Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [was/were] at the time " in BNC.

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1 A marriage is so voidable if it has not been consummated because of the incapacity of either party , or because of one party 's wilful refusal to consummate it ; if the marriage was entered into without the consent of either party ( e.g. by reason of duress , mistake , or unsound mind ) ; if at the time of the marriage one party was suffering from mental disorder of such a kind as to render him or her unfitted for marriage , or from venereal disease ; or if the wife was at the time of the marriage pregnant by some other person than her husband .
2 Many polytechnics were now as large as many of the universities and in a similar , if not better , condition than the CATs were at the time they became universities .
3 because the cry of the Soviets was at the time , in nineteen seventeen , the cry of the Soviets was not for communism or socialism but their cry , and they had it inscribed on their banners , peace land and bread , that 's what they had there , peace , land and bread , not communism .
4 ( f ) Section 32(2) ( b ) , dealing with the search of anyone arrested for any offence , arrestable or otherwise , allows the police to enter and search the premises where the suspect was at the time of his arrest or immediately before for evidence relating to the offence for which he was arrested .
5 Now it was a rule and the custom at the time that any of the staff could impose a fine on the spot and in this circumstance Fagan imposed a fine of 10 " ackers " — that is 10 piastres , which I can not remember what the value was at the time , but let us say it was something in the order of 5 .
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