Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] at [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | E. F. Loftus and Burns interpreted these results as retrograde amnesia produced by mental shock , and suggested that the impairment occurred at the time of storage of the memory . |
| 2 | In the Netherlands , however , it appears that for much of the past 30 years , a substantial reduction in levels of imprisonment occurred with no greater rise in crime than occurred in Britain ; and that reduction occurred at a time of rising crime in Holland . |
| 3 | Especially as this new bit of gossip came at a time when the idea that Walter Machin was becoming posthumously a national figure was beginning to filter through to Oswaldston consciousness . |
| 4 | Her career in geography began at a time when , in Britain , this field was still among the less fully organized of the sciences . |
| 5 | The case seemed at the time , and in retrospect , to be a win for IBM . |
| 6 | The decision came at a time when 1,500,000 besieged refugees in the city of Asmara , the last government stronghold in Eritrea , faced imminent death by starvation . |
| 7 | The millions of pounds this district has been able to secure through I D O is testimony to this , despite the rather luke warm support received at the time from the Labour group . |
| 8 | ‘ The crash happened at a time when a lot of people would have been in their homes . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ The crash happened at a time when a lot of people would have been in their homes watching TV . |
| 10 | His moment came at a time when shoring up the old seemed all that mattered or all that anyone could think of . |
| 11 | Yet , however serious the crisis seemed at the time , and for all the interest which it has subsequently generated , it was essentially a passing thunderstorm . |
| 12 | The meeting came at a time when relations between the two countries were unusually strained . |
| 13 | Ironically this change in public opinion came at a time when Arab terrorists were letting off bombs in Paris , which French people thought quite terrible . |
| 14 | This kind of move came at a time when Tetley 's , along with other arms of Allied Breweries , espoused and encouraged a culture of well-informed and caring in-house designers . |
| 15 | This rule now removes the doubt that often existed about the duration of a notice , when the period started at the time of submission to the council . |
| 16 | Sterling said at the time , ‘ In my opinion , no one has yet caught the real spirit of Alice on the screen . |
| 17 | Later , I too escaped from school into the army , and the four years of war service seemed at the time , perfectly natural . |
| 18 | The seminar came at a time when the contribution of women in the Church promised to become an increasingly important part of the decision-making process in the life of the Church ’ , the editorial continued . |
| 19 | As usual no one addressed Pétain unless he first addressed them , and only one person spoke at a time . ’ |
| 20 | A friend said at the time : ‘ The break up was due to the pressures of a bad season . |
| 21 | The lead isotope data can be explained if the U/Pb ratios in the sources are comparable to those observed for the lavas and the U/Pb fractionation occurred at the time of formation of the local oceanic lithosphere . |
| 22 | In 1957 Macmillan inherited the leadership of an unpopular government , lagging behind Labour in the opinion polls , but the policies pursued over the years to 1959 managed eventually to retrieve the party 's position : Macmillan 's nuclear ‘ defence ’ policy seemed at the time a plausible way to reclaim the status of a world power on the cheap ; the formation of EFTA was negotiated ; Macmillan sacked the deflationary Chancellor Thorneycroft and substituted Heathcoat-Amory who instituted another convenient bout of pre-election tax cutting . |
| 23 | Moves to demonstrate the government 's seriousness came at a time when the UN was due to release a report on the effects of the embargo on the Jordanian economy . |
| 24 | Pallister recalled : ‘ What some people in the game said at the time left a bad taste in my mouth . |
| 25 | The scandal came at a time when the government was already riding low in the polls because of the social and economic effects of its economic deregulation policies [ see p. 38524 ] . |
| 26 | The ruling came at a time when Indians throughout Canada were asserting their rights to vast areas of land . |
| 27 | For Perez de Cuellar , this incident came at a time when he was still closely involved with other business , notably engineering the release of hostages held in Lebanon and Israel . |
| 28 | But because the scandal broke at the time when one of the most popular pastimes in Yugoslavia was hunting for the scalps of former politicians , the moment the British press reported the involvement of Yugoslav diplomats , Tito 's family and the Yugoslav National Army , the silver became interesting . |
| 29 | Controversy erupted at the time over alleged juggling with export restrictions by Culture Minister Jack Lang and allegations were made about collusion between private art dealing and the State . |
| 30 | The book appeared at a time of great political and religious excitement and caused a considerable stir . |