Example sentences of "it [be] at this time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Whoever can it be at this time of night ? ’ asked Elizabeth . |
| 2 | Whoever could it be at this time of night ? |
| 3 | It is at this time that the characteristic tapping sound which gives the beetle its name can be heard . |
| 4 | It is at this time that the trident became a regular part of her iconography , specifically after the great victory of the Earl of Howe at the battle of the Glorious First of June in 1794 ; shortly thereafter , from the early nineteenth century , she is also regularly shown as wearing a helmet . |
| 5 | It is at this time that some do-gooders may make all kinds of suggestions . |
| 6 | Perhaps we could go back still further , to the event of her own birth , and even into an intra-uterine existence , for it is at this time that the ovaries and all the eggs are formed in the female . |
| 7 | It was safer to hire soldiers as well and it is at this time that we first come across the name Mercadier , a name that from now on was to be closely linked with Richard 's . |
| 8 | The way forward then is to recruit , and the importance of new members was never more critical than it is at this time . |
| 9 | ‘ How beautiful it is at this time of the year . ’ |
| 10 | It was at this time that Diderot , who often strolled into the artists ' studios , paid a visit to David , and saw a picture which the artist was just finishing . |
| 11 | Ironically , it was at this time that Ezra Pound , who had been arrested and imprisoned for treason , was examined by four prominent psychologists and judged to be insane . |
| 12 | It was at this time that Asgerjorn resigned his membership of the SI , although he continued to finance it through the sale of his paintings which were increasingly in demand in the 1960s . |
| 13 | It was at this time that ‘ Space Oddity ’ was released , a period in David 's life that brought both triumph and tragedy . |
| 14 | Mary Finnigan : It was at this time , when David flew out to Malta , then not only were we organising the Arts Lab but a free open air festival in Beckenham , David , having flown out to the Maltese song festival had sent Angie a postcard saying something to the effect that he was going to be in Italy and why did n't Angie come and join him , which she did , leaving me to sort out both the folk club and the free festival organised for Beckenham Park the following Sunday . ’ |
| 15 | It was at this time , too , that he forged the one consistent thread of his life — the love of his family . |
| 16 | It was at this time , too , that he forged the one consistent thread of his life — the love of his family . |
| 17 | It was at this time that he first came across some Nonconformist pastors from Shrewsbury and was deeply impressed and helped by the ‘ fervent prayers , godly conversation and holiness ’ of their lives . |
| 18 | It was at this time that the Club first negotiated to use the cricket field for ‘ tuition ’ and it became an overflow car park in 1966 . |
| 19 | It was at this time that he commissioned both Cooper and Sadler in the field , in recognition of their services , an action which was later thought to have been highly irregular . |
| 20 | It was at this time too that there appeared in Europe the system of notation in which the exact time-value of a note is indicated by a lozenge on a pole . |
| 21 | It was at this time that Chapman made another of his ‘ discoveries ’ . |
| 22 | In fact it was at this time just as the United States was beginning to take up his Girls that he set up a school there . |
| 23 | It was at this time too that W. L. Bragg was beginning to unravel the complex structures of the crystalline silicates . |
| 24 | It was at this time that man 's dawning awareness of it , stimulated his need to preserve his acceptance of the innate goodness of the evolutionary process , that is , his need to have a ‘ god ’ of some sort , that is to ‘ create ’ a God . |
| 25 | It was at this time that many growers began to group together to form the earliest co-operatives in Champagne . |
| 26 | The interior of Skirlaugh church was thoroughly repaired between 1813–19 and it was at this time that a screen , fine pulpit , pews and a wainscot gallery were finally removed . |
| 27 | It was at this time that the modern meaning of the word ‘ pacifist ’ became established : the semantic change registered a deep and abiding split within the peace movement . |
| 28 | It was at this time that Jesus told the disciples that they would all desert him . |
| 29 | Three years later , in 1638 , Laud arranged for him to become Rector of Uppingham , in Rutland , and a chaplain to King Charles I. It was at this time that Taylor made his first marriage , to the sister of one of his Cambridge pupils . ’ |
| 30 | It was at this time that the Churches at last made common cause and risked calling for Prayer , the acceptance of Gospel values and the application of the Beatitudes to modern life . |