Example sentences of "[coord] at time " in BNC.

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1 For while the earlier forms of patronal relations are in general residual from more culturally integrated societies , many of the later forms are precisely interventions either within , or at times against and beyond , normal market forces .
2 those not based on formal membership or any sustained collective public manifestation , but in which there is conscious association or group identification , either informally or occasionally manifested , or at times limited to immediate working or more general relations .
3 Vice versa , at times of high rates of unemployment , or at times of low rates of unemployment but with abundant population reserves , the human capital theory was on the sidelines of mainstream economic thought .
4 I just avoided the boys in the town for a while , only going in with my father or at times when I knew they would be in school .
5 The significance of this observation is still unknown , but it is thought that such larvae may resume development if the adult hookworm population is removed by an anthelmintic or at times of stress such as lactation .
6 This includes financing any public sector borrowing requirement ( PSBR ) that exists as a result of a shortfall in government revenues compared with expenditures , or at times managing the public sector debt repayment ( PSDR ) when government income is greater than government expenditure .
7 The thin edged-woodworking cutter blunts very quickly and at times produces a very chipped or chattering surface , so it is modified ( fig.1 ) .
8 Ravi Shankar 's score , drawing elements in from a wide range of sources , is both seductively lyrical and at times rhythmically complex .
9 Wolves play a similar style , and at times one yearned for someone to set the ball rolling … literally .
10 His forecasting staff in the Treasury might have been better suited to dreaming up horoscopes , and at times officials seem to have been deliberately distorting figures for political ends .
11 She was not a violent demonstrator as a suffragette but she worked hard for the women 's vote , and at times vociferously at public meetings .
12 There is a little evidence that the final choice lay between George Chase , the Bishop of Ripon , mature in years and experience , a scholar , solid , stable , absolutely reliable , shy , and at times remote , and Michael Ramsey , without experience , untried , but one of the leaders of a party in the Church and someone who would do more to represent learning among the bench of bishops .
13 The play 's action is zany and at times hilarious , full of mockery and tricks of speech .
14 If it is difficult now to concur with the Bioscope reviewer 's judgement that the film ‘ surpasses in technical achievement anything of its kind ever made in Britain , and at times soars to heights of directorial brilliance ’ , it 's still possible to understand how an audience that had been accustomed only to silent films might warm to the various acts on display .
15 Digby was kept under considerable pressure and at times was found wanting as Bolton , fed by full-backs determined to work their way forward , put everything into attack .
16 The summit declaration on Germany , which spoke about ‘ unity ’ rather than ‘ reunification ’ , was reached after a protracted and at times acrimonious debate among the 12 EC heads of government .
17 President Gorbachev and other Politburo members have angrily , and at times desperately , appealed against such a move , for fear it would lead to a breakup of the Soviet Communist Party and , ultimately , of the Soviet Union .
18 It was decisive and at times attracted public support because she seemed to be taking action which the public overwhelmingly thought was right but never thought any government would have the nerve to carry out .
19 Entertaining and at times moving .
20 And at times of crisis the Church has rallied to the political Position of the Party , and ministers such as Bert Cooke who are not normally politically active have supported the DUP 's initiatives from their pulpits .
21 Moran bought the freehold of the site from the Government four years ago and since then has been involved in delicate and at times heated negotiations to take possession from the leaseholder , an educational charity , the British Federation of University Women .
22 Naively he regarded it as ‘ no big deal ’ and at times he became quite testy at the attention it commanded .
23 Throughout , Mr Patten has sought unsuccessfully to convince a largely sceptical , and at times hostile , media that the Tories can come from behind in the polls to win tomorrow .
24 Intelligent and witty , Shaw became somewhat embittered , and at times his company teaching could seem perfunctory .
25 The two girls were closely seeded and at times , the match was very closely fought .
26 Rushmere spent 71 balls over his 29 , and at times it seemed as if Wessels and Kirsten were more interested in spending much-needed time in the middle than trying to set a challenging target .
27 The tops of ling heather ( Calluna vulgaris ) , produce yet another shade of yellow dye when boiled in water , and in fact that entire plant is wonderfully versatile : it was commonly used for thatching houses , and even today the few Highland thatchers that remain will swear it is the best thatch in Gaeldom ; it provided beds to sleep on , with the ‘ tops up and roots down ’ arrangement of the mattress assuring a pleasantly aromatic and sound sleep ; it was used in part of the process of tanning leather ; and the fresh , young tops of the heather were ( and at times still are ) brewed into a kind of ale .
28 Australian conservationists these past few decades have been worried and at times appalled by the destruction of the Great Barrier Reef by crown of thorns starfish .
29 The principal and at times sole opponents of refugee resettlement were the refugees themselves .
30 The tasks involved are sometimes difficult , hard physical labour and at times dangerous .
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