Example sentences of "have [vb pp] at [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 But if the average size of a household has fallen at the same time ( this has happened in the UK ) then the income of each person in a household may have risen .
2 Creaney , who now forms a new strike partnership with Andy Payton , and has nudged his boyhood idol Charlie Nicholas into reserve football , feels the Cologne tie has come at the right time .
3 ‘ This validation from the Prime Minister has come at an important time for the industry as it strives to get up off its knees , ’ said Keith Banbury , Chief Executive .
4 Moreover , the P cepacia problem has emerged at the same time as social networks have developed between adult patients with CF , and their families ; many individuals have derived great mutual benefit from these contacts , which provide for most of their social activity .
5 We have just noted how local politics in Britain has recently become more diversified , but , as Chapter 4 pointed out , this has happened at the same time as political power has become increasingly centralized .
6 It is quite possible , he wrote , that it will lead nowhere , even when one has begun at the right time in the right spirit , or at least not at the wrong time , in the wrong spirit , with the wrong plans and having made the wrong preparations , with the wrong tools and the wrong principles , on the wrong surface and with the wrong conception .
7 We 'd started at the same time .
8 It may have formed at the same time as Coed y Brenin .
9 In Peking 's eyes , the Nobel Peace Prize could not have come at a worse time .
10 It could scarcely have come at a worse time .
11 This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ .
12 For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time .
13 She could not have come at a worse time ; a few hours after she arrived , she was a helpless burning hulk , with most of her passengers and crew dead .
14 It could not have come at a worse time for the Royal Family , almost on the eve of the wedding of Princess Anne to Commander Tim Laurence .
15 I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time .
16 But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time .
17 ‘ In many ways , it could not have come at a worse time because the selectors are obviously considering alternatives after the defeat at Old Trafford and I would like to think I would be one of them . ’
18 ‘ God witness , ’ said Llewelyn , drumming his long fingers on the arms of his chair in a hard-driven rhythm that was always a key to the stresses of his mind , ‘ it could not have come at a worse time .
19 The invitation could not have come at a better time .
20 For Sinton , who made his England debut in Poznan in the crucial final qualifier against Poland last November and was a member of the England B side that defeated France B at Loftus Road in February , that run could not have come at a better time .
21 And the announcement of the engagement could not have come at a better time for the battle-weary Royal Family .
22 ‘ The cash could n't have come at a better time , ’ said George at their home in Swansea , Wales .
23 " You could n't have come at a better time , " said Fleury cheerfully .
24 ‘ This holiday has been a godsend and could n't have come at a better time .
25 It could n't have come at a better time .
26 League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist .
27 League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist .
28 ‘ Then my news could not have come at a better time ! ’
29 That 's his first for the club and could n't have come at a better time for Hereford , though .
30 New boy , Brian Marwood gave them the lead ; his first goal for the club and it could n't have come at a better time .
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