Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] at [art] time " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There is little doubt that the coalition was returned to power mainly on Unionist votes , although this was not widely recognized at the time ; the Unionists had never won so many votes before , and it was perhaps natural to attribute their success to their new asset . |
| 2 | The charges included his acceptance of a commission following the completion of SOMISA 's purchase , at well above market prices , of new offices which were then lavishly decorated at a time when the state company 's workforce was being dramatically reduced in preparation for its privatization in 1992 [ see p. 38527 ] . |
| 3 | These alliances were similar to the games of dice much favoured at the time : the marriages might or might not be successful ; they might or might not have political consequences . |
| 4 | ( In the same letter Leech referred to a man who ‘ was brought into the Infirmary this morning with violent concussion of the brain occasioned by a fall from the mail coach as it was passing through Harrowden , he was much intoxicated at the time the accident happened . |
| 5 | His flat was sparsely furnished at the time . |
| 6 | All the nineteenth-century conventions of comedy pointed to the need for universality and in any case Chaplin 's own personal inclinations must have pulled him back from being sectionally committed at a time of class warfare . |
| 7 | And so he got space to build a house and they began it began this part in thirteen sixty although it 's clear that there was an earlier house here , perhaps built at the time when they first got the back in the eleven seventies . |
| 8 | In order to give effect to the original intention of the Directive , the House of Lords held that the Regulations should be construed purposively and read as if after the words " immediately before the transfer " the following words were added " or would have been so employed at the time of the transfer if he had not been unfairly dismissed in the circumstances described in reg 8(1) " , ( ie for a reason in connection with the transfer ) . |
| 9 | This is the ‘ truest cause ’ of Thuc. i.23 , a famous and deeply original statement which is the first conscious attempt to develop a theory of historical causation : ‘ The truest cause ’ , he says , ‘ was one not much admitted at the time : it was the growth of Athenian power , which frightened the Spartans and forced them to war . |
| 10 | Little noticed at the time were large groups who missed out in the general prosperity : the blacks , poor farmers , lower-paid workers , and the old people living on small fixed pensions , who suffered particularly from one of the continuing problems of the economy inflation . |
| 11 | I do n't say that this is so , only that the allegation was widely made at the time . |
| 12 | My paper was rather mathematical , however , so its implications for the role of God in the creation of the universe were not generally recognized at the time ( just as well for me ) . |
| 13 | Most of these are presumably extragalactic but they include the pulsar PSR1706–44 , although this was not recognized at the time . |
| 14 | It enabled Eliot to look not to the detested Unitarianism of his family , but towards a deeper , wider , yet also more personal ‘ rhythm ’ present , though scarcely recognized at the time . |
| 15 | The colleges have always taken the view that accreditation was not a prerequisite for appointment ; a recent survey revealed that approximately one third of physicians were not accredited at the time of their appointment . |
| 16 | But for those departments and individuals who received them , they have been vital and they have paid off in ways not expected at the time of the award . |
| 17 | The Airtours document asks why a £6.5 million contingent liability was not disclosed at the time Owners unveiled its preliminary results , and draws attention to its rival 's low distributable reserves as a possible reason . |
| 18 | The case , not reported at the time , was the first documented of human victims of this phenonemum in Britain . |
| 19 | The TVOR was not installed at the time of the accident . |
| 20 | But due to other commitments and the very constricted nature of the passage , it was not pursued at the time . |
| 21 | It was bold because it conflicted with theories generally accepted at the time , theories that included the assumption that electromagnetic systems ( magnets , charged bodies , current-carrying conductors , etc. ) act upon each other instantaneously across empty space and that electromagnetic effects can be propagated at a finite velocity only through material substances . |
| 22 | Given any example of a classic scientific theory , whether at the time of its first proposal or at a later date , it is possible to find observational claims that were generally accepted at the time and were considered to be inconsistent with the theory . |
| 23 | And there was his behaviour since their father 's death : odd little things she had scarcely noticed at the time but now they began to acquire significance in her mind . |
| 24 | Their house was not searched at the time of the dawn raid ; they were not driven away to a police station for questioning . |
| 25 | Whilst it could only be considered such with the wisdom of hindsight , it was nevertheless seen at the time as a geographically limited episode of a much wider-ranging struggle . |
| 26 | The resignation of Richardson , then Minister of Justice and National Security , tendered on Sept. 18 for failing to prevent the attempted coup and the ensuing looting , was not accepted at the time by the Prime Minister , with whom Richardson had been held hostage during the crisis . |
| 27 | I made it clear on a number of occasions over recent years that there was , in retrospect , one change that I wish we had not made at the time , but it was one that was urged on us by right hon. Gentlemen opposite . |
| 28 | Generally , one topic merges into another , and it may not be easily seen at the time that a change of topic has occurred . |
| 29 | The net profit margin is lower than forecast due to the increase in interest rates and certain items of expenditure not anticipated at the time of the forecast . |
| 30 | The accused is not guilty of that offence if force or threat of force is not used at the time of the theft . |