Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] at [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were developed at that time as a useful product for the , for the menfolk . |
| 2 | The various regional associations which were formed at various times in Eastern and Western Europe , in Africa , in the Middle East or in Latin America , rested either upon the predominance of one nation state over others in the region , or upon a limited agreement about a framework within which national economic interests could be more effectively pursued ; and they all showed themselves largely incapable of controlling the vigorous expression of such interests in periods of crisis . |
| 3 | Numbers of Hurricanes were scrambled at various times during the mid-morning . |
| 4 | While we have more or less maintained our overall membership figure , and that in a deep recession , we have fallen far short of the targets set in March 1992 , which were felt at that time to be reasonable and achievable . |
| 5 | While we have more or less maintained our overall membership figure , and that in a deep recession , we have fallen far short of the targets set in March 1992 , which were felt at that time to be reasonable and achievable . |
| 6 | A variety of news items were selected at different times during the three years of the survey . |
| 7 | Similar accusations were made at different times against all the churches . |
| 8 | The Pacifics were used at this time on the Nottingham to Marylebone semi-fasts but they were to be transferred away as the rundown of the GC got underway . |
| 9 | Most of us were encouraged at one time to ‘ dress up ’ and look pretty . |
| 10 | Roughly a third of the population are estimated to have suffered directly from the bombing : more than a quarter of homes in Germany were damaged in some way ; fourteen million persons lost some property through bombing ; between seventeen and twenty millions were deprived at some time of electricity , gas , or water ; nearly five millions had to evacuate because of ‘ air terror ’ ; 305,000 people were killed . |
| 11 | In effect , Talabecland had ceded from the Empire , and was joined at various times by other provinces that were dissatisfied with the current elected Emperor . |
| 12 | During his visit to Shenzhen and Shuhai Deng was joined at various times by other high-ranking leaders , including President Yang Shangkun , Yang Baibing , President Yang 's younger brother and a member of the central committee secretariat of the ruling Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) and secretary-general of the Central Military Commission , Qiao Shih , a member of the CCP politburo standing committee and central committee secretariat , and Zhu Rongji , a reformist Vice-Premier . |
| 13 | The flat area to the south was drained at some time in the eighteenth century and a canal was built across it . |
| 14 | Rostov 's authority was limited at all times by the secrecy requirements which surrounded every incomplete survey , and he had already concluded that his presence on the mission was actually of questionable value . |
| 15 | Her auntie was in , but I was to go at any time for the telephone … |
| 16 | A great deal of work was done at that time in enlarging and landscaping the park , creating lakes and the kitchen gardens . |
| 17 | For 21 subjects ( 16 patients and five controls ) the count was made at different times by three independent observers , two of whom were unaware of the diagnosis . |
| 18 | It was chaired at one time by Peter Wright , author of Spycatcher . |
| 19 | A particular substance , tetra-hydro. iso-quinolone ( THIQ ) , was thought at one time to be the active chemical " cause " of addiction but this is no longer thought to be precise cause . |
| 20 | In mathematics he was clearly one year ahead , and was immediately awarded a Founder 's scholarship and two small exhibitions — and this at St John 's College which was noted at this time for its academic distinction . |
| 21 | The machinery of the ancient Forest courts was found at this time to be cumbrous and ineffective . |
| 22 | We should remember that very little was known at that time about the ways in which the ovaries influence distant organs . |
| 23 | The estate was sold a long time ago to the Dukes of Devonshire and was tenanted at one time by the Reverend Thomas Fosbroke , the celebrated antiquary . |
| 24 | On relating the story to Mr Bailey , the man asked whether a train service was running at that time of night . |
| 25 | Since the Earl of Holland was ‘ a man of greater dignity than knowledge in the Lawes of the Forest , he was assisted at various times by judges of the common law courts who advised him on points of law . |
| 26 | This was an intelligence test that was taken at that time by all children who wanted state education . |
| 27 | Despite later Communist acceptance of this policy it was rejected at this time by William Rust for the Party . |
| 28 | Although other burials clustered around the enclosure , the internal area was respected , until the whole monument was dismantled at some time in the fourth century . |
| 29 | There is only one ‘ edition ’ of The Fairy Queen , which was issued first in 1692 — in May , when the show opened ( this is clear from Tonson 's advertisement in The London Gazette ) ; it was re-issued at some time in 1693 , with the modifications already described — a new title-page , a new Act 1 , and two new songs on single-leaf inserts later in the book . |
| 30 | In 1985 , for example , of total federal revenue of 686 billion dinars , 110 billion dinars was derived from customs duties , 264 billion dinars from basic sales tax ( of which the federal government was entitled at that time to one-half ) , and 251 billion dinars from transfers from the republics and provinces . |