Example sentences of "[pron] were [adj] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | His reasons for using the guillotine in the past , which were appropriate at the time but are inappropriate now , were apparently that Labour legislation was very good and his guillotine motions showed the requisite democratic reticence . |
| 2 | The original calculations which are outlined in er N Y six are based on assumptions which were available at the time which were based on the eighty one census essentially , those calculations form the basis of the consultation plan and the deposit plan . |
| 3 | You cover the parts listed on pages two and three , which is engine , gearbox , erm differential , prop shaft , brakes , electrical , etc. , but that 's qualified by the fact that you do n't cover any parts which were faulty at the time of purchase , or inherent faults at the time of purchase , |
| 4 | Of those councillors who were twin-tracking at the time of the Widdicombe Committee , 58 per cent were teachers or lecturers , 12 per cent were manual workers , 16 per cent were in professional jobs ( social workers , planners and so on and 14 per cent were administrators ( Widdicombe Research , Vol. iii:34 ) . |
| 5 | There would always be that fear that it a similar incident might happen and er and that er it was those who were asleep at the time who were unlucky enough not to survive . |
| 6 | Between 1680 and 1800 the proportion of brides who were pregnant at the time of their wedding grew from 15 to 35 per cent and the illegitimacy ratio rose from 1·5 to 5 per cent . |
| 7 | Of the 18 patients who were alive at the time of the 1988 report , 14 patients ( 11 men and three women , mean age 48 years ) were alive and well in 1992 at a mean ( range ) of 69 ( 61–83 ) months after transplantation . |
| 8 | Its just a pity there s not a better song to really get at the SCUM supporters , that does nt perhaps offend the older generation who WERE alive at the time . |
| 9 | Dr Ward has spoken of the potential effects on children who were unborn at the time of the incident . |
| 10 | If you were wise at the time , you will have had a second report bound up and filed , containing every fact used , every reference studied , all the results of tests , every reason you had in mind when you drew your conclusions — and you alone will have access to these private notes . |
| 11 | ‘ You were ill at the time to some extent , but you were a businessman and must have known what you were doing , paying substantial sums of money yourself . ’ |
| 12 | We 'd have liked to try the LSE with Lowden 's new preamp system complete with volume and treble/bass controls on the upper bout , but none were available at the time and we 've had to make do with the non-controlled version . |
| 13 | ‘ We were frustrated at the time but came out with a completely proven business plan , ’ Mr Church says . |
| 14 | We did three in six hours , and we were alright at the time . |
| 15 | While a good case can , in retrospect , he made for the national interest being served by higher prices , there were few at the time who argued against the interpretation of Citrine and Self that there was a long-run obligation to sell as much electricity as possible at as low a price as possible . |
| 16 | EC Foreign Ministers had on Nov. 4 told their five Arab Maghreb Union ( AMU ) counterparts , with whom they were meeting in Brussels , that they were unable for the time being to lift the sanctions that restricted arms sales to and diplomatic relations with Libya . |
| 17 | A quarter of his adult male informants and nearly two thirds of married females said they were virgin at the time of marriage . |
| 18 | At one time in the recent past , willow-pattern plates and dishes were very popular , but did people buy them for the sad story of the elopement they depicted , or only because they were fashionable at the time ? |
| 19 | He once caught a pigeon , but it was mostly sparrows so small that , when he laid them on the embers to cook , they were ready by the time the feathers had singed and were hardly worth even sharing , except with the twins who insisted . |