Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The survey by the National Consumer Council among almost 1,000 consumers found widespread dissatisfaction with the time it took the ombudsmen to settle disputes . |
| 2 | People who owned such land at the time that pressure for development came upon it — whether industrial or residential ; indeed obviously , the two went together — were faced with two choices . |
| 3 | But although he was beaten for pace quite a few times , it seemed that alot of the time he was out of position . |
| 4 | Such occurrences caused some anxiety at the time , but were accepted by members as part of their responsibility . |
| 5 | Those readers who remember the 1951 Festival of Britain in London will no doubt recall the shot tower which attracted much attention at the time . |
| 6 | These issues caused great controversy at the time of the takeover battle . |
| 7 | The most important effect of the crash , however , received less attention at the time — a further collapse in profits . |
| 8 | It all made good sense at the time , but it has turned the middle-classes into sitting ducks , waiting to be plucked by Mr Smith . |
| 9 | Curiosity may have been aroused by their performances but , according to Watman , ‘ they enjoyed incredible popularity at the time and there was never any suggestion of race as a factor ’ ( personal communication , 1981 ) . |
| 10 | It escaped general attention at the time , but Joseph Guglielmi , Taligent 's chairman and chief executive says that one of his first moves on joining the company was to create three quite separate divisions . |
| 11 | It escaped general attention at the time , but Joseph Guglielmi , Taligent 's chairman and chief executive says that one of his first moves on joining the company was to create three quite separate divisions . |
| 12 | It escaped general attention at the time , but Joseph Guglielmi , Taligent 's chairman and chief executive says that one of his first moves on joining the company was to create three quite separate divisions . |
| 13 | What were the central features of this democracy , which aroused such controversy at the time , and still provokes debate today ? |
| 14 | Some of the fossils uncovered proved to be previously unknown and this aroused great interest at the time of the publication of Darwin 's ‘ Origin of Species ’ . |
| 15 | I confess that I felt that way at the time : the track was , despite the massive pile-up , clear . |
| 16 | Frederica saw this observation at the time as a mark of signal failure of insight . |
| 17 | Trodd says that he supported that decision at the time . |
| 18 | I had some sympathy at the time , but not anymore . |
| 19 | He does not , however , make the powerful point which had some currency at the time , that even were there universally accepted beliefs which were innate , this would not make them true , and so something we knew . |
| 20 | I had shortish hair at the time . |
| 21 | Seven patients also had jaundice ( mean bilirubin values 46 ( 20–142 ) mg/l ) and three had overt cholangitis at the time of stent placement . |
| 22 | However it is clear that these students who did not meet the GER had passed through a rigorous process of selection , and a number of them already had two A-level at the time of entry . |
| 23 | Twenty two had active colitis at the time serum was obtained . |