Example sentences of "but at the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasons for this are not clear , but at the present time two diseases in particular , syphilis and type-B viral hepatitis , seem to be largely the preserve of the male homosexual . |
| 2 | But at the present time the pressures seem to be particularly intense . |
| 3 | The system , with formal judicial intervention , has worked successfully in the US ; it operates informally but without full judicial approval in England and Wales ; but at the present time it obtains not at all in Scotland . |
| 4 | But at the present time , I mean Mr er , might have more information , but my information was that erm , after the V P C reported , was that there was just no alternative dip in the foreseeable future . |
| 5 | I mean I 'd had a sort of cry I suppose , but at the actual time I was glad I had a daughter [ after two sons ] . |
| 6 | It will thus be seen that the Party is in favour of Electoral Reform being dealt with on a sound basis , but at the proper time . |