Example sentences of "at the [adj] time [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is in this respect a total difference between Community legislation and British primary legislation , in respect of which there is no obligation to state reasons and at the present time no practice of doing so . |
| 2 | Those observations were applicable to the present case : the appellant was at the present time a dangerous young man for whom a determinate sentence was not appropriate . |
| 3 | In Britain , for example , there is at the present time a vigorous controversy about the introduction of proportional representation , stoutly resisted by the two main parties , but supported by a growing part of the population who have become increasingly dissatisfied with the existing system , which produces a gross discrepancy between the votes cast for various parties and their representation in parliament , and results in practice in a form of minority government . |
| 4 | The State Department 's Policy Planning Staff noted on 20 November 1951 : We have , in fact , at the present time a special relationship with the U.K. which involves consultation between us on a wide range of matters of joint concern . |
| 5 | There is at the present time a park and ride facility on the south western side of York er on the er Tadcaster Road and er another one is being proposed on the eastern side at Grimston Bar adjacent to the A sixty f Excuse me , A sixty four trunk road . |
| 6 | But it is all too evident that there does not exist anywhere at the present time an active political movement which would be capable of initiating such a development , and if such a movement came into existence it would encounter immense difficulties . |
| 7 | The EC Commission said much the same in its submission to the Energy Committee : ‘ At the present time the FBR is the only reactor type which could , if introduced early enough , extend the lifetime of our uranium resources to the end of the next century — and beyond . ’ |
| 8 | At the present time the strength of the Catholic and nationalist forces in the North lies in their political discipline and restraint . |
| 9 | Personalities apart , it is convenient that at the present time the following Departments should also be represented in the Cabinet — Home Office , Ministry of Labour and Board of Trade . |
| 10 | At the present time the Tribunal may only concern itself with the modification and discharge of restrictive covenants , therefore only the restrictive obligations contained in the agreement . |
| 11 | At the present time the runway and airport buildings are being improved . |
| 12 | At the present time the best days to walk around Funchal are Saturday and Sunday when it is much quieter and you will have the chance to stop and view the buildings and doorways , many of which have interesting detail . |
| 13 | At the present time the PSD team has already built a new mess room for ELR volunteer workers , erected carriage maintenance platforms within Buckley Wells shed and laid concrete paths all round the outside of the shed , together with concrete bases for its new workshop annexe . |
| 14 | But at the present time the pressures seem to be particularly intense . |
| 15 | At the present time the Youth Service in Cumbria seems to have all but disappeared . |
| 16 | At the present time the whole right half of the garden is taken up with ‘ things fishy ’ . |
| 17 | In spite of increasing knowledge about the gene , at the present time the only way to distinguish between Duchenne muscular dystrophy and the more benign allelic Becker muscular dystrophy is by muscle biopsy and dystrophin analysis . |
| 18 | At the present time the English tend to play down the significance of affinal relationships but , even so , the statement " she has made a good marriage " is more likely to refer to the social and financial standing of the husband 's immediate kin than to the personal qualities of the husband himself . |
| 19 | At the present time the Council Tax Demands and payment voucher books are being printed , they will start to be issued by the Post Office from 20 April onwards over a period of about one week . |
| 20 | At the present time the procedure involves three forms — SCLA 2 ( Application for legal aid with declaration of means ) ; SCLA 3 ( Intimation by Clerk of Court to Local Secretary that Court has granted legal aid ) ; and SCLA 5 ( Intimation by Local Secretary to nominated solicitor , the accused , the Clerk of Court and Fiscal ) . |
| 21 | At the present time the greatest demand is in Business Studies and Economics , in Architecture and in Psychology . |
| 22 | At the present time the diagnosis of chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudoobstruction is based upon invasive investigations , including the demonstration of characteristic patterns of small intestinal motor activity by intraluminal manometry , and the histological examination of full thickness intestinal biopsies . |
| 23 | And veteran peace campaigner , retired Methodist minister Rev Eric Gallagher said : ‘ At the present time the meeting could not be any more important . |
| 24 | ‘ You mean if he does n't show up at the right time the opportunity wo n't occur again ? ’ |
| 25 | While at the current time the main focus of this work has been to better assess need through localities , work is being undertaken to identify ways in which budgets could be allocated to localities and purchasing carried out at the local level . |
| 26 | However , there was no computer system to manage the exercise — when the nav wanted a position line or fix he pre-warned the instructor , who sat the other side of the ‘ cockpit ’ facia , and at the appropriate time a piece of paper was pushed through the wall with the details scrawled upon it ! |
| 27 | These differing responses , the fundamental cause of most of the wars of history , were not necessarily taken with a knowledge of the effect that they would ultimately have , for at the relevant time the choice would not have been as clear to those making them , as it would be to minds educated to standards prevailing centuries later . |
| 28 | This indicates an acceptance of the state structures , or a recognition of a need for the separation of Northern Ireland from the remaining state structure of Ireland , but at the same time a continuing opposition to protestant — loyalist dominance . |
| 29 | A rift has opened between realism and something beyond , and at the same time a link has been forged between Dostoevsky 's favourite phrase , the deeper realism , and my own apocalyptic naturalism . |
| 30 | Davie himself provides the example of a dedicated university teacher , who is at the same time a fine poet , a practitioner of rigorously evaluative criticism , and a judicious reviewer . |