Example sentences of "the [noun] [conj] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer is that he can maintain the action if at the time of the defendant 's act he had ( a ) ownership and possession of the goods , or ( b ) possession of them ; or ( c ) an immediate right to possess them , but without either ownership or actual possession . |
| 2 | Oh , I can see now that it was unworthy and beside the point but at the time I was so exasperated with the man and his perfidy that any ammunition would have done . |
| 3 | ‘ In summary she submitted that the local authority should bear the costs of the application of the father because at the time of his application the local authority either had access to all the information or they had access to all the information available to the guardian . |
| 4 | But during the week immediately following the meeting two fortuitous things happened to the chemists that at the time looked too good opportunities to miss . |
| 5 | Where the tenant 's business includes a substantial number of transactions in which he gives credit to his customers the draftsman will have to consider whether the amount of the transaction should be brought into account at the time of the transaction or at the time of payment ; whether interest payments are to be included in the calculation of turnover and whether the tenant is to have an allowance for bad debts . |
| 6 | The trial judge directed the jury if at the time he collected the coins the defendant had formed the dishonest intention of keeping them for himself he was guilty of theft . |
| 7 | by the marriage of the testator , unless it appears from the will that at the time it was made the testator was expecting to be married to a particular person , and that he intended that the will ( or a particular disposition in the will ) should not be revoked by that marriage , and that marriage takes place . |
| 8 | By the Law of Property Act 1925 , s62 , a lease of land with buildings thereon will include all outhouses , cellars , areas , courtyards , sewers , drains , ways , passages and other rights appertaining or reputed to appertain to the property or at the time of the conveyance occupied or enjoyed therewith . |
| 9 | ‘ The general expectation in the MoD at that time was that you would get another round of discussions with Argentina at a political level , and that the real difficulties were more likely to occur in the summer than at the time they did . ’ |
| 10 | It would be helpful if you could confirm by telephone whether you are able to attend for interview on the date and at the time indicated . |
| 11 | and we have yet to be contacted erm despite th the fact that at the time we had our last meeting the thing was supposed to be in the post . |
| 12 | The only defect in Statutes in Force , apart from the fact that at the time of writing it is incomplete , is that it does not provide proper annotations to the statutes . |
| 13 | Their value is enhanced by the fact that at the time there were no cabinet records ( apart from the prime minister 's low-key letter to the king ) and few diaries have survived this period . |
| 14 | For the fact that at the time Picasso saw the work as unfinished , allows us an insight into his aesthetic intentions and his technical procedure . |
| 15 | The humour , I think , came from the fact that at the time of asking I was lying with my head near the ground and my feet near the ceiling and the man in question had most of his right hand in my mouth , his other hand on a high-power drill and his knee wedged round his own spittoon . |