Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a [noun] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | So how selfish then of Charles and Diana to make the official announcement of their separation in a week when the nation was celebrating the coffee couple 's romance . |
| 32 | The magazine had started publication at a time when the work of Lewis , Joyce , Pound and Eliot himself was actively challenging the old standards and values of English literary culture . |
| 33 | This encouraged the transfer at a time when the son was still willing and able to make some changes to the farm . |
| 34 | This would help to protect the dollar at a time when the United States was experiencing balance of payments problems . |
| 35 | He trained as a safety officer with ICI before joining the council at a time when the Health and Safety at Work Act greatly uncreased the duties of local authorities . |
| 36 | But in any reference to useful labour it occupies a significant place as a village where the medieval open field system of farming has survived in some degree . |
| 37 | The After Redundancy study took place during a period when the level of economic activity among older people in general , and older men in particular , had been declining ( Walker 1980 ; Parker 1982 ; OPCS 1987 ) . |
| 38 | It 's very interesting to note that in contemporary political philosophy there is almost no room left for democratic decision making because in most theories that we 're given , more or less everything is already decided at a constitutional level I mean think of theory of justice , it 's the theory of justice that decides the basic nature of a constitution so the role of members of a government is simply to interpret and apply the constitution so they can make the most efficient tax policies given the basic constitution , but no individual has the authority to challenge that constitution and change it by democratic means . |
| 39 | For he can see in the X-ray picture of a chest only the shadows of the heart and ribs , with a few spidery blotches between them . |
| 40 | Not only is it a move into a realm where the distinction between life and death seems , as in ‘ The Hollow Men ’ , to have broken down , it is also a crossing to the world of the ‘ cannibal isle ’ which is revealed as only another version of the life left behind , and where the realization that ‘ Life is very long ’ is not escaped from , but reinforced . |
| 41 | The fact that Crosby fought tooth and nail to get the job in an area where the success rate is so limited and expectation so high , speaks volumes for his bottle . |
| 42 | In El Salvador , the FMLN is trying to build a party and electoral apparatus in a climate where the killers of the past decade are still at large . |
| 43 | But this did not prevent Mrs Thatcher from exposing another potential problem in her Financial Times interview : accommodating a trading and reserve currency such as sterling within a mechanism where the Deutschemark has no serious challenger . |
| 44 | Although much work remains to be carried out on the coach , including repairs to windows and roof , restoration of interior compartments and finally repainting in L & SWR salmon pink and brown livery , it is hoped to complete the restoration within a year where the LSWR carriage will join the TVR coach and the two GWR coaches to form a very unique vintage train and to move the Gwili further up the valley . |
| 45 | It does n't seem very clever of them to cut the grant for a festival in a region where the MPs are both Scottish ministers . ’ |
| 46 | The Italian alert provided the main drama in a day when the diplomatic noose around Libya was tightened . |
| 47 | Once she 'd taken a room in a village where the bus just happened to stop . |
| 48 | It is our wish , as ever , to build better relationships with these agencies , and develop levels of mutual confidence to a point where the flow of information would be much greater than it has been . |
| 49 | Early trials of the new drug took place at a time when the transplantation of kidneys and other organs was being vigorously investigated . |
| 50 | ‘ He sent a message to the governor explaining that the thefts continued to take place at a time when the firm had transferred me to England for a period of six months . |
| 51 | Ideally , further education activities should take place at a time when the qualified staff can most easily be spared . |
| 52 | This should take place at a time when the individual is able to engage in detailed discussion . |
| 53 | But he admitted to a great sense of satisfaction at having been in the job at a time when the world had ‘ seen the most rapid political changes in the past 50 years ’ , from the end of the Cold War to the dismemberment of the Soviet Union , and the appointment of former POCs like Vaclav Havel to become heads of state . |
| 54 | Hence , the Act 's ‘ The offeree 's giving , within the time allowed under this section , notice of cancellation of the agreement to the offeror at a time when the agreement has been entered into shall have the effect of cancelling the agreement' , becomes ‘ An agreement is cancelled if the customer gives the seller notice of cancellation within the time this section allows ’ . |
| 55 | Retirement at a time when the opposition was strong was seen by many among them as a dereliction of duty . |
| 56 | As he was a very intellectual artist , he was the ideal figure to take over from Metzinger the task of transmitting the principles of Cubism to the other painters ; and since he joined the group at a moment when the movement was striving for greater definition , his influence and importance can not be overestimated . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | What many feminists find most surprising about the article is its appearance at a time when the abortion issue has regalvanised women . |
| 60 | In order to avoid the risks associated with exchange rate movements , traders ( and investors ) can enter into a forward contract with a bank whereby the exchange rate is fixed for future delivery or receipt of a foreign currency more than two working days from the date of the deal . |