Example sentences of "[was/were] the [noun] of [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if you cast your minds way back to Tuesday you will remember that what I said was that the Americans were trying to create a system of limited government er and yet one which er protected the liberties of individuals not all individuals , not black individuals especially but of individuals , this was the rhetoric of the time and the main device that they invented to do this was something called the separation of powers and they argued that , where political power is concentrated , the potential for abuse is greater so that where executive and legislative powers are held in the same hands , as they are in our system of government , the , there is more prospect of government encroaching upon the rights of individuals . |
| 2 | It was the mark of the Time Lords of Gallifrey . |
| 3 | In Trouble , that was the euphemism of the time . |
| 4 | That was when the little woman with the pencil in her hair came in and said that was the end of the time unless we wanted to extend it . |
| 5 | Now that might be wrong but i surely that was the reality of the time , that was the expectation , that was the whole idea that was coming over in terms of , of sort of propaganda and policy , whatever you want to , to call it . |
| 6 | ‘ Was the bulk of the time devoted to the important or the trivial agenda items ? ’ |