Example sentences of "this [was/were] [adv] [vb pp] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was eventually resolved at the Luxembourg meeting , with Switzerland accepting unrestricted passage for up to 28 tonnes axle weight and 50 licences per day for 28-38 tonne trucks , and Austria agreeing to increase licences for EC lorries to 1,300,000 for 1992 , but insisting that annual ceilings thereafter should embody a progressive reduction in pollutant output . |
| 2 | Most of these are presumably extragalactic but they include the pulsar PSR1706–44 , although this was not recognized at the time . |
| 3 | But little of this was clearly known at the time , and so some observers concluded that Paul VI secretly connived with the minority . |
| 4 | This was directly aimed at the ‘ surplus countries ’ , especially Japan and Germany , and was an attempt to bind them into a system where they could not pile up persistent surpluses . |
| 5 | This was delightfully expressed at the national Roman Catholic pastoral Conference held in Liverpool in 1980 where Christians were described as ‘ Easter People ’ . |