Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb past] at [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am happy to acknowledge the views of the Northern Ireland Economic Council , and the questions that it had at the time of its submission need to be dealt with . |
| 2 | It is probable that in retrospect he gave that factor more weight than it carried at the time . |
| 3 | None of this necessarily involved fighting between French and British , but it came at a time when the British Company was revising its policy of relying on the Moghul Emperor and on the successes of Englishmen outside India to protect its position . |
| 4 | But it did at the time appear rather a , the last thing |
| 5 | It must be remembered that what is described is , almost without exception , the church as it existed at the time of writing . |
| 6 | The UAE was reported to have reacted in a low-key manner to the Iranian takeover , coming as it did at a time when the Gulf states were hoping for improved relations with Iran . |
| 7 | President Scalfaro on July 30 described Scotti 's action as a sign that " factional interests " had been allowed to take priority , coming as it did at a time of national crisis . |
| 8 | Their final work , a book on the geology of Scotland , though never completed in their lifetimes , was published in 1930 as it stood at the time of their deaths . |
| 9 | ‘ Self-government ’ was thus conceived not as the inevitable prelude to letting India go , as it appeared at the time and has appeared since to eyes less clouded than Montagu 's by belief in the possibility of voluntary servitude , but as the natural means of keeping it . |