Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a subsequent meeting an official added that it would be ‘ most unfortunate ’ if the evidence was being heard at the same time as the project 's grant came up for renewal . |
| 2 | A special austerity programme had reduced the range of consumer goods and foodstuffs , with eggs and bread being rationed for the first time . |
| 3 | Every activity in the left-hand path is treated as if it were being undertaken for the first time . |
| 4 | Similarly , an overemphasis upon bringing doctors into the management process can lead to frustration if good reliable sources of information delivery are not being developed at the same time . |
| 5 | In this regard , the ISS proposals for units and unit credits were consonant with other changes in secondary schools which were being developed at the same time : graded assessment , where the initial belief that it was simply a matter of devising achievement tests soon gave way to much more fundamental re-thinking about allied development work on curriculum content and teaching method ; and also work on profiles/records of achievement . |
| 6 | These points are being forgotten at the very time that they have become most pressing — for the transition from communism in Russia and Eastern Europe has added greatly to the demands that are being placed on western aid budgets . |
| 7 | Criticism arrangement and pointed out that William Hay had only been elected the first DUP mayor after being nominated for the fifth time . |
| 8 | Although some horses will travel in horse trailers as if it is second nature to them , even without having any previous related experience ; and some horses will stand perfectly and quietly for the farrier when they are being shod for the first time ; many will not ! |
| 9 | It is not that the question of the ordination of women is being considered for the first time in our day ! |
| 10 | The two parts of the base were joined in the same way , the lower loops of the ropework being added at the same time . |
| 11 | The Education Act of 1944 , for example , led to the majority of rural school children being educated for the first time outside their own village after the age of eleven . |
| 12 | The new farmsteads were being built at the same time , set snugly into shelter belts of oak , beech and elm , nursed up by Scots pines . |
| 13 | This development , privatized using an Urban Development Grant in the early 1980s , was not originally associated with slum clearance and was actually more expensive per unit than the traditional housing being built at the same time . |
| 14 | In particular , the Kitchen herbs are liable not to be used unless they are very close to hand for the cook ; in the rush of making up food amongst all the other demands being made at the same time , a trough or window-box of herbs on the Kitchen windowsill or just outside the backdoor will ensure that culinary herbs are used daily . |
| 15 | Each controversial assertion is treated as if it were being made for the first time . |
| 16 | Young ladies being presented for the first time were known as debutantes . |
| 17 | Common sense requires one to recognize that the most significant things were what was being said for the first time , at least in that form , in modern Catholic history and with such authority . |
| 18 | Several other students were concerned about their inability to understand what was being taught in the lectures ; a commonly expressed view was that they could n't take notes and follow what was being said at the same time . |
| 19 | These pilot events have been developed , in conjunction with the Department of Industrial and Social Studies , to form the core of a new elective module ‘ Team Development in Practice ’ being offered for the first time in semester one 1993/94 . |
| 20 | For example , the 1987/88 Programme of Work included a major review of the modules in Personal and Social Development ( PSD ) ; the fruits of this review appeared in the catalogue last April and the new and revised modules are being used for the first time this session . |
| 21 | Round hands As has been suggested in the last section , secretary and humanistic italic , both cursive hands , were being used at the same time in England for all kinds of general and vernacular purposes . |
| 22 | I 'll be talking in a few moments time about aviation travel and the risks and , indeed , the trends that are being reflected at the present time , but erm before we move to that let's just think about those of us who perhaps have decided we wo n't go abroad . |
| 23 | It is the combination of being told for the first time that you have coronary disease with the need for an emergency procedure , for example , an angiogram . |
| 24 | And was partially at least the inevitable consequence of the fact that the Murphy brothers were being prosecuted at the same time as the complaint against the arresting officers was being investigated . |
| 25 | This is a United Nations embargo , er and er all ships are required to comply with it , er and er the British , Australian , American ships which combined in this action , and we 've just had another one , and er also , there which involved also different ships , but involved er British , Australian and American ships as well , er and that ship is being inspected at the present time . |
| 26 | County roles take members into schools in their day-to-day work , and for some of the team 's functions ( especially the selection of schools for recommendation for inclusion in the project ) the project role is being played at the same time . |
| 27 | Most catalogues begin , usually with some proud and flamboyant phraseology , by describing the new varieties being introduced for the first time , and invariably , because they are the kinds that get most of the breeders ' attentions , these will be H.T.s and Floribundas . |
| 28 | He 's supposed to be staying at a children 's home , but he spent last night in police cells after being arrested for the thirtieth time — for breaching bail conditions . |
| 29 | The requirements for safe glazing is being provided for the first time , but do not apply to glazing which is being replaced . |
| 30 | If you supply the identifier of a Paper SPR that is being updated for the first time , a warning message will be displayed . |