention that a careless act can never give rise to a cause of action in negligence unless there is in existence at the time of the act a legal person affected by it who can sue .
4 The judge referred to a previous decision of his , In re H. ( Minor ) ( Abduction ) [ 1990 ] 2 F.L.R. 439 , but he said that that was to be distinguished because in that case there was in existence at the time of the removal an order of the court that the child should not be removed from the jurisdiction .
5 A contract for the sale of future goods is not made on any false assumption that the goods are in existence at the time of the contract .
6 The decision was seen as a landmark case in that the defence lawyers argued unsuccessfully that Nicole had no legal existence at the time of the accident and , therefore , could not be identified as a victim of her mother 's action .
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