Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The excess risk levels off in the following years and is undoubtedly the result of selection of patients with an unrecognised malignancy at the time of commencement of peptic ulcer treatment . |
| 2 | Even after counselling , though , what seemed the right decision at the time can be a source of regret later . |
| 3 | As Paris et al performed their measurements by instant manometry using the solid or liquid bolus , the difference between their results and ours is entirely attributable to the positive effect of the arrival of the liquid or solid bolus in the segment of colon in their studies , while in our patients the propulsive waves were in response to the contents of the colonic segment at the time . |
| 4 | Alix was asleep upstairs at the time , with Nicholas . |
| 5 | Both flashbulb and vivid memories can be inaccurate and do show some forgetting over time ( McCloskey et al. , 1988 ) and there certainly are memories of this type which do not necessary involve emotional arousal at the time . |
| 6 | The sampling of events in these two studies was not completely random ( see for comparison Brewer , 1988 ) , nonetheless the studies do suggest that although emotionally arousing circumstances can sometimes be well remembered even after very considerable delays ( c.f. Wagenaar & Groeneweg , 1990 ) it seems unlikely that actual feelings of emotional arousal at the time are either necessary or sufficient to cause dramatically enhanced memory . |
| 7 | Luckily she was the only person on the top deck at the time . |
| 8 | ‘ His , er , surcoat has both the lions of England and the lilies of France because we were laying claim to the disputed French throne at the time . |
| 9 | Although the Bury to Heywood line has been disused since 1980 , the majority of track remains in place thanks to the persuasive powers that Rochdale Council exerted on British Rail at the time . |
| 10 | The magnetism is built into the basalt when it is first formed , and it records the nature of the Earth 's magnetic field at the time of formation . |
| 11 | The films had a sense of urgency that the rest of mainstream British cinema at the time largely lacked , but their directors did n't have enough personal contact with the lives of their characters to offer visions that rang true . |
| 12 | There also appeared to be less dissension on state aid and subsidies , a subject given added poignancy by the recent revelations about the UK Government 's ‘ sweeteners ’ to British Aerospace at the time of the takeover of Rover . |
| 13 | Following the Commission 's order of June 28 , 1990 , that the £42,900,000 in " sweeteners " paid to British Aerospace at the time of its purchase of the Rover motor group should be repaid , the UK government announced that it was suing British Aerospace for the return of the money , and Rover for another £1,500,000 [ see pp. 37582-83 ] . |
| 14 | Their name signified ‘ sons of Zadok ’ , the high priest at the time of David who was thought to be a descendant of the younger son of Aaron . |
| 15 | The Sadducees claimed direct descent from Zadok who was the High Priest at the time of King Solomon ( 1 Kings 2:35 ) . |
| 16 | When the Civil War broke out in England in the 1640s , it could be taken calmly enough in most of the American colonies because the colonists had no particular desire for changes ; in Maryland the Protestants did want changes , and by 1655 they had taken power from the Catholic minority , though the new government was never completely in control of the situation and Catholics maintained a more satisfactory position than they could have in any other territory under English rule at the time . |
| 17 | First , it failed to take account of the fact that British industry at the time was undergoing traumatic upheavals and that the impact of this upon firms had to be recognized if the need to decentralize in the first place was to be understood . |
| 18 | While justified in reaction to the dominance of foreign investment at the time of independence , it has proved to be a very expensive strategy . |
| 19 | ( I have to say I was n't in the room with him thought I was working at the Daily Mail at the time . ) |
| 20 | Anyone trying seriously to find out what was in the public mind at the time of the Boer War and the years leading up to the First World War will find information here of great value . |
| 21 | I was a struggling musician at the time , but my ambitions were to win an Oscar , a Nobel prize and a Grammy . ’ |
| 22 | When he was looking to expand into Scotland , Britain was on the verge of joining the Common Market , a move Conran , a staunch European at the time , embraced with great enthusiasm . |
| 23 | One British reaction at the time to the greening of the Kremlin shows quite starkly how much political perceptions have changed in the short space since the autumn of 1988 . |
| 24 | Cud were my favourite band at the time , ’ he says . |
| 25 | One story that surfaced late in 1982 told of a bold Iraqi initiative at the time . |
| 26 | He was not even Bishop of the Cornish See at the time of his imprisonment . |
| 27 | By the time of local elections , it was apparent the SDP of ‘ claret and chips ’ mould-breaking fame at the time of the Limehouse Declaration in 1981 was disintegrating . |
| 28 | The inspector was standing in a public place at the time , and of course this message came up over the radios of all police officers on the Division … |
| 29 | ‘ The Hell Fire Club were something of a social embarrassment at the time . |
| 30 | Thomas believes that he sipped his favourite drink at the time , Campari and soda , because he believed — in the terminology of the time — that was the ‘ with-it ’ thing to do . |