Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] at the time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Well because he was half at the time it was just before I left at about nine to come down here you see . |
| 5 | Why do you think it did n't fail er early on as a strike , er a as the fact it was only predicted it would last two or three weeks but it was obvious at the time it was gon na go on . |
| 6 | For it suggests that they may be penalised in future for environmental damage which was legal at the time they allowed it to happen . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |