Example sentences of "[adj] was [verb] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Considering that this was written at a time when Pound 's reputation was eclipsed as Eliot 's rose towards the zenith , the generosity of this essay , its lack of rancour , is admirable . |
| 2 | This was followed by a time of crisis : employment ! |
| 3 | A night-time curfew was imposed throughout the country on Oct. 2 ; this was extended for a time to 24 hours on Oct. 5 when it appeared that the rebels had reached the capital . |
| 4 | Guatemala has relied heavily on external aid , especially from the United States , though this was suspended for a time under the Carter administration because of Guatemala 's human rights record . |
| 5 | All this was happening at a time when the Canadian Northern Railway was creating , in effect , a third transcontinental railway , built on much more economical lines than the exceptionally expensive and high-quality GTP . |
| 6 | All this was happening at a time of deep recession worsening by the day with unemployment rising to two and a half million , redundancies up by forty percent in the first four months of ninety one . |
| 7 | On the Canterbury estates , the initial period of leasing from 1380 to 1440 was followed by a time when it was harder to secure tenants , but after about 1490 there was some recovery in revenues and evidence that there was competition for leases ( 80 , pp.79 , 86 ) . |