Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] at that time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their 7 foot 6 inches-wide body was the widest permitted at that time , and allowed two-by-two seating on upholstered seats in the saloon . |
| 2 | Little is known of his early life except for his recollection that at the age of nine or ten he ‘ did so offend the Lord that He did scare and terrify me with dreadful visions ’ , and that he was greatly afflicted at that time with thoughts of the Day of Judgement . |
| 3 | The likelihood is that had the matter come before the courts in the nineteenth century , they would have held that the mistake had to be reasonable , for it was generally considered at that time that mistake was a defence which would excuse a defendant from liability only where it was based on reasonable grounds . |
| 4 | The Romans were certainly prime movers , but not that quick , and without introducing a pettifogging intimacy with dates , names , and trifling matters of fact , might it be mentioned that the legions were desperately occupied at that time around the Medway and not Melrose ? |
| 5 | Any given rise in unemployment in the winter months , therefore , can only be shown to be significant if it can be demonstrated that the rise is over and above that which is normally expected at that time of year . |
| 6 | Writing to a byte beyond the current end of file updates the file length immediately , whether the record is physically written at that time or not . |
| 7 | They were the flattest brick arches ever built at that time , and critics predicted their collapse under the weight of trains , but the viaduct was built in 1838 and is still in use , carrying trains from Paddington to the West Country . |
| 8 | I must have said something about being in reasonably , good health despite a rather dismal daily round of commuting to Charing Cross and a crawl by bus up the King 's Road to the appropriately named World 's End pub , but that I was more tormented at that time with a clash of affections with two young ladies . |
| 9 | In sum , alternative policies for sterling were not carefully considered at that time , not because they were unrealistic but because they were politically uncongenial and ran counter to powerful vested interests [ Bauer and Walters , 1975 ] . |
| 10 | I seem to recall that a gentleman called T. Dan Smith was also involved at that time and that he was not a Conservative . |
| 11 | Er , I vividly remember my , my wedding day , and the bit I remember most is actually waiting to go into church with my father , and I remember being particularly moved at that time thinking that that was the end of one era and about to become part of another and I did n't feel that I was being owned somebody and about to be owned by anyone else in the slightest ! |
| 12 | It is questionable whether the spaying of cows was widely practised at that time , but it is well known that London dairymen were only interested in a continuous milk supply . |
| 13 | Catalytic processes were not fully understood at that time and it was over forty years before Messel in England and Winkler in Germany perfected manufacturing techniques . |
| 14 | The road ended in a cul-de-sac after another quarter of a mile and the driver turned the car into the adjoining parking bay , almost deserted at that time of the morning . |
| 15 | The original Tempa Rossa-1 discovery well , which is in the Laurenzana permit , was drilled by Fina in 1989 but could not be properly tested at that time due to technical problems . |
| 16 | It was a no-win situation for the unfortunate air crews taking part , and it would have been understandable if morale had completely cracked at that time . |
| 17 | Makassar , still barely visited at that time by foreigners , was an eye-opener . |
| 18 | The price to be paid for the sub-licences was either agreed at that time or subsequently by letter or telex and the sub-licence was then prepared in Hong Kong and sent to the customer for signature . |
| 19 | Claims made in the early 1960s — scornfully dismissed at that time — that nuclear weapon testing was responsible for the anomalous and extreme weather and climate of that period may yet be prove to be valid . |