Example sentences of "see [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said the Thatcher years would be seen as the time ‘ in which existing pensioners missed out on the prosperity afforded to the great majority in this country . |
| 2 | Anything less involves wasted potential and the limiting factors are seen as the time and energy of the carers . |
| 3 | Apparently no correlation is seen between the time of maximal release ( T m a x ) and the mucosal concentrations suggesting that although the release pattern of the different drugs has certainly influenced our results , this influence should not be overestimated . |
| 4 | The messages that DNA molecules contain are all but eternal when seen against the time scale of individual lifetimes . |
| 5 | Painstakingly , with meticulous attention to detail , Tethlis rebuilt the Elf forces to a strength not seen since the time of Aenarion . |
| 6 | But in terms of his public image as seen at the time , he had been careful to distance himself from the unpopular anti Jewish terror of the Nazi mobs and had placed himself on the side of legality . |
| 7 | But though composed in ignorance of rival works , many of these writings were seen at the time , naturally and unhesitatingly , as the product of a single mood and of a single set of mind . |
| 8 | This , in turn , was part of what was seen at the time as the natural extension of scientific and technological principles from their successful application to the material and animal world to apply to human beings themselves . |
| 9 | A month later , during investigations made by 5 Corps after the repatriations were over ( see Chapter Eleven ) , statements were taken from a number of officers in the Durham Light Infantry and 46 Recce Regiment , describing what they had seen at the time . |
| 10 | It has , of course , been a continuous feature of Britain 's involvement in Europe that each new step , seen at the time as ‘ technical ’ , ‘ consequential ’ , ‘ of no real account ’ , is later declared to be the point at which the pass was sold . |
| 11 | Generally , one topic merges into another , and it may not be easily seen at the time that a change of topic has occurred . |
| 12 | Whilst it could only be considered such with the wisdom of hindsight , it was nevertheless seen at the time as a geographically limited episode of a much wider-ranging struggle . |
| 13 | In retrospect , one can see far better than even he could see at the time how deeply the logic of the ‘ New Theology ’ , biblical and historical rather than scholastic , was bound to challenge the whole shape of the contemporary Church and the way it perceived orthodoxy . |
| 14 | well it 's like Elly , you know , I mean even she said she 's , I can really see , she said I even said it in an argument the other day , cos none of them could see at the time |
| 15 | He wrote a few letters on my behalf and I just did n't think he was for me because of what I saw at the time . |
| 16 | British culture can often be fiercely nationalistic , as we all saw at the time of the Falklands war . |
| 17 | But I know what he saw at the time — three mere candle-flames and three mere shadows . |
| 18 | I have stood twice as co-operative Labour candidate and did n't win either time , er much to my husband 's disgust , because I , but you see at the time er Labour was very , very low but erm the local people , you can tell by your boxes , was very loyal to me . |
| 19 | See by the time I get to that stage it 's too late to do any thing to send off |