Example sentences of "[noun sg] stand at [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Its magical chain is about 18ft long , allowing the Daemonette to reach the central stairwell and most of the half of the room in which the chair stands at any time ; when the adventurers arrive , the chair will be as shown on the map . |
| 4 | It had also successfully lobbied for a prestigious residential development under the Community Development Block Grant programme , although the sale prices far exceeded the borrowing capacity of the majority of local residents ( median income was less than $7,000 in 1980 , whilst unemployment stood at three times the city average ) . |
| 5 | By subtracting the slow rate at which the planet 's surface is rising in the Barbados area , known from previous geological work onshore , he could work out where sea level stood at different times in the past . |