Example sentences of "at [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Over the centuries , the monarchy was weakened at times when kings were not liked . |
| 32 | Remember , though , that the sound will also cut at each shot-change , so it 's wise to make your in-camera picture cuts at times when no one is actually speaking . |
| 33 | ‘ But most significantly , both ran at times when there was a mood of stagnation and disunity in America . |
| 34 | It has further been suggested by Sengstock and Liang ( 1982 ) that abuse frequently occurs at times when other problems , both practical and emotional and not specifically connected with the old person , are occurring in the family . |
| 35 | At times when I look at her it strikes me as it 's got something ; not beauty , but something that goes beyond it . |
| 36 | The worst problem is that the combination of silt , moss and leaves , along with a few chippings washed off of flat roof , can cause soakaways to get blocked , thereby reducing the flow at times when it 's needed most . |
| 37 | Furthermore , in common with other non-Catholic teachers , they considered that at times when it became essential to redeploy teachers , it would be non-Catholics that would be first in line for re-deployment . |
| 38 | Zips : there is a good-sized zip baffle but the zip did tend to catch at times when pulling from the inside . |
| 39 | The gas and electricity companies suffer from the scourge of meter-reading and despite 3m unemployed still do n't seem to be able to find anybody to go round knocking on doors at times when anybody that works might actually be at home , and the water companies are moving to metering . |
| 40 | Some are betting on companies in sectors such as paper and pulp , which are meant to do well at times when the dollar is weak . |
| 41 | Practice these techniques at times when you feel fine so that you will become expert for times that you may need them . |
| 42 | This last wild exaggeration has also been popular with educators at times when they wanted to stress the importance of their task and the need to get it right . |
| 43 | Such a simple view can not accommodate increases in fertility at times when contraceptive knowledge and technique were generally increasing , as in the late 1930s and the post-war baby boom . |
| 44 | At times when a patient area changes its function or service changes are introduced , the responsibility for updating should fall to the nurse or staff involved in service planning . |
| 45 | At times when she is able to predict a likely shortfall below what is acceptable , due to sickness or annual leave , she should , as soon as possible , make her manager aware of the situation so that alternative staff may be provided . |
| 46 | This will arise at times when other staff are more readily available . |
| 47 | There is one other point , although erm you know , it 's good that they are in the er areas which the tenants er , live so it 's er not very difficult for tenants to come and see their councillors but er er , there is a difficulty at times when er the er air the housing manager has to ring around to get the er members , who are able to sit on that panel and sometimes that is difficult because we have just three members and sometimes they ca n't all fit in the , whereas when you have a larger group if one member ca n't attend , there 's invariably sufficient there to be able to come to a decision so I think that that 's on the other side of the balance sheet . |
| 48 | Luz had its passeries or local treaties , signed with the corresponding valleys on the Spanish side of the mountains , which guaranteed that they would continue to trade with one another even at times when the nations they were nominally part of might be at war . |
| 49 | At times when I sensed that the gulf between Jean-Claude and me was so wide as to be almost unbridgeable , I would wonder how it was that our love-making had lost nothing of its fervour . |
| 50 | At times when the generality stood in the presence of their superiors and at other times squatted on the ground or at most sat on stools or benches , thrones were potent symbols of authority . |
| 51 | She would go from eating little and missing meals to eating heavily at times when she experienced her sweet cravings . |
| 52 | It 's fairly natural to either stop eating well at times when you fell nervous or anxious . |
| 53 | More and more , Beth found herself acting as the buffer between them , and curiously enough , at times when she sought to protect him , it seemed as though she was actually having to fight her own husband . |
| 54 | The contribution of this to full employment is obvious , particularly at times when demand in the economy is generally low . |
| 55 | As a result of this development the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher is sometimes unavailable at times when it is most needed , i.e . |
| 56 | Local authorities do have the power to subsidise services at times when the provision of a service might not be a commercial proposition . |
| 57 | As the former had a habit of overflowing at times when carelessly topped up it was not long before the bridge deck , lower deck and surrounding fittings were stained a delicate shade of blue . |
| 58 | I congratulate the British farming industry on keeping its temper at times when it could easily have boiled over and reciprocated . |
| 59 | It would provide 20,000 temporary jobs per month , especially in rural areas at times when there was less work , and would include a low-cost housing programme , a national food programme , an urban community development programme , and a project to bring help to eastern El Salvador , which he said had suffered most in the last 10 years . |
| 60 | Local information offices , open at times when visitors are around , could supply this , along with information about local accommodation . |