Example sentences of "[be] [prep] this time " in BNC.

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1 One dimension might be in this time , as we have seen , the mother might reach a stage where , she , it 's in her productive self interest to start another offspring , and she may want to wean the existing one , so she can do that .
2 ‘ Whoever can it be at this time of night ? ’ asked Elizabeth .
3 Harriet drove her to the local hospital as soon as the pains started in mid-afternoon and , knowing how hazardous the road back in the dark could be at this time of the year , brought an overnight bag so that she could stay at a nearby hotel .
4 Whoever could it be at this time of night ?
5 There are many less ACE machines around than we thought there would be by this time , ’ he added .
6 ‘ And where d' you think you 've been to this time of night ? ’
7 There were at this time few , if any , pretentious stations .
8 Quails ( 16:13 ) : twice a year the common quail 's migration route takes it across the region where the Israelites were at this time .
9 They were at this time boycotting the Security Council in protest at the UN refusal to replace Taiwan by Communist China ; hence there was no Soviet veto on sending UN forces to support South Korea .
10 Though all were to achieve success , Oliver as a poet , Bruce as picture journalist and Jeffrey as sports journalist and author of The Spectator 's column , ‘ Low Life ’ , they were at this time a little like characters out of a Chekhov play , searching and bewildered .
11 There were at this time close links between the College and the Academy , but this alone does not explain why this Bohemian hoped to be honoured by an institution that many leading artists , among them Henry Moore , Bacon and Freud , regarded with scorn .
12 It appeared that Princess Anne was not one of her admirers , and though Princess Anne 's views were at this time usually rather criticised this was something for the press to get its teeth into .
13 FRIENDS WERE WORRIED ABOUT HOW POOR THE ASHLEYS WERE AT THIS TIME BUT THE CHILDREN ARE WEARING MATCHING SWEATERS .
14 All the Duchamp brothers were at this time passionately interested in mathematics ; Jacques Villon was engaged in reading Leonardo 's Trattato della Pittura , while Marcel Duchamp was a close friend of an amateur mathematician named Maurice Princet , so that it is not surprising that they should have been responsible for introducing a more scientific note into Cubist discussions .
15 But they also say in the alternative that that since the plaintiffs themselves were at this time by mid to late October of nineteen eighty five , not ready or able to complete it would have been improper erm for the defendant to advise the plaintiffs to serve a special notice to complete and my Lord the question that therefore arises er whether , even if that were correct , er and it 's not admitted that it is , that exonerates the defendants from given the advice er and whether they should still have advised the plaintiff erm of the opportunity which was open to him , that the plaintiff could if necessary take that course himself or be advised to go er elsewhere and be advised independently is er this is , this the point of the matter which he regarded as improper and was not willing to do it on the plaintiff 's behalf .
16 Many people were by this time weary of the various attempts to find a satisfactory form of government and they believed the return of the monarchy was the best solution .
17 Eastern Pomerania , however , the area that was eventually to become the Polish Corridor was 60–100 per cent Polish , while the Pomeranian districts of Lębork and Słupsk were by this time only 0.5–10 per cent Polish .
18 Because of their involvement with the W family , some of them were by this time quite familiar with the Scottish Office ‘ Effective Intervention ’ document .
19 After six months Pop was asked to return to Simla to help the Burma Governor , Dorman-Smith , as Director of Public Relations , and to help the Administration and the Army who were by this time getting ready to go back into Burma .
20 The Czech orchestra were by this time a pretty good ensemble , and have just the right timbre and tonal blend for Dvořák .
21 Macho and Ulysse were by this time standing upright , concentrating on the movements of the colobus high up in the trees .
22 Charles and Arthur Wilson were made full partners in 1867 and were by this time effectively running the company , which they transformed from a major European enterprise into an international one with routes to North America and India .
23 The draughtsmen were by this time becoming separated from the engineers , in that specialization which was such a feature of all aspects of life in the age of science .
24 Bernard and Laura nearly became victims of their own success at this point ; with the great increase in turnover ( sales were by this time around £100,000 a year ) , the company was falling into the near inevitable trap of a young , fast-growing business .
25 Obbligato instruments were by this time also being used in much more modest works , such as the Concerti Ecclesiastici ( Venice , 1608 ) of the Ferrarese Archangelo Crotti which actually include a ‘ Sonata sopra Sancta Maria ’ humbly anticipating the famous one in Monteverdi 's Vespers .
26 Young , single middle class women were by this time engaging in paid work outside the home .
27 They were by this time descending the stairs , and Mrs Alderley looked about .
28 Many members of the British cabinet were by this time reluctant to make peace on any terms short of a glorious victory , but after tortuous negotiations Austria , France and Britain agreed the " Four Points " on 27 July / 8 August 1854 .
29 On the other hand I felt I could scarcely ask you to wait while I dealt with the strawboard — you were by this time I think just on the verge of a few conventional politenesses about my work , an awkward stage in conversations of this sort which is difficult to endure gracefully but which is even more difficult to interrupt .
30 It may have been at this time that the name Saladin began to mean something to him .
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