Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] at a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking small sections of hair at a time , pull your hair over the Flexi Comb and tuck under the edge . |
| 2 | A crucial distinction turned out to be whether the stimuli were presented only to one side of fixation at a time or simultaneously to both sides . |
| 3 | On the one hand for many lone mothers benefits provide a relatively stable and secure source of income at a time when there may be no other alternative . |
| 4 | Somebody with a £100,000 portfolio who deals £5,000-£10,000 worth of stock at a time will be protected from the worst stocks , doubly so if he is lucky enough to be in the hands of a dealer with a longer-term commitment to his profession than average . |
| 5 | Hobhouse concerned himself directly with the evolution of mind at a time when the behaviourist dogma had not yet arrived to inhibit such a discussion . |
| 6 | So all that was really achieved then was Rachel 's temporary peace of mind at a time when she was n't well . |
| 7 | Witches were also accused of using herbs to ease the pain of labour at a time when the Church held that pain in childbirth was the Lord 's punishment for Eve 's original sin . |
| 8 | ‘ The KPNLF is anxious to put on a show of force at a time when the US Congress is debating future aid to the non-communist resistance factions . ’ |
| 9 | It amounted , they said , to a total alteration of the law of the land and the establishment of a permanent act of insolvency at a time when trade was embarrassed and credit had sunk to its lowest ebb . |
| 10 | To recommend further financial investment in the area of research at a time of serious retrenchment in H.E . |
| 11 | When he and others advocated extra divisions in the Edwardian period they could not have foreseen that the formation of a Third Division in 1920 would create an extra demand for players of talent at a time when a large part of the male population had been wiped out in a world war . |
| 12 | perhaps six pints of blood at a time . |
| 13 | Rusche and Kirchheimer themselves admit ( 1939 : 102 ) that imprisonment became the standard method of punishment at a time when the demand for prison labour had fallen as a result of technological and other developments . |
| 14 | It certainly might have helped Diana to listen and learn from counselling sessions , where other couples ' problems are aired and discussed ; but there is no doubt that by taking on the role of patron at a time when the world was prophesying doom for her own marriage was an exceptionally brave thing for her to do . |
| 15 | Pour about two inches of this mixture into a shallow tray and submerge 50 or so lengths of reed at a time . |
| 16 | The Coal Board decided to change the work organisation in order to introduce new coal-cutting equipment capable of cutting a long stretch of wall at a time . |
| 17 | Each produces only a few drops of nectar at a time . |
| 18 | The kit , weighing just 12 oz , includes 48 purification tablets and will treat 0.5 ltr of water at a time . |
| 19 | William Bayles Hauxwell fought mightily to keep pace with the ceaseless tide of farmwork at a time when mechanization and all the labour-saving devices now taken for granted in agriculture were but a distant dream in Baldersdale . |
| 20 | Instead , Angeloz proposed a pact among all political parties under which a concrete plan of government would be drawn up to preserve and consolidate a system of democracy at a time of acute economic crisis and increased social tension . |
| 21 | Most notable was the small but marked increase in delivery time between 13.15 and 14.00 which can probably be accounted for by the gradual build-up of demand at a time when lunchtime rosters have effectively halved the number of bookfetching staff on duty , while a similar increase in delivery times for books requested between 16.45 and 17.00 ( when demand is falling ) is probably attributable to the change in shift and reduction in bookfetching staff which occurs at 17.00 . |
| 22 | During the First World War the little colony of gifted foreigners in Montparnasse and French artists unfit for military service was increasingly shunned by the rest of society at a time when xenophobia was rife and contempt for any man out of uniform was universal . |
| 23 | ‘ If the money is provided it surely indicates the priorities of Government at a time of supposed financial restraint , ’ he said . |
| 24 | ‘ If the money is provided it surely indicates the priorities of Government at a time of supposed financial restraint , ’ he said . |
| 25 | Thirdly , the semiconducters used as infrared detectors must be cooled to within a few degrees of absolute zero , and they can measure the brightness of only one small patch of sky at a time , rather than ‘ photograph ’ a whole region of sky at once . |
| 26 | This internecine strife within the Christian community was a sad diversion of effort at a time when faith was rapidly decaying . |
| 27 | Where a plaintiff claims in respect of the consequences of an injury caused to the foetus before birth , the following questions arise : ( 1 ) How can the defendant have owed the plaintiff a duty of care at a time when the law did not recognise the plaintiff 's existence ? ( 2 ) How can the defendant be liable for causing injury to the plaintiff when , at the time that the injury was caused , the law did not recognise the plaintiff 's existence ? |
| 28 | It is here contended that this last group , forming a close network of interdependent and inter-communicating people working at the leading edge of science at a time of rapid personal and scientific development may be a highly significant unit for the establishment of contacts in later careers , and for the promulgation of paradigm shifts in science . |
| 29 | RJB is run by Richard Budge and its main asset is not coal but its Big Cats huge Caterpillar machines with shovels that can pick up tonnes of coal at a time . |
| 30 | Mentally handicapped people were first admitted to mental hospitals as a policy of segregation at a time when it was thought most prudent to contain such people in institutions rather than permit them to roam freely in society . |