Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rarer survivals can add an altogether different dimension to our understanding of the period , and serve to sharpen our awareness of the difficulty of establishing precisely how rare certain items were in society at the time . |
| 2 | In general , though , thinking was retarded by the dichotomous classifications that were in use at the time . |
| 3 | Five interviewees were in custody at the time of the interview ( two in prison , one in detention centre , and two on remand ) and six preferred to be interviewed outside the family home ( four at the Drugs Council and two in a local community centre ) principally to prevent their families from finding out about their habit . |
| 4 | Er it it take a view on that er appeal he will take into account the er development plan forces which were in force at the time . |
| 5 | By the 1890s architectural styles generally were changing and Gothic had largely run its course ; Cubitt 's arguments were in step with the times . |
| 6 | Most of the mare basins were in place by the time Mare Serenitatis was filled with lava ( Table 6.1 ) . |
| 7 | The report highlights as a major problem the fact that only three of the works staff were in post at the time of the inspection . |
| 8 | Old liability insurance policies that were in effect at the time of the relevant incidents can be valuable . |
| 9 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 10 | Richard I and Philip Augustus of France were at war at the time : the connection between Richard and Otto , supported by Count Baldwin of Flanders and Archbishop Adolf of Cologne , pushed Philip Augustus to the support of Philip of Swabia . |
| 11 | It was after midnight by the time he was able to continue his journey . |
| 12 | It was after noon by the time we actually got sorted , much to the annoyance of the lady from the Public Relations company who had hired us . |
| 13 | The distinction was of importance during the time when development charges were imposed , since if there was no ‘ development ’ then no development charge was payable , whereas development was , by definition , eligible for a charge . |
| 14 | It was near midnight by the time he rejoined me . |
| 15 | Muhammad Behbehanian , the Shah personal financier , was with Alam at the time of the 1963 riots . |
| 16 | In Skelmersdale New Town in Lancashire , for instance , a large Transcendental Meditation village was under construction at the time of writing to house the workers on an already existing TM industrial estate . |
| 17 | It has been suggested that Penda 's political power was in eclipse at the time and that Eowa was the dominant ruler among the Mercians as a subject king of the northern Angles from the mid-630s until his death , possibly in Oswald 's army , in the battle at Maserfelth , but there is no reason why Penda and Eowa should not have been ruling jointly , with Eowa as king possibly of the northern Mercians and Penda as king of the southern . |
| 18 | In addition , a " Special Period in Times of Peace " plan had already been put into effect to cope with dwindling supplies from the Soviet Union and eastern Europe , and an " Option Zero " of extreme economic cutbacks and food rationing was in preparation for the time when Soviet oil shipments finally ceased . |
| 19 | I know Marie Thwaites was in service at the time she was courting John . |
| 20 | Where the nuisance was in existence at the time the abatement notice was served , and continued or was likely to recur at the time proceedings for a nuisance order began then whether or not it was continuing or was likely to recur at the date of the hearing , the court must also order the defendant to pay the local authority the cost of the proceedings to obtain the nuisance order . |
| 21 | The judge referred to a previous decision of his , In re H. ( Minor ) ( Abduction ) [ 1990 ] 2 F.L.R. 439 , but he said that that was to be distinguished because in that case there was in existence at the time of the removal an order of the court that the child should not be removed from the jurisdiction . |
| 22 | If no lease was in existence at the time when the accused made the false representation , it is believed that the accused would not be guilty under s.15 of obtaining possession of the land by deception because he would not have the intention permanently to deprive . |
| 23 | She was in credit at the time too . |
| 24 | If the plaintiff was in possession at the time of the conversion , the defendant could not set up the jus tertii , unless he was acting under the authority of the true owner . |
| 25 | In De Martell , the plaintiff 's complaint is of negligence by medical staff when the plaintiff 's mother was in labour at the time of her delivery and his birth . |
| 26 | What Mr Major should have said , if he was intent on justifying his decision , was that many of the executions were grotesque by any civilised standards , but that they accorded with the code of discipline that was in force at the time . |
| 27 | The tribunal was influenced by the facts that the offence was unconnected with his job and he was given no opportunity to state his own case because he was in prison at the time of the dismissal decision . |
| 28 | I think one thing that blindfolded us a bit was the fact that the river was in spate at the time and if she had fallen in she 'd have been washed out to sea . |
| 29 | ( ba ) in the case of a recognised body which has at least one registered foreign lawyer as a director , member or beneficial owner of a share , the name or part of the name of a predecessor legal practice which was in practice at the time of the formation of the body , provided that such name consisted of the name or names of present or former principals and conventional references to such persons and to the practice ; |
| 30 | ( ba ) in the case of a recognised body which has at least one registered foreign lawyer as a director , member or beneficial owner of a share , the name or part of the name of a predecessor legal practice which was in practice at the time of the formation of the body , provided that such name consisted of the name or names of present or former principals and conventional references to such persons and to the practice ; |