Example sentences of "be [adj] [that] at [art] time " in BNC.

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1 Held , dismissing the appeal , that although an adult patient was entitled to refuse consent to treatment irrespective of the wisdom of his decision , for such a refusal to be effective his doctors had to be satisfied that at the time of his refusal his capacity to decide had not been diminished by illness or medication or by false assumptions or misinformation , that his will had not been overborne by another 's influence and that his decision had been directed to the situation in which it had become relevant ; that where a patient 's refusal was not effective the doctors were free to treat him in accordance with their clinical judgment of his best interests ; that in all the circumstances , including T. 's mental and physical state when she signed the form , the pressure exerted on her by her mother and the misleading response to her inquiry as to alternative treatment , her refusal was not effective and the doctors were justified in treating her on the principle of necessity ; and that , accordingly , the judge 's order had been properly made ( post , pp. 786G–H , 795B–F , 796F–H , 797B–F , 798A–B , E–G , 799B–G , H — 800B , E–G , 803C–D , F — 804B , F–G , H — 805B , F ) .
2 With hindsight , it is clear that at the time we did not fully grasp the real significance of the workers ' position .
3 IT IS IRONIC that at a time when the shares of motor traders are dropping like stones , the price at which dealerships change hands has remained steady .
4 It is likely that there was also a sense that higher education on a wider basis could be provided more cheaply outside the universities , though it is likely that at the time any such view would have been based on guesswork rather than hard information .
5 In order that the shelf-life shall be sufficiently long it is necessary that at the time of manufacture , the product shall comply with a specification which sets narrower limits , particularly for those parameters in respect of which the product is least stable .
6 In order for settled property to be excluded from inheritance tax it is necessary that the settlor was not domiciled in the United Kingdom at the time the settlement was made and , in addition , it is necessary that at the time of the relevant charge , eg on the death of a life tenant or when a ten year charge occurs if the trust is a discretionary trust or where assets are appointed out of a discretionary trust , the particular trust assets are not located in the United Kingdom .
7 Not surprisingly , it was this rule on which the Revenue rested its argument that the taxpayer should be taxed on the full amount of the benefit , even though it was aware that at the time the 1976 Finance Bill was being debated , the then Financial Secretary to the Treasury , Robert Sheldon , expressly stated that the benefit of a school place given at concessionary rates to the child of a teacher at that school would be ‘ assessed on the cost to the employer , which would be very small indeed in this case ’ .
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