Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] at [adj] time " in BNC.

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31 In a vote on Aug. 15 the project had received the overwhelming support of the Folketing ( parliament ) , which had voted against a similar project in 1973 , although Sweden had given its approval at that time .
32 We could respond to their needs at any time of the day or night , whether for psychiatric help or respite care .
33 The only way out of this conundrum would be to argue , not only that the contents of the bracket are for the tribunal , but that it can alter these at will , and put any other contents in their place at any time .
34 College induction programmes for staff new to FE were in their infancy at that time and I probably felt content in the knowledge of my own ‘ expertise ’ .
35 Its population at this time can hardly have been less than 50,000 and may easily have been well over 60,000 .
36 Does everybody have to be in their studies at quiet time ?
37 All men refuse to take responsibility for their actions at some time or other during their lives , and some men so consistently shirk their duty that they present more the appearance of overgrown children than of adults .
38 The Inland Revenue is well aware that people in certain jobs , such as hairdressers , receive extra cash from their customers at this time of year .
39 She wrote a great deal in her Diary at this time , chiefly about Gran , about how clever she was and how beautiful she had been when she was young .
40 Each one could have removed his or her name at any time after the first printing and , indeed , two did .
41 This happened rather often , and if the inhabitants of Oswaldston had not mostly been shut up in front of their televisions at this time of day , it might already have given rise to some talk .
42 Their role at that time was to discount bills for holders requiring immediate cash for payments which were due in perhaps two or three months .
43 The journal contains material of interest to historians concerned with late colonial Nigeria , and with the developments among the Nupe people and their neighbours at this time ; and material which illuminates how one body of anthropological field research was carried out against the background of colonial administration .
44 Obviously a married woman ca n't just get up from her chair at that time of the evening and announce that she 's going out .
45 of its collection at any time .
46 The book was a popular success ; its sales at one time were said to compete with those of Marie Corelli [ q.v . ] .
47 If a local authority believes that a child within its area at any time is likely to suffer harm but the child lives or proposes to live in another area , there is a duty to notify the " home " authority ( Sched 2 , para 4(2) ) .
48 The area of ground selected was described somewhat imprecisely as : ‘ All that piece of ground situate north of Fig Lane [ now Crowndale Road ] St Pancras extending northwards from thence 650 feet on average abutting Eastwards on the Church path leading to Kentish Town and is in a parallel breadth 270 feet abutting Westward on other Ground intended and agreed to be used as Garden Ground by the said Messrs. Kirkman and Hendy or the Undertenants and no buildings to be erected thereon which shall raise more than 12 feet above the present surface and nearer than 80 feet to the ground hereby lett and that they will reserve a Street or way 60 feet wide at the least at the northern extremity of the said ground and that the said Messrs. Kirkman and Hendy do engage to lett to the Veterinary College a piece or any part of their ground at any time within twelve months which they the College shall determine upon a ranging line with the north extremity of the piece already described at and after the rate of £30 per acre nett which are the same terms as the ground described and mentioned are lett at and also at and upon the same reservation of the pepper corn Rent . ’
49 This system enables banks to lend longer term because they can be certain of having deposits , as lenders can realize their asset at any time .
50 These bases — Hassani , Argos and Molai — were in use by the Luftwaffe for attacks on Crete , which were reaching their climax at this time .
51 It is also clear that only about 1–2% of our rivers have access agreements for anyone at all for any parts of their lengths at any time , a significant part of that minute percentage resulting from the work of Adam Box 's team in the Wessex Water area over the last year .
52 The story bring out the significance of dreams and their interpretation at this time .
53 Many animals , such as the puma , are solitary for most of the year , only coming together with other members of their species at mating time .
54 have been communicated to the acquirer or any of its advisers at any time in the negotiation .
55 His glance raked her from head to foot before he even moved further and she could see that he thought her very decadent to be in her housecoat at this time in the morning .
56 It would have been harder to conceal their happiness at another time , but now everyone was engrossed in weightier matters .
57 These or other events in her life at this time , even the sad ones like the passing of the first anniversary of her husband 's death , may be the key that will open the door for her to freedom from the prison of grief where she has finished the hard labour of bereavement .
58 Then , in 1393 , a provisional agreement was reached giving the English Calais ( which they already held ) and that part of Aquitaine south of the river Charente ( much of south-west France which was largely out of their hands at this time ) , all this to be alienated to Gaunt in the near future .
59 They did n't need their sirens at this time of the night .
60 ‘ All the people who worked with Laura in those years experienced the rough edge of her humour at some time or other , usually when you were so run down and exhausted , after four or five days travelling with no proper sleep , that you could not fight back . ’
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