Example sentences of "is the time at [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the time at which children learn most about the standards of behaviour in our society . |
| 2 | This is the time at which the Caesarian operation should be performed . |
| 3 | This is the time at which hormonal changes halt the production of ova and end the menstrual cycle . |
| 4 | That is , if ( for the purposes of semantic or pragmatic interpretation ) we think of deictic expressions as anchored to specific points in the communicative event , then the unmarked anchorage points , constituting the deictic centre , are typically assumed to be as follows : ( i ) the central person is the speaker , ( ii ) the central time is the time at which the speaker produces the utterance , ( iii ) the central place is the speaker 's location at utterance time or CT , ( iv ) the discourse centre is the point which the speaker is currently at in the production of his utterance , and ( v ) the social centre is the speaker 's social status and rank , to which the status or rank of addressees or referents is relative . |
| 5 | The longer term help is something that I do n't think teachers can do on their own , I do n't think even somebody like a , a specialist school counsellor can do on their own , which is the time at which the availability of agency help needs to be , become apparent . |
| 6 | And so you get these , these somewhat stupefied er or one over the eight wasps rolling around , er and er you know , not , not being terribly active , but that , that is the time at which of course people do tend to tread on them or pick them up and get stung . |