Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb pp] at [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some views expressed at this time were not dissimilar to those of the ‘ Li Yi Zhe ’ document , whose authors were released in February 1979 . |
| 2 | Towards the mid-1970s Thai boxing was introduced into the United States , where it has become very popular , partly because it resembles another art introduced at that time , called full-contact karate . |
| 3 | Few people believed at that time that a bill would be obtained to make a line down Corvedale . |
| 4 | They last gave that assurance at the Secretary of State level on the tenth of December ninety two and that was a clear assurance given at that time , that each government has a firm intention to proceed with the next phase of the programme . |
| 5 | People have told me the lemon was to mask the taste of the uneven products made at that time by unscientific country brewers ; I do not believe that . |
| 6 | Most stony meteorites formed at that time as did the irons , which had already solidified from cores or pools of molten metal that lay within their small parent bodies . |
| 7 | Many of those who take Christmas jobs in retail stores are , it was suggested , married women who are explicitly seeking a short-term job to help meet the extra expenses incurred at that time of the year . |
| 8 | According to Eknomska politika ( 20 July 1987 ) , these agreements covered at that time about half of the value of exports to the convertible currency area , so that only about half of these exports were generating an inflow of foreign exchange . |
| 9 | Many schools preferred at that time to have two paymasters rather than one , but in 1926 they were obliged to choose : those which thereafter received grants from the Board of Education in London , and not through the Local Education Authority , were reasonably enough known as direct-grant schools . |
| 10 | The present superintendent estimated at this time that about half of all girls coming there had never really had any home life , or had been in care , and believed that this cycle would repeat itself : " as high as 85 per cent of these babies , it 's going to happen to them . |
| 11 | A useful initiative taken at this time was the establishment of the Great Britain-East Europe Centre , designed to take cultural relations out of the hands of the ‘ Friendship Societies ’ which had restricted visitors from the ‘ People 's Democracies ’ to contact with groups of fellow-travellers in this country . |
| 12 | A ‘ Social and Propaganda Committee ’ was formed — probably to good effect , for some of the Club 's present members joined at this time , either as Artisans or Juniors . |
| 13 | The bleeding-time ratio increased to 1.33 ( SE 0.5 , p<0.001 ) after 15 min of inhaling 30 ppm NO. 30 min after the withdrawal of NO , the mean ratio had fallen to 1.14 ( SE 0.05 ) in the 3 volunteers monitored at that time . |
| 14 | It was expected that a similar equation would govern the proton , the only other supposedly elementary particle known at that time . |
| 15 | One suggestion made at this time was that the strongest swimmers among the Jews should jump overboard at intervals , thus forcing the St Louis to stop and turn round . |
| 16 | One suggestion made at this time was that Cell-y-bedd should be demolished . |
| 17 | By the late 1960s , Peat Marwick Mitchell 's headhunting division was earning $2m. annually with 20 consultants , an impressive performance considering the much lower salaries paid at that time ; but it clashed with their accountancy clients , and the top management did not care much for Korn 's apparently pushy style . |
| 18 | In 1536 Sir Ralph Sadler complained : ‘ I think it will be hard to get any bills signed at this time … . |
| 19 | Punjab had been under president 's rule since May 1987 and its assembly , suspended at that time , had been dissolved in March 1988 [ see p. 36692 for constitutional amendment passed at that time allowing for the continuation of president 's rule for three years ] . |
| 20 | Simon 's own statements made at this time betray a strong representational intent : while rejecting the forms of classic realism , the novel nevertheless retained its mimetic role . |
| 21 | We shall endeavour to maintain prices shown but we reserve the right to increase any price shown at any time without limitation , in which case you will be advised of the revised price at the time of booking : after which the price will be in accordance with our price policy , shown in the Cosmos Consumer Protection Plan on pages 12/13 of this brochure . |
| 22 | The three youngest of Tiller 's own children married at this time . |
| 23 | A British report on the American occupation written at this time commented scathingly that the Koreans employed by the military government were ‘ almost hopelessly incompetent ’ . |
| 24 | Many other films released at this time showed how widespread were the skills developed by Hepworth . |
| 25 | It is particularly notable that neither in the mines nor in the other industries nationalised at that time was there any substantial movement towards workers ' control . |
| 26 | The letters of the machine used for it had been brushed clean and the worn ribbon replaced at some time after the letter was typed , but all the other characteristics including misalignment of the ‘ d ’ and the unreliable shift control — had shown up in the enlargement and eventually confirmed that Wickham had found the machine he was seeking . |
| 27 | ‘ They were taken over 18 months ago , and there were certain assurances given at that time , ’ Mr Torpey said . |
| 28 | Eden Hall was extensively rebuilt in 1935 or thereabouts , and much of the original fabric removed at that time , today it is a girls ' school . |
| 29 | THESE days ‘ carol ’ means only the festive song heard at this time of year , but originally it denoted a dance . |
| 30 | The main gearbox has an oil pump to circulate the oil unlike most gearboxes designed at that time which relied on splash lubrication . |