Example sentences of "[noun sg] at certain " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a well-documented conflict , especially among creative people who need isolation at certain times and company at others . |
| 2 | They have known divorce , bereavement , redundancy , accident , a broken home , abortion , illness , rejection , depression , uncertainty at certain points of their lives , perhaps before , perhaps since , conversion . |
| 3 | He makes explicit what is perhaps implicit in Taskopruzade , namely that Molla Yegan was from the province of Aydin , and adds to the sentence about his becoming muderris at certain medreses in Bursa the fact that this was through the agency of Molla Fenari . |
| 4 | Winter smogs are essentially polluted fogs , so there have been a number of occasions when they have been seeded with dry ice or silver iodide at certain airports so as to allow aircraft to land safely . |
| 5 | Fig. 7.7 Shows quite clearly that an injudicious choice of switching angle may prevent the motor from producing any torque at certain speeds , e. g. switching angle = 12 degrees at speeds below 100 steps per second . |
| 6 | A lifeboat was based at Skateraw between 1907 and 1943 , manned by the Dunbar crew , to overcome launching difficulties at Dunbar Harbour at certain states of tide and weather . |
| 7 | Rice production is also very labour intensive , but in Japan the intensity of work is not even throughout the year , freeing the population for other work at certain times . |
| 8 | a ) Will some parts of the organisation reduce work at certain times because of public holidays ? |
| 9 | The administrative backlogs and incompetence at certain licensed dealers became a nightmare for clients . |
| 10 | They had been briefed to report in on their mobile telephone at certain checkpoints en route , and to inform the Ops Room of any suspicious incidents , but their main task was to stop and talk to locals , in order to make their presence known in as friendly a way as possible . |
| 11 | To achieve efficiency , pruning of low-scoring readings may take place at certain points without greatly affecting the accuracy of the system . |
| 12 | The work of the Dragon Project though , is beginning to show that there may be some basis for thinking that unusual behaviour of certain known energies could be taking place at certain sites ( New Scientist , 21 October , p 166 ) , and it is possible that our ancient ancestors could detect this ‘ Earth energy ’ . |
| 13 | Hotels showing this symbol offer an exciting ‘ package ’ of entertainment & attractions or an excursion at certain times of the year FREE of charge to customers staying 3 nights or more . |
| 14 | Even plants which keep their flowers open all the time save energy by only producing nectar at certain periods of the day . |
| 15 | Thirdly , there may be a combined rota/panel scheme where a panel normally operates but there is a rota at certain times , such as at night , weekends or bank holidays . |
| 16 | Erm I know it 's associated with over extraction of water at certain points but but be that as it may , but in the old days the Sussex Lands Committee er used to be er a county function and did take an overview erm of the whole West Sussex scene in terms of what happened erm it is now really now erm not our responsibility , although we put members on it , it 's a now fairly weak er joint body but it 's pretty toothless . |
| 17 | The succession of Muftis in the latter half of the fifteenth century , after the conquest of Constantinople ( 857/1453 ) , represents one of the most complicated problems to be met with in tracing the history of the early Muftilik , the difficulties largely arising , as one would expect , from a lack of sufficient evidence at certain crucial points in the careers of several of the Muftis . |
| 18 | And if it were up to me , I 'd just want to talk about music , about a certain passage of Mozart and how I would place the emphasis at certain points , and how I feel I 'm a good interpreter at the piano , but not particularly a good technician … ‘ |
| 19 | In addition to this general focus , the development of language and literacy is studied from a variety of perspectives and in a more focused manner at certain points in the course . |
| 20 | He also arranged with the school resource centre for him to have access to the library area at certain periods , during which he could relax with a book or magazine . |
| 21 | Since 1985 the German Drinking Water Ordinance has specified ‘ protection zones ’ of 100–500 metres around bore-holes , and the UK Nitrate Coordination Group noted in 1986 that the Germans were giving ‘ consideration … to stricter catchment area regulations laying down maximum nitrate fertiliser application rates , banning its use at certain times of the year and requiring changes in the land use ’ . |
| 22 | I am sure there was a different topic of conversation the following Monday morning at certain South Shropshire hairdressing establishments ! |
| 23 | Nevertheless : If a teacher has , himself , to go down into the library with the whole class , or if you can only afford a third of a teacher to be in the library at certain times , then you are quite simply restricting the amount of work that can go on . |
| 24 | In this latter respect , government policy ( or the threat of intervention ) would seem to be the most significant factor tending to remove authority over collective bargaining to the national confederations.9 Attempts to align the outcome of wage negotiations with macroeconomic policy objectives have been one factor which has tended to raise the level of bargaining and it has played a significant role at certain periods in countries such as Holland , Norway and Austria . |
| 25 | Until recently , many of those women who experience a light vaginal discharge at certain times between their periods may have thought that they were the only ones to have this problem . |
| 26 | One of the basic factors we have to bear in mind about fungi is that , unlike insects , which make their attack at certain predictable times depending on their life cycles , fungal attack in one form or another is about and ready to take advantage of any weakness for much longer periods — in fact , at almost any time of the year . |
| 27 | This is purported to walk the grave yard at certain times of the year , but firm evidence of this I 've not been able to find ; you always hear that someone else has seen it but never first hand . |
| 28 | You are a professional photographer , and at one time you pursued your calling at certain two-storey premises in — um — Silmour Street , is that correct ? ’ |
| 29 | Apart from having to get up and go to bed at certain times , I was fed up because nearly everyone else spent the day at the day centre making baskets and playing Bingo . |
| 30 | It implied that there would be ways of modifying it , just as peripheral transmission at ganglia could be blocked by methonium compounds and transmission at certain nerve endings by beta-blockers ( see Chapter 12 ) . |