Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] at that time " in BNC.

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1 British companies had to build their lines between revolutions and had to be prepared to accept the damage to bridges , track , and stations caused by civil war and insurgency , but the opportunities presented in the wheat-growing and stock-rearing of Argentina , the coffee , rubber , and minerals of Brazil , the gold , silver , copper , nitrates , and sheep-farming of Chile , the cattle of Uruguay , and the sugar , coffee , cocoa , tobacco , cotton , and cattle of Venezuela seemed at that time limitless .
2 But in the absence of an increase in the speed of mechanization in the early seventies , the peak rates of accumulation achieved at that time generated peak intensities of demand for labour .
3 From a trade catalogue issued by Turner of Farringdon Street , London , in 1838 we get an overview of the types of coffin used at that time : thirty-three are described , of which fourteen styles were for children 's coffins only .
4 When he sought to appeal , a preliminary objection was raised that an appeal did not lies , as the appeal was in a ‘ criminal cause or matter ’ in respect of which the Court of Appeal had at that time no jurisdiction .
5 She still keeps in touch with friends made at that time and sends a copy of the Glenpatrick News to the retired Chief Industrial Engineer , Mr Wyffles .
6 The 1987 Act is therefore partly a response to lessons learnt at that time .
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