Example sentences of "who [was/were] [adj] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of those councillors who were twin-tracking at the time of the Widdicombe Committee , 58 per cent were teachers or lecturers , 12 per cent were manual workers , 16 per cent were in professional jobs ( social workers , planners and so on and 14 per cent were administrators ( Widdicombe Research , Vol. iii:34 ) . |
| 2 | There would always be that fear that it a similar incident might happen and er and that er it was those who were asleep at the time who were unlucky enough not to survive . |
| 3 | Between 1680 and 1800 the proportion of brides who were pregnant at the time of their wedding grew from 15 to 35 per cent and the illegitimacy ratio rose from 1·5 to 5 per cent . |
| 4 | Of the 18 patients who were alive at the time of the 1988 report , 14 patients ( 11 men and three women , mean age 48 years ) were alive and well in 1992 at a mean ( range ) of 69 ( 61–83 ) months after transplantation . |
| 5 | Its just a pity there s not a better song to really get at the SCUM supporters , that does nt perhaps offend the older generation who WERE alive at the time . |
| 6 | Dr Ward has spoken of the potential effects on children who were unborn at the time of the incident . |
| 7 | The precocious actress , who was 16 at the time , played a young runaway whom Pitt 's character beats up , turns into a junkie and sells for sex . |
| 8 | Because Pliny the Elder had been so widely-esteemed , the historian Tacitus was anxious to find out more about the circumstances of his death , and about the eruption in general , so he asked Pliny 's nephew , who was seventeen at the time and survived the eruption , to provide him with details of what had happened . |
| 9 | Julie Dixon , who was eighteen at the time of the murder , has been awarded an undisclosed sum by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board for the loss of parental support she suffered . |
| 10 | The coroner , Mr Lester Madrell , heard in a statement from Mrs MacIllarry , who was pregnant at the time , that she jumped on Jobson , who then pointed the gun at her , she was absolutely terrified , she grabbed her children , leaving her baby buggy bahind , and ran into the store . |
| 11 | He also succeeded a pope , Celestine III , who was 85 at the time of his election and therefore over ninety at the time of his death . |
| 12 | The acquirer may not have the time or be willing to make the inspections and will not want to accept the risk that some information may have been given to one of its employees or advisers who was unable at the time to appreciate its significance in relation to the transaction , or indeed may have been forgotten . |
| 13 | Louis XIV , who was 25 at the time , danced two roles a village maiden and a gypsy . |
| 14 | ‘ I was in a competition and my daughter — who was three at the time — was watching . |
| 15 | The mill was quite close to home so in the lunch hour I was able to go home to see to my mother who was ill at the time . ’ |
| 16 | Miss Miller , who was 65 at the time of her death but had a mental age of two , died on November 7 last year from head injuries . |
| 17 | Mr Fagan , who was 30 at the time , was not prosecuted for the trespass after the Director of Public Prosecutions ruled there was no evidence that the trespass was a criminal offence . |