Example sentences of "in [noun sg] at the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , not to kill the world , but they they there are enough bombs in existence at the present time to obliterate the world about three or four times over so we 're told , so we read no snow out here at all Danny is there ? |
| 2 | Now we have three shirts in existence at the same time : England wore the World Cup strip at the Lord 's Taverners sevens , the traditional strip at the Selkirk sevens and will don the new kit against Canada . |
| 3 | The consuming element in Lloyd Webber 's rapture was apparently her ability to soar to F above top C , play Rachmaninov on the piano , and sing in Russian at the same time . |
| 4 | The Primitive Methodist chapel on Westgate was built in 1871 to replace a smaller chapel on Quaker Lane , and a campaign is in progress at the present time to raise funds for its refurbishment . |
| 5 | The designs for Primavera , which was in preparation at the same time , were proving a problem . |
| 6 | Referring to Lord Prosser 's judgment and what it would mean , Mrs Smith gave an example of two women in labour at the same time . |
| 7 | Although the KDP were also in revolt at the same time , there were too many differences between them for there to be any prospect of co-ordinated action . |
| 8 | Business strength is a measure of the proficiency with which the firm deals with all aspects of the specific product/market complex in question at the present time . |
| 9 | We should look seriously at such ideas , because , unless we say that everybody should be in work at the same time , we can not just forget the pool of unemployed . |
| 10 | Steps should be taken to ensure that Allied PW held in Russian Area are transferred to us in exchange at the same time . |
| 11 | For example , Althusser argues that revolutionary situations can only occur when the economic system is in crisis at the same time as the political and ideological structures are in crisis . |
| 12 | J Is for Judgement comes in hardback at the same time . |
| 13 | As the ranges of the males overlap , it is hardly surprising that the females are regularly courted by several males during the course of the breeding season — a female may have as many as four males in pursuit at the same time . |
| 14 | At Foxton passing is possible in the middle pound so that two boats can be in movement at the same time . |
| 15 | When asked in 1983 to conduct a similar investigation of the purported Hitler diaries of 1932 and 1935 , Grant found that high grade waste paper containing an optical brightening agent had been used in the pulp and these were not in use at the alleged time . |
| 16 | The problem might even be confined to England itself , for it is not unusual , particularly in the twelfth century , to find two systems of reckoning in use at the same time for different classes of computation . |
| 17 | So within a hundred years , man learnt to make recordings of sound with sufficient fidelity to fool the human ear — at least , sounds that did not come from several different points in space at the same time . |
| 18 | Half-year profits for Sun Alliance show the firm £119 million in the red compared with £191 million in profit at the same time last year . |
| 19 | Last winter 's storm damage pay-outs have battered profits for the big insurance companies , threatening to push up house cover premiums ; half-year profits for Sun Alliance show the firm £190,000,000 in the red , compared with 191,000,000 in profit at the same time last year . |
| 20 | In theory , you have to ensure that you have at least two trees in flower at the same time so that they can pollinate each other , otherwise you may get no fruit at all . |
| 21 | Another Alex Delaware thriller , with a new one in hardcover at the same time . |
| 22 | Oedipus will allow lexicographers to keep more than one entry in memory at the same time on the occasions when this is necessary . |
| 23 | So in fact five percent of our electricity comes from French nuclear power stations , in fact at the present time . |
| 24 | The great growth in Christianity at the present time is in the Third World and those parts of Eastern Europe that are still under atheistic leadership . |