Example sentences of "the [noun] at the time " in BNC.

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1 He may have left the Daltons at the time of their troubles .
2 He stated that he had later spoken to two observers who had been close to the ridge at the time of the accident , and they had apparently noticed that the wind had , momentarily , markedly increased in strength and had appeared to swirl up the hill towards the ridge , coincidental with the time that they saw the aircraft 's wing drop and the aircraft begin to descend .
3 The system of accounting which recognizes the transaction in the accounts at the time an order is issued is called ‘ commitment accounting ’ .
4 In determining what constitutes a reasonable prospect it is to be assumed that the prospect given by the facts and other matters known to the creditor at the time he entered into the transaction resulting in the debt was a reasonable prospect ( s 271(4) ) .
5 He had expected the sack at the time , but strangely enough he had had more than his share of work from that day on .
6 Bruce Dern said Corman did him and Nicholson a favour by getting them a part because they both needed the money at the time ; Corman arranged it so that their shooting schedules would require them to be available for the first and last weeks of the four-week stint , thus , under union rules guaranteeing them a salary cheque for the full four weeks .
7 Though the case is complex and the minister has joined the Anglican communion , the elements of the case at the time are quite significant .
8 The most up-to-date figures present a less black picture than was thought to be the case at the time .
9 In Gundovald 's description of his conversations with Guntram Boso , as set out by Gregory of Tours , Boso is reported to have said that Chilperic was dead ( which was not the case at the time ) , that Guntram was childless , and that Childebert had no support .
10 Indeed , many observers would argue that given the growth of cabinet government , the potential for government to seek and receive such powers is significantly greater now than was the case at the time when Dicey was writing .
11 It is true that cases of seditious words brought before the courts at the time of the disturbances show that disaffection was often expressed in terms of a belief in Stuart legitimism : in early 1715 , Londoner Phillip Hide cursed King George and said " he had no right to the Crowne of England " , whilst on 29 May 1715 , during the Jacobite demonstrations in London , John Burnoist was noticed to be wandering the streets shouting " James the third is right and Lawfull King of England " , the " protector of the protestant religion " , and " George is a Usurper to the Crown " .
12 That such contracts have done so may be taken to show with at least strong prima facie force that , moulded under the pressures of negotiation , competition and public opinion , they have assumed a form which satisfies the test of public policy as understood by the courts at the time , or , regarding the matter from the point of view of the trade , that the trade in question has assumed such a form that for its health or expansion it requires a degree of regulation .
13 L2 held the reversion at the time of the breach and therefore was liable , under section 142 , for any breach of the landlord 's covenant occurring at that time .
14 The president of the RICS at the time filed evidence about his practice for dealing with the very large number of applications for appointments of rent review experts and arbitrators ( 7,664 in 1985 : but see 10.5.3 above14,550 in 1990 ) .
15 If they become ascertained only after the contract was made , the contract at the time of its creation was for sale of unascertained goods .
16 Under SOGIT 1973 , the test of reasonableness was to be applied taking account of all the circumstances including those which occurred after the making of the contract , whereas , under UCTA 1977 , the test is to be applied to the terms of the contract at the time of contracting .
17 The chairman at the time , Graham Leonard , was later to become the Bishop of London .
18 I agreed with the decision at the time , though since we have n't managed to identify him I 'm beginning to wonder if it was right .
19 After issue they can be traded ( they are thus ‘ securities ’ ) and so the holder at the time of redemption need not be the person to whom the bill was originally issued .
20 Indeed , as we saw in Chapter 3 , sections 17 and 18 of the Sale of Goods Act expressly recognise that property passes to the buyer at the time the parties intend it to .
21 However , since no interest in the goods passes to the buyer at the time of the contract this will be an agreement to sell .
22 This does not apply if the parties agree that the vehicle is not to be used in the condition in which it is when sold , and a document to this effect is signed by them and given to the buyer at the time of delivery .
23 Oldfield 's initial deal had been a fair reflection of the market-place at the time .
24 ‘ He was talking to the headmasters at the time and was not prepared to pose .
25 At the 1983 Annual General Meeting Robert Naish lost his role by a substantial margin to Basil Peacock , who joined the Club as a Junior before the War , and was Secretary to the Bondholders at the time of redemption .
26 Maybe it was the opposite at the time .
27 Horoscopic astrology , according to which the positions of the planets at the time of birth determines the fate of the individual , did not develop until much later .
28 Then there are the men and women who give up trying to strengthen their weak areas because they are informed that the conjunction of the planets at the time of their births will not allow them to do so .
29 Authorised is important because there was a famous case of an insurance company turning down a claim for a fitted kitchen damaged by fire when they discovered that a motorbike was in the kitchen at the time .
30 You were lucky to be in the kitchen at the time . ’
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