Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] the time of " in BNC.
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| 1 | A cyclone which struck southern districts on June 2 was reported by The Times of June 3 to have killed 500 people . |
| 2 | It was reported in The Times of 6th March 1975 that Mr Toffrey Reeves , a surveyor for the National House Owners Association , which is a cut-price conveyancing group operating in England , was ordered in the High Court on 5th March to pay £3,000 damages to a client for failing to detect structural defects in the house he bought . |
| 3 | Leyland 's own collection of oriental porcelain was dispersed at the time of his death and , apart from ten or so pieces , the shelves had remained empty until now . |
| 4 | Because of the recession the public sector borrowing requirement ( PSBR ) will be high , and a figure of £28bn for 1992/93 was forecast at the time of the Budget in March . |
| 5 | Circumstantial evidence could take the form of showing the defendant wished to cover up an offence committed by himself , such as driving over the prescribed limit , being involved in an accident and then , as mentioned ( C ) 2 ante alleging that someone else was driving at the time of the accident . |
| 6 | Ife , a city to the west of the River Niger and , according to Yoruba tradition , the centre where the world was created , was occupied at the time of Igbo Ukwu . |
| 7 | The details of Julian 's life are not known , but it is highly unlikely that she was professed at the time of her visionary experience — if at all . |
| 8 | was done in the time of which set up the Republic of Ireland , get the I R A to declare a truce and talk to them and I think |
| 9 | On the latter point , the hon. Gentleman is well aware of what was said at the time of the Barlow Clowes affair , following an investigation by the ombudsman into what was seen to be a unique set of circumstances . |
| 10 | Much was made at the time of the Prince 's engagement of the youthfulness and consequent innocence of his bride . |
| 11 | Buying a ticket for last night 's game does NOT guarantee one for the all-Ireland clash in November — unless a formal application was made at the time of purchase to the IFA office . |
| 12 | On 1 March he published his intention of inviolably observing the Charter of the Forest in all its articles : he appointed four commissioners to supervise the making in each forest county of ‘ a true perambulation , namely that which was made in the time of the lord King Henry our father , which has not yet been challenged ’ . |
| 13 | At the same time the building of what were to become bastions , towers standing out from the line of the wall , enabled defenders to fire all round , and in particular laterally , against approaching men or machines , as the design for Bodiam Castle in Sussex , which , like Cooling Castle in Kent , was built at the time of the French invasion scares of the 1380s , clearly shows . |
| 14 | The abbey was built at the time of transition from Romanesque to Gothic architecture , and its remains form an important element in Scotland 's architectural heritage . |
| 15 | The founder stressed the importance of instruction in Latin , Greek , and Hebrew , and the school was built by the time of Judde 's death and endowed with property worth £60 3s. 8d. a year . |
| 16 | The nadir of transient UOS relaxation swas the most clearcut point and so was related to the time of onset of the common cavity episode to the nearest second . |
| 17 | Among the two thirds for whom information on symptoms was supplied at the time of diagnosis of HIV-1 infection , the proportion asymptomatic remained relatively constant : 53% in 1986–7 , 46% in 1988–9 , and 52% in 1990–1 . |
| 18 | It is illustrated in an English manuscript of the 13th century , was used in the time of Gerard , and later by Culpeper , and altogether was so well-known and commonly used medicinally , that it was thought " but lost time and labour to describe it " . |
| 19 | Taunton , Somerset 's county town , was founded during the time of King Ine , astride the peaceful , picturesque River Tone . |
| 20 | In each case the sentence is true if the person who spoke was skipping at the time of the utterance . |
| 21 | A clinical score was derived at the time of each dialysis by adding scores for : abdominal pain ( none=0 , mild=1 , moderate=2 , severe=3 ) ; the stool frequency ( 1 or less per day=0 , 2 to 3=1 , 4 to 5=2 , 6 to 9=3 , 10 or more=4 ) ; the visible presence of blood in the stool ( none=0 , a trace=1 , more than a trace=2 ) ; and the stool consistency ( normal=0 , semiformed=1 , liquid=2 ) . |
| 22 | If I am not mistaken , Davis was fielding at the time of his injury , and while one must concede that the wearing of helmets by batsmen , though hideous , is permissible , their use in the field is surely unacceptable and should be banned . |
| 23 | The idiosyncratic nature of Our Daily Bread was appreciated at the time of its release and was attributed to the obvious conflict between Vidor 's convictions and box-office considerations . |
| 24 | Under the Supply of Goods ( Implied Terms ) Act 1973 , which also imposed a reasonableness test , reasonableness was judged at the time of the breach . |
| 25 | As was announced at the time of the offer , LASMO had no intention of extending its activities beyond oil and gas exploration and production . |
| 26 | A deposit of 10 per cent was charged at the time of booking . |
| 27 | The landed wealth of Lord Burghley , derived ultimately from the profits of office , was estimated at the time of his death at £4,000 per annum , almost certainly too low a figure . |
| 28 | The decision to refurbish the Branch was taken at the time of the merger with Holt 's Whitehall last October . |
| 29 | Luke is wrong , therefore , in saying that the census carried out at the birth of Jesus was taken in the time of Quirinius . |
| 30 | If , in accordance with the view I have just expressed , such a person or firm were given the right to apply immediately the notice was served for it to be rescinded , this remedy might well be of no effect if a press notice was issued at the time of service of the intervention notice , as was done in this case . |