Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] this time was " in BNC.
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| 1 | A highly significant addition during this time was an underwater ridge from the eastern Pacific ; after accretion it pulled apart to form the San Andreas Fault now a few miles inland from the coast . |
| 2 | Thomasina at this time was fussing around the table . |
| 3 | The harbour at this time was formed on the bed of the ‘ Water to Leith ’ , a small stream with its source in the Pentland Hills and flowing for thirteen miles or so through Edinburgh and Leith into the Firth of Forth at this point . |
| 4 | The most noteworthy gale around this time was on the 5th when a severe southwesterly gale drove the powerless oil tanker Braer onto a reef in Quendale Bay , Shetland , as a television audience of millions held its breath . |
| 5 | The Battalion at this time was left with only five officers and 100 other ranks , and became a line of communication battalion . |
| 6 | The general lack of interest in antibiosis at this time was no doubt discouraging , but it did not prevent his former pupil Dubos from bringing tyrothricin to clinical trial . |
| 7 | Other fairy subjects followed , but his major work at this time was a large number of panels for Lord Foley 's house at 26 Grosvenor Square , for which he chose scenes from Tasso 's ‘ Jerusalem Delivered ’ and Byron 's ‘ Manfred ’ . |
| 8 | An outstanding Girl at this time was Phyl Blakeston . |
| 9 | The test by this time was no longer ‘ independence of Moscow ’ but ‘ Human Rights ’ . |
| 10 | But no , the hall by this time was really more a . |
| 11 | The All Souls Trust had taken a seven-year lease on the church and virtually the whole of this time was used on repairs to the spire and roof . |
| 12 | Joining forces with Andy and Jimmy as a co-Director at this time was Peter Dimond , who — along with Andy — continues to be very active in the direction and philosophy of the Museum . |
| 13 | The main priority on the Soviet foreign-policy agenda at this time was to secure its objectives with regard to Berlin . |
| 14 | His white suit by this time was crumpled and the Muzak seemed louder than ever . |
| 15 | For me , a highlight of this time was a weekend visit from a college friend , whom I 've only seen once in the forty-three years since we left college . |
| 16 | The pH at this time was 5.7 . |
| 17 | His ideal at this time was Cebotari . |
| 18 | The Communist Party of Great Britain , whose policy at this time was one of ‘ All Power to the General Council ’ , also posed a question and offered an answer : |
| 19 | With the exception of some thrusts into the Agenais , the primary sphere of acquisitive activity for the Albret at this time was the Bordelais and Bazadais . |
| 20 | But , but was n't the , the emphasis behind the , the communist approach at this time was that er er up until nineteen fifty that , that private enterprise in itself would , would be the means by which output increased . |
| 21 | The uncompromising attitude of the government at this time was reflected in a proposal announced on Aug. 10 to evacuate Tamils from the whole Jaffna peninsula ( where about 1,000,000 of them lived ) and house them in refugee camps at Vavuniya while the military sought to " annihilate " the LTTE . |
| 22 | Henceforth they were denied access to active participation in the public cult and ( by implication of the biblical text which concentrated upon male activity ) deemed exempt from the obligation to fulfil many of the commandments — a loaded exemption given the fact that Judaism by this time was already very much a religion of performance , moving towards being a religion dominated by a plethora of commandments governing virtually every aspect of daily existence . |
| 23 | Folly by this time was as red as the porter 's uniform , and her voice almost inaudible . |
| 24 | Their discontent at this time was principally with the social realism of the muralist school but , even at this early date , there was unease with the propaganda emanating from the US that Abstract Expressionism was the only possible alternative . |
| 25 | These oligarchies were , however , powerful and one of the most significant developments in English urban history at this time was the way in which they consolidated their control over town government . |
| 26 | For Japan to react in this way at this time was not in itself culpable . |
| 27 | His salary at this time was £1,000 , and upon leaving the service he received a pension of £600 p.a . |
| 28 | The common way to set up a school at this time was by means of a chantry . |
| 29 | The Grandmaster of the Order at this time was Jacques de Molay . |
| 30 | Apart from the fact that the pope at this time was John XIX and the emperor Conrad , these details are consistent . |