Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | London Underground said last night the station was in the process of being evacuated at the time of the blast . |
| 2 | Time out is a very effective way of controlling aggressive behaviour but it needs to be applied at the time of the problem and the parents must remain calm and firm . |
| 3 | In addition , the case was decided under the provisions of the Supply of Goods ( Implied Terms ) Act 1973 , under which reasonableness was to be assessed at the time of breach . |
| 4 | A notice of cancellation sent by post is deemed to be served at the time of posting ( s69(7) ) . |
| 5 | Mum had been so kind and prepared lots of meals for us all so there was n't much in the kitchen to be done at the time . |
| 6 | An extension of time for compliance with the order may be required to be given at the time of endorsing the penal notice . |
| 7 | ‘ You did n't seem to be complaining at the time . ’ |
| 8 | BBS seriously considered firing Hopper ; the pressure of moving a production team of twenty-three people from state to state , writing the script on the run and persuading innocent citizens of the United States of America who just happened to be passing at the time to appear in the movie , was a heavy burden for all . |
| 9 | Station Officer Russ Broadbent of Southport Fire station , said : ‘ It was very lucky that Mrs Parry happened to be passing at the time . |
| 10 | Much physical pain can be suppressed if it is too overwhelming to be borne at the time , and many emotional and mental traumas and conflicts are suppressed if they threaten the integrity or wholeness of the ego or the victim 's self-image . |
| 11 | The draftsman should next consider whether the conditions are to be fulfilled at the time of the service of the notice or at the end of the term . |
| 12 | If they are to be fulfilled at the time of the service of the notice then , for example , the landlord may not be able to rely on a breach of covenant to decorate " in the last year of the term " since no breach of that covenant can be positively asserted until the expiry of the complete year . |
| 13 | They were to be measured at the time of felling and the buyer was given 15 years in which to do the felling . |
| 14 | Any such deferred pensions entitlement will be fully protected in accordance with the provisions of the appropriate STG scheme , both as regards the calculation of the pension to be paid at the time of retirement and provision for future increases . |
| 15 | In Shell UK v Lostock Garage Ltd [ 1976 ] 1 WLR 1187 Lord Denning MR explained what he thought was meant by the proposition that reasonableness is to be considered at the time when the contract is made : If the terms impose a restraint which is unreasonable in the sense that it may work unfairly in circumstances which may reasonably be anticipated , the courts will refuse to enforce the restraint : but it will not hold it to be unenforceable simply because it might work unfairly in certain exceptional circumstances outside the reasonable expectation of the parties at the time of making the agreement . |
| 16 | It is not that primary teachers must become preoccupied with examinations or tests to be taken at the time when a child changes school . |
| 17 | Overall 19.1% were judged to be infected at the time of the survey , namely 9.9% community-acquired , i.e. present on admission , and 9.2% hospital-acquired , i.e. infection-free on admission and contracted infection as a direct result of hospitalisation . |
| 18 | Linda 's photos — taken in Paul 's early heady years of fatherhood — were not intended to be published at the time . |
| 19 | Everything had an improvised , random air about it , as if people had erected new machines just where they happened to be standing at the time , next to the debris of the old . |