Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [verb] [prep] this time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many other surveys were conducted at this time , employing the newly re-established social science departments , which had been inactive for over two decades . |
| 2 | However , some excellent studies were done at this time , many using fieldwork techniques and participant observation rather than surveys . |
| 3 | But contraceptive techniques were improving throughout this time and successive marriage cohorts were more likely to use contraception ( table 4.2 ) and use it more effectively than before ( Rowntree and Pierce 1961 , Langford 1976 , Cartwright 1978 , Dunnell 1979 ) . |
| 4 | Investigation of town plans reveals that many cities were growing at this time ; the records reveal increasing long-distance trade ; in the Mediterranean there was a growth of the commerce of the Italian cities so striking that Professor Lopez has labelled it and its northern counterpart ‘ the commercial revolution ’ . |
| 5 | The machinery of the ancient Forest courts was found at this time to be cumbrous and ineffective . |