Example sentences of "[noun pl] was [verb] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The authorities ' ability to pay for reforms was diminishing at a time when the gentry 's lack of enthusiasm for restructuring their finances was as great as ever . |
| 2 | The growth between the latter two dates was achieved at a time when the GTP and the Canadian Northern were themselves turning into grain-carrying lines . |
| 3 | However , the system of floating exchange rates was thought at the time to be a temporary feature of the international monetary system : it was hoped that a new framework would be found for a return to some kind of adjustable peg in which the burden of adjustment was clearly defined , both for deficit and surplus countries , and in which reserve assets were not based primarily on one currency . |
| 4 | At the Ryecroft bail hostel in Gloucester , where Hagans was living at the time , another witness said Hagans had tried to sell him a wedding ring for ten pounds , and was wearing a gold chain necklace . |
| 5 | Among the two thirds for whom information on symptoms was supplied at the time of diagnosis of HIV-1 infection , the proportion asymptomatic remained relatively constant : 53% in 1986–7 , 46% in 1988–9 , and 52% in 1990–1 . |