Example sentences of "[be] [adj] at the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interest rates are low at the present time . |
| 2 | Although no separate figures are yet available on short-term care facilities , the consensus is that they are inadequate at the present time . |
| 3 | CD trials , with teachers who are new both to the unit and to the computer system , are important at the present time because most teacher users will be in this category . |
| 4 | By their reasons the justices stated that the girl would continue to be liable to sexual abuse if allowed to return to her family as the mother refused to recognise the responsibility of the father for that abuse and that the mother would not protect the girl from the father on whom the mother was emotionally dependent ; that they had considered that the girl might be cared for by her half-sister but had concluded that it would be difficult to prevent contact between the girl and her father ; that they had formed the view that contact between the girl and her father would be harmful at the present time and therefore the local authority should refuse such contact until the review by the local authority in six months time ; and that there should be supervised reasonable contact between the girl and her mother and between the girl and her half-sister . |
| 5 | … the correct comparison is not with any man but with an hypothetical man who would also be unavailable at the critical time . |
| 6 | A major difficulty is getting all the appropriate people to be available at the required time , which may well run to several days if there are a lot of candidates . |
| 7 | Both had a comprehensive collection of tools , and luckily what we needed would be available at the right time . |
| 8 | It is important to establish that the client and key employees will be available at the appropriate time . |
| 9 | Local staff or voluntary workers can not be expected to have the resources , time or experience to ensure that telecommunications , backdrop , crowd flow , music , lighting and camera positions are available at the right time and in the right way . |
| 10 | They are being excellent at the present time . ’ |
| 11 | It is as comprehensive as is possible at the present time . |
| 12 | It can , none the less , cut out many of the worst frustrations : material that takes hours to trace , is never found , or is unavailable at the right time ; teacher-made material that takes too long , is botched in process or inexpertly designed ; equipment that does n't work , or works badly , or is preempted by someone else at the crucial moment ; timetables that do n't , when it comes to the point , allow sufficient flexibility ; help that one feels ought to be available but somehow never is . |
| 13 | ‘ The committee endorses this action by the licensing authority ’ , Goldberg 's letter goes on , ‘ and considers that , in the light of the apparent safety hazard , suspension of the licence is appropriate at the present time ’ . |
| 14 | ( i ) to secure that the right land is available at the right time for the implementation of national , regional and local plans : |
| 15 | It must be a last resort in the sense that all else must first have been comprehensively considered and rejected — never because no other placement was available at the relevant time , because of inadequacies in staffing , because the child is simply being a nuisance or runs away from his accommodation and is not likely to suffer significant harm in doing so , and never as a form of punishment . |