Example sentences of "[be] at [det] time a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The transmitters were at that time a completely sealed unit resembling a marble both in size and appearance . |
| 2 | We were , however , readier , I think , than at the beginning , to take seriously and to counter , the equally serious convictions of those who held that there was no place for courses similar to ours , of which there were at that time a number in various stages of development . |
| 3 | The first GCE O and A level examinations were held in 1951 ( S levels were at that time an essential part of the system as well , since on them depended the award of State scholarships to university candidates , before the days of Mandatory awards ) . |
| 4 | Though all were to achieve success , Oliver as a poet , Bruce as picture journalist and Jeffrey as sports journalist and author of The Spectator 's column , ‘ Low Life ’ , they were at this time a little like characters out of a Chekhov play , searching and bewildered . |
| 5 | This hotel was at that time a sort of private dwelling crammed with the owner 's collection of Catalan works of art and pastel portraits of the great singers who appeared at the nearby Opera . |
| 6 | CD met him in Boston very soon after arriving there ; Putnam was at that time a student of portrait-painting in the studio of Francis Alexander ( 1800- c .1881 ) . |
| 7 | And I was at that time a married man with two children . |
| 8 | It was through the OTC that I met my future husband , Eric , who was at that time a permanent staff instructor . |
| 9 | The highly organised St Stephen 's Society programme which she now leads was at that time a closed book to her ! |
| 10 | The argument advanced by the 1747 author of The London Tradesman is a little unfair , for ‘ undertaking ’ was at that time a relatively new trade , barely a century old . |
| 11 | Ray was at that time a member of the Morris Side and would be very glad to hear from any of his contemporaries , although his style of dancing is rather different these days . |
| 12 | Aden was at that time an RAF command , in which the operational policy of air control had been successfully applied for some years . |
| 13 | J. W. ( later Sir James ) Black , who was at that time an academic pharmacologist in Glasgow , had the idea that blocking the action of adrenaline on the heart might reduce its need for oxygen and so be beneficial in angina pectoris ( a condition in which pain arises because the oxygen supply to heart muscle is insufficient ) . |
| 14 | She was at this time a large , middle-aged woman whose name I shall not mention . |
| 15 | Though the latter was at this time a much celebrated amateur artist he was surprised , on arriving , when Minton detached himself from the crowd he was talking with in order to cross the room and greet Cornish by name . |
| 16 | William Lambarde , who was at this time a Justice of the Peace , seems to have set about enforcing law and order . |
| 17 | The Special Air Service Regiment — or S.A.S. , as it soon came to be called — was at this time an established part of the Army Air Corps , though it was little known to the public at large . |
| 18 | He was at this time an exponent of the benefits of Anglo-French peace and in the Philobiblon , attributed to him and written in 1344–5 , one chapter was entitled ‘ the Complaint of Books against Wars ’ . |