Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [verb] at the time " in BNC.

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1 Although it may be beneficial to address this point at this stage rather than leave it to the flotation , the alternative argument is that such matters can only be decided at the time of flotation when the parties are better able to assess what is commercially necessary to achieve an optimum result .
2 Regret theory has several surprising predictions that had not been tested at the time the theory was first presented : for example , it predicts that individuals ' choices may ‘ cycle ’ ( eg A is chosen in preference to B , B in preference to C and C in preference to A ) .
3 The Constitutional Court on March 3 ruled unconstitutional a bill passed in November 1991 [ see p. 38585 ] , which would have allowed prosecutions for serious crimes committed between Dec. 21 , 1944 , and May 2 , 1990 ( notably in the postwar purges and the repression of the 1956 uprising ) , which had not been prosecuted at the time for political reasons as being in conflict with the Constitution .
4 Asked by Mr Norman if his reasoning for that decision had not been noted at the time , he replied : ‘ My scribbles were not entirely consistent in quantity or meaning .
5 However , if the income which arose in year 1 had not been charged at the time when the payment was made in year 3 to the beneficiary , that relieving provision would not be applicable and it would appear that the tax charge would take place in year 3 .
6 Some of the princes of Germany doubted the validity of the election on the grounds that Frederick had not been baptized at the time and he had only been elected , they said , out of fear for his father .
7 There is no appropriation at the moment when he takes possession of the goods because he was entitled to do so under the terms of the contract of sale , a contract which is , it is true , voidable , but has not been avoided at the time the goods are handed over .
8 There is no appropriation at the moment when he takes possession of the goods because he was entitled to do so under the terms of the contract of sale , a contract which is , it is true , voidable , but has not been avoided at the time the goods are handed over .
9 ‘ Where the seller of goods has a voidable title to them , but his title has not been avoided at the time of the sale , the buyer acquires a good title to the goods , provided he buys them in good faith and without notice of the seller 's defect of title . ’
10 Schemes will no longer be considered for registration where the fixed percentage of profit or the specified amount of the notional pool to be distributed as PRP depend on a formula that can not be determined at the time of writing the scheme ( p 103 ) .
11 Under a new Statement of Practice ( SP 7/92 ) , schemes will no longer be considered for registration where the fixed percentage or the specified amount of the notional pool depend on a formula which can not be determined at the time of writing the scheme .
12 Unfortunately some measurements could not be made at the time of the growth room trials , owing to maintenance work .
13 If completion accounts are required , it is common practice to require the relevant accountants to agree the apportionment at the time they agree the completion statement as the price will not be finalised at the time of contract .
14 These can not be known at the time the decision is to be made and a means of stating what is known and what is assessed of the influence of future events on the commercial performance of the product , permitting comparisons between options , is needed .
15 These can not be known at the time the decision is to be made and a means of stating what is known and what is assessed of the influence of future events on the commercial performance of the product , permitting comparisons between options , is needed .
16 Nearly 500 people arrested after the rebel attacks were still being held at the time of the AI visit .
17 Other ranges and designs were introduced to cope with even heavier demands and with minor amendments , utility furniture was still being produced at the time of the festival of Britain in nineteen fifty one .
18 Intimal thickening , medial fibrosis , and microthrombus formation in the splenic vein have also been observed at the time of portosystemic shunt surgery in patients treated previously by injection sclerotherapy .
19 Journalists who telephoned the divisional police were told bluntly that the men had not even been interviewed at the time the army spokesman had made his statement .
20 In some localities trouble had undoubtedly been expected at the time of the Bank Holiday , and it was reported in Lambeth police court that plainclothes men had been specially stationed for the purpose of dealing with cases of street ruffianism' .
21 Circumstantial evidence could take the form of showing the defendant wished to cover up an offence committed by himself , such as driving over the prescribed limit , being involved in an accident and then , as mentioned ( C ) 2 ante alleging that someone else was driving at the time of the accident .
22 Another form of argument to be considered involves analysis of what else was happening at the time a text was written and first published .
23 Unless the capitalist class was engaged in a conspiracy which was simultaneously crudely self-interested , brilliantly well-hidden and ( remarkably ) informed by economic analyses of a kind which had never been published at the time , it is hard to see how and why this occurred .
24 She knew all that and , more , she had actually been passing at the time .
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