Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The charges included his acceptance of a commission following the completion of SOMISA 's purchase , at well above market prices , of new offices which were then lavishly decorated at a time when the state company 's workforce was being dramatically reduced in preparation for its privatization in 1992 [ see p. 38527 ] . |
| 2 | According to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle this ‘ virtual ’ photon can only exist for a time . |
| 3 | All the nineteenth-century conventions of comedy pointed to the need for universality and in any case Chaplin 's own personal inclinations must have pulled him back from being sectionally committed at a time of class warfare . |
| 4 | Are you so trapped in a time of royalty and titles that you ca n't envisage a world in which a woman has obligations ? ’ |
| 5 | But the beauty and the loving care with which many a smaller city had been built and adorned in the early days of the Greek cities is a vital element in the history of the Greek city , obscurely pointing to a time , not of peace — for in Greece the lion never lay down with the lamb , and neighbouring cities constantly fought each other — but of more equal prosperity . |
| 6 | These courses could not be done in a shorter time so they were normally arranged for a time of year when there was less pressure of work on those participating . |
| 7 | If Labour could not win at a time of economic gloom , bolstered by the most effective campaign it has ever fought , and facing a Government whose campaign did not really come to life until the last 10 days — then when could it ? |
| 8 | Parenthood is generally recognised as a time of crisis and adjustment . |
| 9 | okay just think of a time when you were assertive and you all everybody think of a time when you were assertive , can you think of a time , anybody ca n't think of a time when they were assertive ? |
| 10 | Think of a time when you were n't assertive , just think of a time when you were n't assertive can you think of one |
| 11 | These clustered contractions nearly always developed at a time when the lower oesophageal sphincter pressure was below 5 mm Hg . |
| 12 | Self-provisioning is also more appreciated at a time of economic recession like the present . |
| 13 | This is the very last thing that should ever suffer in a time of recession or emergency when people 's belts have to tighten . |
| 14 | In reflection , Nicholson remembers that apart from the task of writing a film about a new subject on which there was very little in the way of written research material , it also came at a time when he was going through his divorce . |
| 15 | If the light intensity increases , the rate of turning also increases for a time , before falling back to its initial level . |
| 16 | Harald was probably also recognised for a time as ruler of part of Norway . |
| 17 | The intensity of the enhanced bands also varies in a time dependent fashion , but surprisingly this is slower than the disappearance of the footprint , so that some enhanced products are still evident even after 30 minutes . |
| 18 | On leaving school Herbert joined his father as an engineering apprentice , and also worked for a time in the mechanical engineering laboratories of the City and Guilds Technical College in Finchley , London . |
| 19 | Quite probably they have failed , or given up trying after a time . |
| 20 | These developments also come at a time when drives for greater efficiency are features of both public and private sectors . |
| 21 | In marketing terms it 's a tremendous card to play erm our marketing line in the States was always ‘ we speak your language , a common heritage , a common culture erm almost a common language ’ and erm the special relationship really exits at a time like this to a very marked degree , and we shall be playing that for all it 's worth , certainly . |
| 22 | For a start , though it 's called ‘ single-frame ’ , two frames are often shot at a time , for economy . |
| 23 | Apocalypse Now appeared at a time when the political climate in America was shifting to the right , resulting in Reagan 's victory in the 1980 presidential elections . |
| 24 | As it takes about two years to convert an idea to law through our parliamentary system , new legislation is often implemented at a time when the circumstances which gave rise to the idea have substantially altered . |
| 25 | The elusive creature may be successfully trailed for a time , then disappear for months and even years . |
| 26 | okay just think of a time when you were assertive and you all everybody think of a time when you were assertive , can you think of a time , anybody ca n't think of a time when they were assertive ? |
| 27 | I ca n't think of a time when I would be going by myself in the near future . |
| 28 | Wallace estimated that Sulawesi was of very ancient origin , possibly even dating from a time before Sumatra , Java and Borneo were raised above the level of the ocean . |
| 29 | At present , some centres use photographic records to follow patients with clinically atypical naevi , on the assumptions that only lesions that show evidence of progressive change need to be excised and that such change can be clinically detected at a time when evolving melanomas are thin and curable by local excision . |
| 30 | ‘ I told him — my husband had a hard job , he was n't working for a time . |