Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] at [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luke claims that Caesar Augustus ordered a census to be taken but there is no record of a census happening at that time . |
| 2 | It was the largest iron roof-span erected at that time , with arches composed of wrought-iron deck-beam spanning 153 feet 6 inches . |
| 3 | The most obvious incentive towards entertainment was ‘ the fact that the industry stands at all times in the presence of a high court with unlimited jurisdiction — the people before the box office ’ and from that court ‘ there is no appeal ’ . |
| 4 | But nobody could get the movie made at that time , and the question now was whether Val was n't too old for the part . |
| 5 | if it 's a many-one , watch out , cos you 're going to need , what you 're going to have to do if you need the inverse function at any time , |
| 6 | To create a sense of occasion that is in keeping with the depth of emotion felt at such times is very difficult without recognized formalities and strong ritualistic content . |
| 7 | The present superintendent estimated at this time that about half of all girls coming there had never really had any home life , or had been in care , and believed that this cycle would repeat itself : " as high as 85 per cent of these babies , it 's going to happen to them . |
| 8 | But I would n't have my photograph taken at that time at all . |
| 9 | Eden Hall was extensively rebuilt in 1935 or thereabouts , and much of the original fabric removed at that time , today it is a girls ' school . |
| 10 | The work done at this time did , however , serve to educate the permanent officials in the new approach to economic policy . |
| 11 | You know there was there was no other work going at that time . |
| 12 | The 1947 Press Commission had already pointed it out — but the proportion sharing at that time was only one-fifth . |
| 13 | Three pound fifteen shillings yeah and that 's how , that 's how the work went at that time but as I say these boatmen erm they used t they used to sit down on lock gates day in and day out and did n't have a ship to come in but I 've kno kno known them to row down the river at high tide or it 's before high tide and there 'd be another erm , there 'd be other boatmen there , one was called , he went down , he used to go down and get 'em going , there used to be a race between these two families or the and the first one got the boat , the first one roped it in you see , or wh what we call roping in , moor mooring the ship up , that was |
| 14 | They were good value , because they were in a style that he could wear anywhere and they were strong enough for all his walking and kept his feet from being bruised on the city pavements , for when you walk as much and as far as Boy did at that time you can hurt your feet badly . |
| 15 | All those who went through the ordeal had at some time survived an accident or illness when their lives had been despaired of . |
| 16 | Councillor Matheson also asked if any social workers presently in the employ of Orkney Islands Council had at any time in their careers , attended conferences , seminars or other courses organised by the Reachout Trust ? |
| 17 | But in the absence of an increase in the speed of mechanization in the early seventies , the peak rates of accumulation achieved at that time generated peak intensities of demand for labour . |
| 18 | SIR — A recent article on inheritance tax assumed a husband left an estate above the top of the nil band to his wife and there was no inheritance paid at that time . |
| 19 | As the law stood at that time local authorities could place limits on the number of pupils in each of its schools , and the Secretary of State said that he had no power to intervene in the Dewsbury case . |
| 20 | As Duclaud-Williams ( 1978 ) suggests , the operation of rent rebates and other principles embodied in the Act tended at that time to swing the balance further in favour of home buyers and away from the two rented sectors . |
| 21 | What stance is the opponent using at any time ? |
| 22 | They resolved that , if the money was now obtainable , it should be applied to assist the funds of the journal designated at that time the Veterinary Record ( not connected with the present journal of that name ) which was edited by professors of the College . |
| 23 | The Senate reserves the right to discontinue at any time the studies of any student whose academic work proves unsatisfactory . |
| 24 | In February 1987 it secured only 6.4% — less than the 11.8% won by the Progressive Democrats , a new party whose emergence seemed at that time to betoken the awakening of a new and more specifically political consciousness among Irish voters . |
| 25 | Sometimes we may need to make changes which we reserve the right to do at any time . |
| 26 | In flight house-martin-like white rump distinguishes at all times from all small waders , except White-rumped ( p. 136 ) , Green and Wood Sandpipers ( p. 134 ) , all of which have straight bills . |
| 27 | No major Arab initiative materialized at this time , although the Yugoslav Foreign Minister on behalf of the Non-aligned Movement pursued ideas on lines similar to those explored in December by Algerian President Col. Chadli Bendjedid [ see p. 37927 ] . |
| 28 | It was expected that a similar equation would govern the proton , the only other supposedly elementary particle known at that time . |
| 29 | What you 're getting is a representation of how the band feels at that time . |
| 30 | Punjab had been under president 's rule since May 1987 and its assembly , suspended at that time , had been dissolved in March 1988 [ see p. 36692 for constitutional amendment passed at that time allowing for the continuation of president 's rule for three years ] . |