Example sentences of "[was/were] [noun] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Malthusian of June 1914 estimated that 100,000 women a year took drugs to induce miscarriage , and there were suggestions at the time that there were few mothers of large families who had not attempted abortion . |
| 2 | Once or twice he 's spotted guys who were news at the time . |
| 3 | They were toddlers at the time of Watergate , not yet 10 when Mrs Thatcher came to power , Nato decided to introduce cruise and Pershing missiles and the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan . |
| 4 | The Labour Government was not prepared to let those who were pensioners at the time die in poverty , while awaiting the gradual implementation of a new scheme . |
| 5 | There was a special dispensation given to her to attend and in fact there were photographs at the time with the Queen with her . |
| 6 | Enterprise Computer Holdings Plc fears it has been misunderstood : the company is keen to stress that Finance Director Les Kemp has the unhappy confusion over last year 's accounting figures under control ( CI No 2,162 ) but wants to know how accountants KPMG Peat Marwick managed not to sign the audit report for subsidiary Enterprise Computer Services ; apparently there was confusion at the time over the verification of certain bank loans ; all should be clear in the next report and the company says it expects to show a return to profit . |
| 7 | Assuming Mecdi to be right , that Molla Arab was Fahreddin Acemi 's at the Darulhadis , one would need to show further , of course , that Fahreddin Acemi was Mufti at the time of the association . |
| 8 | ‘ It was daylight at the time and the curtains in your brother 's office were drawn . ’ |
| 9 | Mr Major , who was Chancellor at the time the embargo was imposed , turned on his critics , telling Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown he had ‘ misunderstood the position ’ . |
| 10 | He was king at the time , therefore , of the battle of Nechtanesmere , after which Bede says the Scots recovered their independence . |
| 11 | Gordon Lee was manager at the time . |
| 12 | Bush , who was Vice-President at the time of the operation , and Gates , who was deputy director of the CIA , had both denied any knowledge of the operation until shortly before it became public in November 1986 . |