Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] at [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | These hospitals were funded by Iran to treat battle casualties — Hezbollah , Amal militiamen and Syrian troops , depending on who happened to be fighting whom at the time — and they were ideal places for holding hostages . |
| 2 | Any loss which at the time of making the contract the defendant could have predicted as likely ( or not unlikely ) to result from the breach of it . |
| 3 | The program puts up words one at a time , in transcription , and the user 's task is to read the word and then input it in normal spelling . |
| 4 | cars one at a time on horse drawn flat trucks , along Canterbury Road and Mitcham Road to dump them on the site in Aurelia Road , which the company had purchased for a depôt . |
| 5 | The instructor should distribute Handout 13 , then go through the steps one at a time using the details in the text and asking the trainees to complete exercises where necessary . |
| 6 | He cuts the tenon shoulders one at a time , and then lines them up to make a final pass if necessary . |
| 7 | A classic study on short term verbal recall seemed to show that reading highly emotional words impairs memory , a finding which at the time seemed to support notions of repression . |
| 8 | Introduced by the government for the first time in the Local Government Bill , the county consists of only two districts and is dominated by Cardiff which at the time contained ‘ just about the only pocket of Conservative Party strength in south Wales ’ ( Wond 1976 : 127 ) . |
| 9 | The Bill would have altered the definition of rape which at the time was classified in the Italian Penal Code as a ‘ crime against morals and custom ’ , so that it became a crime of violence against the person . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , it was , ’ Athelstan replied , though he remembered he had not asked that question himself at the time . |
| 11 | In addition to a claim for capital loss or loss of profits , a claim can be made for any consequential loss which falls within the rules in Hadley v. Baxendale , i.e. loss of a type which at the time of the contract could reasonably have been predicted by both parties as liable ( i.e. not unlikely ) to occur in the event of the breach . |
| 12 | He made very few mistakes and so often picked out the right line on the greens , lines which at the time I doubted , that I left the decisions to him . ’ |
| 13 | in addition , I have a Blue Ring Angel which at the time of purchase had a few white-spot-like fluffy things on the edges of his fins . |
| 14 | In Varley v. Whipp ( 1900 Q.B. ) the contract was for the sale of a specified second-hand reaping machine which at the time of the contract the seller did not own but had still to acquire . |
| 15 | In Underwood v. Burgh Castle Brick & cement Syndicate ( 1922 C.A ) the contract was to sell a-30 ton condensing machine which at the time of the contract was standing bolted to a concrete emplacement in which it had become embedded because of its weight . |
| 16 | She stepped out of the dress and then turned and sat on the bed , rather heavily ; smiling at Wayne to show that she was okay , she kicked off her shoes one at a time . |
| 17 | There is little evidence about Ermentrude herself at the time of the marriage . |
| 18 | There were two female attendants on board who at the time were busy preparing beverages in the centrally situated galley . |
| 19 | It was this last point which at the time led to some discomfort about OD . |
| 20 | I remembered now another give-away sound which at the time I had n't noticed — a click on the line at the beginning of my conversation with the woman . |
| 21 | They recorded one demo tape at Cargo Studios in Rochdale which at the time was being patronised by a legion of new wave bands spanning Joy Division to Orchestral Manoeuvres in The Dark . |
| 22 | A great many Greek politicians and officials who at the time said privately that they thought the thing was a nonsense heard themselves publicly using arguments which did not improve Greece 's reputation for honest debate . |
| 23 | The drunken voice of Officer Cecil informed him that he and his fellows were taking the calls one at a time . |
| 24 | In both cases it is open to others also to define the water as having something wrong with it : as one officer put it , having described an oil pollution which at the time was beyond his control : ‘ I prayed for rain and darkness ’ . |
| 25 | The insurance is only intended to cover vendors who at the time of contract had no knowledge of circumstances which eventually give rise to a claim or of the likelihood of claims being made under the warranties . |
| 26 | Thus contracts are not generally binding on the following people : persons who at the time of making the contract were either minors , or so insane or drunk as not to know what they were doing . |
| 27 | Cool pastry for 5mins , then beat in eggs one at a time until mixture is firm , glossy and elastic . |
| 28 | Go to the toilet one at a time ! |
| 29 | Mrs Thatcher as Prime Minister has occasional meetings with committee officers , taking committees one at a time . |
| 30 | You will have achieved very little if parents sort problems one at a time and keep coming back to you for the same advice for each one . |