Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [adj] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it is retroactive : it applies even to actions that were legal at the time . |
| 2 | There is evidence that the whole Southern Front operation , for which North pushed particularly , was justified in retrospect with successes that were invisible at the time . |
| 3 | The newspaper eventually followed others into the Docklands print centres that were fashionable at the time , and 66 Vauxhall Bridge Road returned to its position of anonymity . |
| 4 | In experiments on the colon ( colonic transit ) , one cannula was positioned in the postcaecal portion of the colon ; a second cannula was placed in the most distal part of the colon that was accessible at the time of laparotomy . |
| 5 | In Britain the courts have recently decided that a leather firm should pay the Cambridge Water Company almost £1m in damages for contaminating one of its boreholes with chlorinated solvents , even though the solvents were disposed of 17 years ago in a way that was legal at the time . |
| 6 | ‘ You recollect the gossip that was rife at the time — that he had run away to a monastery ? ’ |
| 7 | The thing is that what we need and what 's missing from this is in fact the balance that was available at the time we started this period . |
| 8 | Any such changes are confined to the application that was active at the time . |
| 9 | The walls of the pit were almost sheer , falling fifty feet to smooth , dull water that was jagged at the edges , like the top of a tin can . |
| 10 | However , Hitchcock 's keywell inlay is generally of a simple rectangle , whereas Mercier and William Smith are in agreement that the rectangle should be broken with half circles on the shorter sides — a decorative motif that was common at the time and appears on a number of spinets ( though not apparently any by Thomas Hitchcock ) . |
| 11 | I remember knitting my daughter a summer top in a colour that was fashionable at the time . |
| 12 | Thus , in 1973 , we are no wiser than we were in 1948 : the experience of twenty-five years has shed no more light upon the question , does the death penalty deter ? than was available at the beginning — except perhaps that the neutrality of the evidence , which I have explained I find so logically impressive , has been reinforced . |
| 13 | Brahms 's extraordinary modulations require more precision than was possible at the end of a long programme played without a break . |
| 14 | Members will be aware that ex-Councillors and were unsuccessful at the polls and I wish to ask the Council to place on record its thanks to their contribution to the work of this Council made by those members and to wish them well in the future . |
| 15 | A spokesman for the Eastern Board said 24-hour Accident and Emergency facilities were available throughout the city and were available at the City , Mater , Royal and Ulster hospital sites . |
| 16 | Although Edward never again went on crusade , Grandson himself led a small expedition to the east in 1290 and was present at the fall of Acre in May 1291 . |
| 17 | Although he played only a minor military role in the war , he was a colonel by 1646 and was present at the capture of Ludlow in May . |
| 18 | The Court Circular for 19 October 1990 reports the following : ‘ The Queen this afternoon visited Oriel College , Oxford and was present at the Installation Service in the Chapel of the Reverend Professor Ernest Nicholson as the Fiftieth Provost of the College . |
| 19 | During that period he witnessed the dissolution of the League of Nations , and was present at the creation of the new order , participating in both the Bretton Woods ( 1944 ) and San Francisco ( 1945 ) conferences . |
| 20 | But a spokesman for NatWest said : ‘ When the reference was prepared it was provided in good faith and was reasonable at the time it was prepared . |
| 21 | She was respected by everyone she worked with and was brilliant at the job . |
| 22 | So , changing tack , ‘ You 're expecting Mr Gajdusek today ? ’ she questioned , and when she saw that she was n't getting through , she pointed to her watch and in pidgin English enquired , ‘ What time Mr Gajdusek come ? ’ and was incredulous at the answer . |
| 23 | The reticence of the General Council was deliberate for it feared the violence which might ensue if all workers came out and was alarmed at the prospect of mass defections leading to the rapid collapse of the dispute if it did not immediately meet its objectives . |
| 24 | During the Pilgrimage of Grace , Robert Aske talked of the northern abbeys in terms of the particular social needs of the North , and was alarmed at the prospect of their lands falling into the hands of men from the South ( 73 , pp.34 , 123 ) . |
| 25 | I was surprised to find that hospitals appear to have standard forms of refusal to accept a blood transfusion and was dismayed at the layout of the form used in this case . |
| 26 | She was amazed that the food was served by a maid and was appalled at the stiffness and formality of the conversation . |
| 27 | She was allowed to continue with her mending — she did not know that we had spread a thick layer of gum upon the chair and was surprised at the alacrity with which we saw to all her needs so that she should never move . |
| 28 | Muriel held the broad shoulders and was surprised at the strangeness of the proximity , just as she had been surprised at the sight of Delia 's loosened hair some weeks before . |
| 29 | ‘ I ca n't , ’ she said , and was surprised at the unsteadiness with which she walked across the room , lifted the receiver , handled the mundane enquiry . |
| 30 | Corbett gently led the conversation on to the late King and was surprised at the outburst he drew . |