Example sentences of "[v-ing] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In view of the terms in which he was later to express his enthusiasm for Wagner , it is interesting to note what it was that first seriously attracted him : nor the morbid metaphysical-flavoured world of romance , the hypnotic emotional intensity and musical " modernity " of Tristan , representing at the time , the high point of Wagner 's most distinctive line of development ; nor indeed the available parts of the similarly " modern " , but emotionally more robust , Ring ; rather , the musically " reactionary " Meistersinger that deferred to traditional expectations of harmony , tonality and musical organization and depicted through the medium of " healthy " comic opera the successful struggle of artistic genius against stifling Hanslickian convention . |
| 2 | During the summer we had serious problems , we had a report on children homes which erm which y'know which pointed out a few things y'know that had n't been doing well , mainly , mainly in defence of erm because they did put in a lot of effort into fostering y'know and the children homes y'know need , as Councillor would y'know will , they did a very good job actually representing at the time . |
| 3 | I was n't laughing at the time , though , I can tell you , because the more I dug down , the more I was digging up ! |
| 4 | If the C M I does n't lead to this kind of balance then it can have this sort of effect and get rapidly fatal tuberculosis occurring at the time of the primary infection . |
| 5 | These findings also have important implications for the analysis of prolonged motility recordings in patients with non-cardiac chest pain : repetitive simultaneous pressure waves occurring at the time of an attack of chest pain , do not necessarily indicate that the pain was accompanied by disorders of oesophageal motility , or that such disorders were the cause of the chest pain . |
| 6 | Second , as regards durability , the goods should last for a reasonable time and any breach should be regarded as occurring at the time of supply rather than when the lack of durability became apparent . |
| 7 | In my experience , the only occasions when I have stalled unexpectedly and known what was happening at the time , have been in very fierce stubble fires and dust devils . |
| 8 | We did n't know what was happening at the time , we thought he was choking . |
| 9 | It is hard to remember , unless something similar is happening at the time , exactly how strongly people feel at moments of great political crisis , how they are carried away by conviction of the rightness of their own side and by contempt and hatred of the other . |
| 10 | In James they are a further indication of the ramifications of consciousness : past memories , future expectations and hypothetical suppositions are as much implicated in the would-be tutor 's predicament as what is happening at the time . |
| 11 | Careful timing will also he required to ensure that the item is actually happening at the time it fits into the programme . |
| 12 | Another form of argument to be considered involves analysis of what else was happening at the time a text was written and first published . |
| 13 | She she has to make out a form , with erm what was happening at the time and everything . |
| 14 | There were mediaeval chroniclers , working from monasteries and sometimes from the courts , and those chroniclers were producing history which was an attempt as it were to set down what seemed to them to be the most important things that were happening at the time , with a few asides . |
| 15 | … For the purpose of these proceedings it is to be assumed that the plaintiff 's injuries as subsisting at the time of her birth were caused by the act or omission of the defendant in the driving of his car . |
| 16 | 53 ( 1 ) ( c ) [ A ] disposition of an equitable interest or trust subsisting at the time of the disposition , must be in writing signed by the person disposing of the same , or by his agent thereunto lawfully authorised in writing or by will . |
| 17 | Shares in Pentos fell by an alarming 20% last week after the group issued warnings that pretax profits for 1992 would be ‘ significantly below ’ market expectations and that its final dividend would be reviewed ‘ in the light of trading at the time of the preliminary announcement in March ’ . |
| 18 | But there was little understanding at the time of how much work was required to develop high-quality screenplays . |
| 19 | It was calculated from a breath test taken then that he was nearly one and a half times over the limit for driving at the time of the accident . |
| 20 | This can be done simply by a witness being asked in court , ‘ Is the defendant the man you saw driving at the time of the offence ? ’ |
| 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 | He was taken into custody for his own protection … as it was learned that he 'd been disqualified from driving at the time of the crash . |
| 23 | Stephen Reynolds , who was disqualified from driving at the time of the crash , is one of the first people to be convicted under the new charge . |
| 24 | The following policy exclusions are of importance in determining whether a valid subsidence claim exists : o Defective design or inadequate construction of the foundations — e.g. where the foundations of a property have not been constructed to a level required by regulations applying at the time of construction . |
| 25 | We … were … not … loving at the time . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | She knew all that and , more , she had actually been passing at the time . |
| 28 | Only I was passing at the time . |
| 29 | Station Officer Russ Broadbent of Southport Fire station , said : ‘ It was very lucky that Mrs Parry happened to be passing at the time . |
| 30 | Under the Administration of justice Act 1982 , where a will contains a devise or bequest to a child or remoter descendant of the testator , and the intended beneficiary dies before the testator , leaving issue who are living at the time of the testator 's death , then , unless a contrary intention appears in the will , the devise or bequest passes to the issue living at the testator 's death . |