Example sentences of "known in [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He saw this as a possible origin of the nymphs of the elements which were known in ancient times — the naiads in waterfalls , springs and streams , dryads in trees and woods , oreads in mountains and deserts , and nereids in the sea . |
| 2 | In a variety of forms it was known in ancient times . |
| 3 | Avenida Arriaga was known in former times as the Passéio Público , and there was a tradition of people meeting , talking and walking here . |
| 4 | Manualists , nevertheless , do not generally advocate exclusive reliance on manual communication , but favour the " combined system " , known in modern times as " total communication " . |
| 5 | If this is known in good time , it may be possible to fit the programme to the availability of staff or alternatively redeploy staff when the work is in progress . |
| 6 | Ringing your bell or making your presence known in good time . |
| 7 | She was in the happiest frame of mind she 'd known in recent times when later that day she returned to her car . |
| 8 | ( That is an allusion to the Dorian Invasions , in the period after the collapse of the Mycenaean states ; the newcomers were supposed to have entered the Peloponnese after a stay in the central Greek region known in historical times as Doris . ) |
| 9 | She uses only the pinhole camera or , as it was known in pre-photographic times , the camera obscura . |