Example sentences of "in [adj] times [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In medieval times you would have been a Sanguine , Melancholy , Choleric or Phlegmatic type . |
| 2 | In medieval times it was one of the largest in England . |
| 3 | Yet in medieval times it was an abundant bird , a useful scavenger in the streets of towns . |
| 4 | In medieval times it was merely an alternative to the already existing Great Northern Road . |
| 5 | In Roman times it became the capital city of the province of Asia and the principal port for all of south-west Anatolia . |
| 6 | ‘ In Victorian times they used to be about 35 inches wide ; now they can be as narrow as 30 inches . |
| 7 | Now in Victorian times they were kept as pets and just like hamsters are today and there are still one or two around that er might just give you that impression but I may be really off the , the level here . |
| 8 | In Victorian times they were very common , and often found in the nursery . |
| 9 | The cave has long been known ; one inscription bears the date 1655 , and in Victorian times it was a showplace , a charge for admission being payable at Braida Garth farm down the valley . |
| 10 | Wherever jade was used in early times it was derived from alluvial sources . |
| 11 | The origins of Osiris are shrouded in mystery but in early times he was a fertility god , whose death and rebirth were connected with the cycle of the agricultural year . |
| 12 | In post-Vedic times they became : |
| 13 | In the first century A.D. Pliny wrote that it was discovered in Spain in the previous century , where it was used to spice drinks , and in England in mediaeval times it was known as " sops-in-wine " , being mixed with wine and ale as a substitute for the costly cloves from the Far East . |
| 14 | In pre-revolution times it was known as Tsarskoye Selo , which is ‘ Royal Village ’ in Russian . |
| 15 | The name is somewhat misleading , since in ancient times it seems likely that the division of life into ‘ sacred ’ and ‘ secular ’ had no meaning : the whole of life was considered sacred , as were artistic and other creations . |
| 16 | In troubled times I go into a church and sit alone , rather than go to Mass every day . ’ |
| 17 | In troubled times I go into a church and sit alone , rather than go to Mass every day . ’ |
| 18 | Back in Saxon times they were used as diuretics and were just one of dozens of herbs , plants and berries taken for medical purposes . |
| 19 | In other times she would have been obsessively at her pen or her typewriter ; as it was , she harassed her scribes and possible scribes continually — to death , it would appear in the case of the first one . |
| 20 | Er and so er although in security struggles in the event of war we find er that these wars tend to become total wars , and we 've had two of these in the present century , historically speaking in recent times we had another one , anyone know what it was ? |
| 21 | But then er in recent times she stay in the farm so |
| 22 | In recent times I have been able to go down to the hostel , where my good friend Richard Megson gives me the opportunity to wash in lovely hot water . |
| 23 | In recent times it was feared that Venice was sinking , but modern engineering has come up with a way of pumping water from the mainland to boost the underground water base on which the city rests . |
| 24 | In recent times it is more usual to have some element of discussion , partly because of the increasingly democratic style of organisations and partly because the variety of relevant technology requires a correspondingly wide range of expertise . |
| 25 | The Bank of England used to be the City 's leader ; in recent times it has seemed content to be its cheerleader . |
| 26 | Already in Predynastic times they were using it to make beads , and throughout the Dynastic period it was employed together with lapis lazuli , carnelian and coloured glass to infill cloisonné work on jewellery , notably on the breast ornaments worn by Tutankhamun ( Plate I ) . |
| 27 | In modern times we have effectively eliminated possibility 3 by incorporating it within our scheme : Quantum mechanics is essentially a theory of what we do not know and can not predict . |
| 28 | In modern times we have come to associate the very word ‘ ecology ’ with a concern for the environment — yet ‘ ecology ’ is properly the name of the science that deals with the ways in which living things interact with one another and with their environment . |
| 29 | When he found out , he contacted the Diocese of London 's lawyers , who helped to prepare the paperwork : getting a licence seemed to be just a formality — in modern times it was practically unheard-of for a faculty to be refused . |
| 30 | In modern times it was used as a glue from about 1800 in Germany and Switzerland . |