Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] at [art] time of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that year , Haringey 's Labour councillors learned more about heterosexism than they would ever have believed possible , and they have become far more articulate in their defence of lesbian and gay rights than they were at the time of their election . |
| 2 | The long hot days of summer are with us again — or they were at the time of writing , and long may they continue . |
| 3 | Lyndon Bolton , the managing director , yesterday described prospects as more encouraging than they were at the time of the interim report in August . |
| 4 | It was at the time of the doodle-bugs , the flying bombs , and air raid warnings were frequent . |
| 5 | Faith coming before and bringing about healing is as real to many Christians today as it was at the time of the Gospel . |
| 6 | We experienced the operation of a principle widely applicable and perhaps more generally recognised now than it was at the time of the events I have recorded . |
| 7 | Teacher education is a smaller scale enterprise than it was at the time of the events I have recorded . |
| 8 | It was at the time of the Bulganin-Khruschev circus and my leave was very short — not long enough to clear up my mother 's affairs as I wished to do . |
| 9 | Yet to mere man , Venice stands today on a group of islands at the head of the Adriatic very much as it was at the time of the great Doges . |
| 10 | The mathematics curriculum is much broader now than it was at the time of the 11+ . |
| 11 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that in many parts of the Yorkshire and Humberside region unemployment is significantly lower than it was at the time of the previous election , and that what the regional CBI fears above all else is the havoc that would be caused by a Labour Government , with their commitment to a statutory minimum wage , which would wipe out so many jobs , and to the European Community social chapter , which would make British industry uncompetitive in world terms ? |
| 12 | The rebuilt barn had been laid out just as it was at the time of the fire in January last year . |