Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] a time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marx and Engels ' arbiter model of the state suggested that if class forces in society were for a time evenly balanced , then the state bureaucracy and a strong political — military leader could intervene to impose stabilizing policies which were not controllable by capital , although they would be bound to maintain capitalist predominance in economic life . |
| 2 | The last ( held by Florence Nightingale and Charles Kingsley , to name only two ) was for a time more popular than the first ; and although to some extent the preventive measures suggested by each did overlap , their priorities were somewhat different . |
| 3 | Between 1821 and 1842 he took out five patents , one of them for a ‘ suspension railway ’ which was tried out unsuccessfully in Cheshunt , and two relating to a system of constructing roofs and bridge decks in corrugated wrought or cast iron , which was for a time quite extensively used . |
| 4 | This was during a time when Taiwan 's exports to Malaysia were increasing rapidly . |
| 5 | The second example was of a time when Caesar was ill , and cried to Titinius to get him a drink , as feebly as a woman might ( says Cassius ) , and he bore his illness in a cowardly way . |
| 6 | And I have stayed ever since because when I joined Roadwatch it was at a time when they were developing from just 15 information stations throughout the country — there are now almost 100 . |
| 7 | ‘ When I discovered I was pregnant , it was at a time when I was very manic about the group , I felt it was my mission . |
| 8 | This was at a time when the rest of the world , following the American lead , was developing a clear preference for water-cooled designs . |
| 9 | Again at the minimum , £60 million of this accrued directly to central government through VAT and duty on petrol , liquor and cigarettes ( this was at a time when VAT was eight per cent , not the current fifteen per cent ) . |
| 10 | This was at a time when prices were rising at 30–40 per cent per annum . |
| 11 | This experience was invaluable when I went to college , for it was at a time when students in training were being told that if a lesson was interesting enough , children would listen . |
| 12 | This was at a time when cylinders were only used for dictation purposes , not for recording music , and a speed of about 100 revolutions per minute was found adequate . |
| 13 | This was at a time when the work load was growing . |
| 14 | It was at a time when there was a big age difference : the elder students were ex-soldiers . |
| 15 | It was at a time when many lesbians , angry at the lack of weight given to women 's issues within the mixed movement and at the continuing sexism of many gay men , chose to prioritize work with the women 's movement . |
| 16 | ‘ This was at a time when there was a lot of unpleasantness shown to people with AIDS , ’ he said in an interview with The Mail on Sunday . |
| 17 | Only when unemployment rose , however , were policies of this kind put into practice and this was at a time when there were insufficient jobs . |
| 18 | This was at a time when the principle of vaccination had still not been universally accepted , although the Vaccination Act of 1840 had enabled the guardians to provide it for paupers . |
| 19 | This was at a time when the same gp160 product was being vigorously touted by MicroGeneSys as a prophylactic vaccine candidate ; a time when , as now , being able to mimic as closely as possible the natural viral antigens was held to be important for such a vaccine . |
| 20 | It was at a time when Joyce had brought proceedings for divorce against his first wife , an action which ended in the dissolution of the marriage in 1936 . |
| 21 | In addition , this was at a time when Coenwulf , king of the Mercians , was also giving protection to opponents of Eardwulf . |
| 22 | The Arab world was alarmed at the implications of the new Cabinet for the peace process , formed as it was at a time when the USA was considering breaking off its 16-month dialogue with the PLO , following the abortive raid on the Israeli coast on May 30 [ see this page for breaking off of dialogue on June 20 ] . |
| 23 | This was at a time when the resistance of Japan was expected to continue for anything up to eighteen months later . |
| 24 | This was at a time when British opinion was becoming evenly divided over the pros and cons of seeking prominence on the global stage . |