Example sentences of "[noun sg] were [verb] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , the demands on the state in its capacity as the focus of the system 's legitimacy were increasing over time . |
| 2 | In India , army officers in the Company 's service were advanced by time promotion , mitigated in some degree by considerations of evident merit , and commissions were not openly bought and sold as they were in the British army . |
| 3 | Translations in ‘ latin ’ languages like Spanish and Italian were completed in time for the promulgation of the test by the Holy Father on December 7th last year . |
| 4 | Around 650 responses of this kind were received in time to be included in the analysis . |
| 5 | They are adjusted so that if the project were completed on time to specification the contractor would realize a reasonable profit . |
| 6 | Cirrhosis was of alcoholic origin in 62% of the cases and the distribution according to the Child-Pugh classification was 23% , 45% , and 32% respectively for classes A , B , and C. A complete history was always obtained ( with the family and the general practitioner if the patient was unable to collaborate ) ; physica examination and laboratory analysis were performed at time zero of the index bleed . |
| 7 | Lyell saw each biogeographical province as a ‘ centre of creation ’ where new species typical of that province were created from time to time , spreading out from the centre to occupy as much territory as they could . |
| 8 | The restoration and re-furbishing were completed in time for a great service of re-hallowing on 27th July . |