Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] this time [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | English language scholarship at this time failed to reflect the broad range of Japanese language scholarship , in particular the strong Marxist influence on interpretation and conceptualization . |
| 2 | The building industry at this time created a distinct suburban environment , with the prevalence of the three-bedroomed , semi-detached house . |
| 3 | Examination at this time showed a firm , enlarged liver . |
| 4 | Her only real news at this time came from Mrs Longhill . |
| 5 | The intensity of life at this time led Congreve to compare courtship favourably with marriage as ‘ a very witty prologue to a rather dull play ’ . |
| 6 | In answer to questions the Home Secretary at this time had stated that this was an issue for individual courts to make requests of the press , not a matter for legislation . |
| 7 | If we bear in mind that even the normal expenses of government by this time exceeded the normal income of the crown , we shall appreciate why Edward I sought to extract from his subjects more than any previous king had attempted . |
| 8 | The pope envisaged that whomsoever he sent would eradicate all that required uprooting throughout ‘ your island ’ — that is , Britain — and such wide jurisdiction at this time belonged only to Canterbury . |
| 9 | In the same periodical , Reverdy , who admitted that much contemporary literature at this time reflected an aesthetic first developed in Cubist painting , added : ‘ the poet 's aim is to create a work which lives independently from him , from his private life , which exists in a special realm . ’ |
| 10 | All marble used in the west at this time had to be imported from the Greek islands , so it was husbanded . |
| 11 | The internal structures and emotional attitudes of the party at this time coincided exactly with his own mental state , and provided him with intellectual strength and emotional security . |
| 12 | The rate on the free market around this time fluctuated between $1.00=2.6 cruzados and $1.00=3.2 cruzados . |
| 13 | The mother by this time had not acted upon the terms of the ‘ settlement , ’ as it had been termed , by which she had undertaken to commence divorce proceedings . |