Example sentences of "[been] [adj] [prep] the time of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She would have been fourteen at the time of the Opet festival . ’ |
| 2 | Strip examination revealed that this was the result of slight corrosion on the contacts , and the evidence suggested that this may well have been present at the time of the accident . |
| 3 | ( One even refused to stand down although he would have been seventy-six at the time of the next election . ) |
| 4 | The pope acknowledges Oswiu 's conversion to orthodoxy and the Roman Easter , thanks him for the gifts he has sent but grieves that the bearer of these gifts had died in Rome , and regrets that he has not been able at the time of writing to find someone suitable to send as Wigheard 's replacement . |
| 5 | As a long-term contributor to the feature we have always taken pains to ensure that the rates we have quoted have been correct at the time of the survey ( usually December ) . |
| 6 | partly the causes were external — loss of friends , hosts of visitors — but partly temperamental : Tolkien could not ‘ discipline himself into adopting regular working methods ’ ( a fault of which he had been aware since the time of ‘ Leaf by Niggle ’ ) . |
| 7 | If the company has been dormant from the time of its formation , the special resolution will be effective if passed before the first general meeting at which accounts are to be laid . |
| 8 | The Rutland jurors swore on 7 December 1299 that all the vills and lands outside the bounds they then set out had been afforested in the time of King John . |