Example sentences of "it [was/were] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I beg your pardon I beg your pardon twelve , these two things were separate you know one could be added to the other in looking an as it were at the total employment requirement . |
| 2 | It was at the 9th hole in the second round of the World Championship of Women 's Golf that this recently acquired touch of caution came into its own . |
| 3 | It was at the southern end of ‘ the terraces ’ one of the older residential areas of the town , and not far from the Burgers ' . |
| 4 | It was at the Civil Engineers ' Hall . ’ |
| 5 | It was at the far end of the attics . |
| 6 | There was a longish silence , probably while the woman was listening to whoever it was at the other end . |
| 7 | I could n't see it too clearly 'cos it was at the other end of the pitch , but it seemed that Jamie had the ball around the right hand edge of the box and curled it into the top left hand corner . |
| 8 | In spite of the recent very regrettable rises in unemployment , in his constituency and in Sheffield as a whole unemployment remains a quarter lower than it was at the last election and a third below its peak in 1986 . |
| 9 | It was not going to be easy to get any other candidate , and it was at the same time impossible to let the seat go by default . |
| 10 | ‘ Our legends say that it was at the same time as the great Ebony Throne of Ireland . ’ |
| 11 | The repudiation of Hellenism in Jerusalem was certainly a reassertion of the faithfulness of the Jewish community to the God of Abraham , Isaac and Jacob , but it was at the same time the result of many individual choices . |
| 12 | While JCI diversified its interests in South Africa , it was at the same time increasing its shareholding in Johnson Matthey in the UK . |
| 13 | It was at the little house that she shared with Ella that Dimity received the proposal of marriage which was to change her life . |
| 14 | I thought it was at the tenth anniversary , every five years after that , I did n't realise that came into , John said it was . |
| 15 | It was at the 1984 event that Badgemore Park 's Professional , Mark Howell , returned his 66 , his card being 4-2-3-3-4-4-3-5-5-(33) and 4-3-4-3-5-3-2-4-5-(33) , playing on the present ( and newly lengthened ) course . |
| 16 | But when I actually erm got into the social work side of it , and i saw what the needs there were , erm and it was at the particular time too when you know , lots of teachers were sort of being made redundant , or at at least the er the numbers in schools were n't so high . |
| 17 | It was at the wrong end , though , as Ian Benjamin got one back for Southend . |
| 18 | It was at the beautiful Vintage course in Palm Springs , Florida , one glorious sunny day 10 years ago . |
| 19 | It was at the precise moment at which they needed the assistance that it was cut . |
| 20 | Francis was delighted at landing Bright — even if it was at the third time of asking . |
| 21 | The figures were required each month , and it was at the third month that the worst discrepancy came . |
| 22 | It was at the local level — where educational policy was put into organisational shape — that change actually took place . |
| 23 | If the central character emerged with any sense of dignity , it was at the considerable expense of the other mentally handicapped people in the film , some of whom actually were mentally handicapped . |