Example sentences of "[noun sg] were [verb] at [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only six ( 9 per cent ) of the network sample were employed at the time of interview while 58 ( 91 per cent ) were unemployed . |
| 2 | C 5 -unmethylated phasmid DNA was incubated with S-adenosyl-[ 3 H ] -methionine and Dcm or Dcm/Cys177Ser ; aliquots of the reaction mixture were removed at the time points indicated and DNA precipitated with 20% aqueous TCA . |
| 3 | All hotels and guest houses in this brochure were registered at the time of going to press . |
| 4 | The 1927 powers of detention were conferred at a time of enormous concern about the high birth rate of mental defectives and the supposed decline in the ‘ national intelligence ’ . |
| 5 | In other words , 67% of the urine samples found to be positive on culture were judged at the time of voiding to be clear . |