Example sentences of "[adj] was [verb] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Gillian Sutherland 's book Ability , Merit and Measurement has shown how testing in some ways preceded theoretical elaborations of the intelligence quotient — and how this was established by the time of the Spens report of 1938 . |
| 2 | The US Semiconductor Industry Association 's book-to-bill ratio for March fell to 1.17 from the revised 1.19 figure for February — a figure of 1.18 was reported at the time . |
| 3 | Much was made at the time of the Prince 's engagement of the youthfulness and consequent innocence of his bride . |
| 4 | Because of the recession the public sector borrowing requirement ( PSBR ) will be high , and a figure of £28bn for 1992/93 was forecast at the time of the Budget in March . |
| 5 | In 1958 , Reginald Bassett lamented the fact ‘ that no study of the General Election of 1931 was made at the time on the lines of the extremely useful studies of the 1945 and subsequent General Elections sponsored by Nuffield College ’ . |