Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [prep] time [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But some forest landowners were able from time to time to obtain from the Crown a grant of partial exemption from this supervision . |
| 2 | The doors of his temple were open in times of war , closed in times of peace . |
| 3 | Democrats Republicans Independent Alabama 5 ( 5 ) 2 ( 2 ) — Alaska — ( - ) 1 ( 1 ) — Arizona 1 ( 1 ) 4 ( 4 ) — Arkansas 3(2) 1(2) — California 26(27) 19(18) — Colorado 3(3) 3(3) — Connecticut 3 ( 3 ) 3 ( 3 ) — Delaware 1 ( 1 ) — ( - ) — Florida 9 ( 8 ) 10 ( 11 ) — Georgia 9 ( 9 ) 1 ( 1 ) — Hawaii 2 ( 1 ) — ( 1 ) — Idaho 2 ( 1 ) — ( 1 ) — Illinois 15 ( 14 ) 7 ( 8 ) — Indiana 8 ( 7 ) 2 ( 3 ) — Iowa 2 ( 2 ) 4 ( 4 ) — Kansas 2 ( 2 ) 3 ( 3 ) — Kentucky 4 ( 4 ) 3 ( 3 ) — Louisiana 4 ( 4 ) 4 ( 4 ) — Maine 1 ( 1 ) 1 ( 1 ) — Maryland 5 ( 6 ) 3 ( 2 ) — Massachusetts 10 ( 10 ) 1 ( 1 ) — Michigan 11 ( 11 ) 7 ( 7 ) — Minnesota 6 ( 5 ) 2 ( 3 ) — Mississippi 5 ( 5 ) — ( - ) — Missouri 6 ( 5 ) 3(4) — Montana 1 ( 1 ) 1 ( 1 ) — Nebraska 1 ( 1 ) 2 ( 2 ) — Nevada 1 ( 1 ) 1(1) — New Hampshire 1 ( - ) 1 ( 2 ) — New Jersey 8 ( 7 ) 6 ( 6 ) — New Mexico 1 ( 1 ) 2 ( 2 ) — New York 21 ( 21 ) 13 ( 12 ) — North Carolina 7 ( 8 ) 4 ( 3 ) — North Dakota 1 ( 1 ) — ( - ) — Ohio 11 ( 11 ) 10 ( 10 ) — Oklahoma 4 ( 4 ) 2 ( 2 ) — Oregon 4 ( 3 ) 1 ( 2 ) — Pennsylvania 11 ( 12 ) 12 ( 11 ) — Rhode Island 1 ( - ) 1 ( 2 ) — South Carolina 4 ( 4 ) 2 ( 2 ) — South Dakota 1 ( 1 ) — ( - ) — Tennessee 6 ( 6 ) 3 ( 3 ) — Texas 19 ( 19 ) 8 ( 8 ) — Utah 2 ( 1 ) 1 ( 2 ) — Vermont — ( - ) — ( 1 ) 1 Virginia 6 ( 5 ) 4 ( 5 ) — Washington 5 ( 5 ) 3 ( 3 ) — West Virginia 4 ( 4 ) — ( - ) — Wisconsin 4 ( 5 ) 5 ( 4 ) — Wyoming — ( - ) 1 ( 1 ) — Totals 267 ( 258 ) 167 ( 175 ) 1 Figures in parentheses refer to seat distribution in old Congress in which two seats were vacant at time of dissolution . |
| 4 | plaintiff wife of deceased was pregnant at time of deceased 's death but later miscarried. held that as plaintiff would most likely have given up work to take care of her baby therefore the joint earnings approach to calculating dependency was not appropriate . |
| 5 | There was a mixture of the formal and the informal about it ; the Keeper of Zoology in the 1810s was wont from time to time to leap over the stuffed animals . |
| 6 | ( 5 ) Where the term excludes liability if some condition is not complied with , whether it was reasonable at time of contract to expect that such condition could be complied with . |
| 7 | This meant that a high proportion of the manpower of many European navies was available in time of peace for use in the civilian economy . |
| 8 | This had symbolic significance on the double-gated temple in the Roman Forum , which was open in times of war and closed when peace prevailed . |