Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [adj] time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The texts in which Judas Thomas appears as Jesus 's twin were at one time widely used by Christian congregations , not only in Egypt and Syria , but also , as we shall see , as far away as Spain and , it seems , Ireland . |
| 2 | The terms ‘ thesis ’ and ‘ dissertation ’ were at one time rather interchangeable , but now in the UK , the term ‘ thesis ’ is generally restricted to doctorate work , whereas master 's degree candidates write a ‘ dissertation ’ . |
| 3 | The other was Vasiliki ware ; this marked the end of the pattern burnish technique and the beginning of a new finish , a reddish-brown wash deliberately applied unevenly in order to simulate the mottled texture of the stone vases that were at that time so fashionable in eastern Crete ( Figure 32C ) . |
| 4 | All the children were at that time highly disturbed and were placed with the foster mother on a long term fostering basis . |
| 5 | I made my way to this celebrated establishment , and was very surprised to find an open salon ; we in Britain were at that time still cowering modestly in cubicles . |
| 6 | The deaf of Glasgow were at that time extremely fortunate to have in William Agnew a most intelligent and capable man , an artist in his leisure time , who through his hobby had come into contact with Queen Victoria and who enjoyed a friendship with Lord and Lady Blythswood ( Glasgow Deaf and Dumb F.C . |
| 7 | All the Duchamp brothers were at this time passionately interested in mathematics ; Jacques Villon was engaged in reading Leonardo 's Trattato della Pittura , while Marcel Duchamp was a close friend of an amateur mathematician named Maurice Princet , so that it is not surprising that they should have been responsible for introducing a more scientific note into Cubist discussions . |
| 8 | It appeared that Princess Anne was not one of her admirers , and though Princess Anne 's views were at this time usually rather criticised this was something for the press to get its teeth into . |
| 9 | Charles and Arthur Wilson were made full partners in 1867 and were by this time effectively running the company , which they transformed from a major European enterprise into an international one with routes to North America and India . |
| 10 | Obbligato instruments were by this time also being used in much more modest works , such as the Concerti Ecclesiastici ( Venice , 1608 ) of the Ferrarese Archangelo Crotti which actually include a ‘ Sonata sopra Sancta Maria ’ humbly anticipating the famous one in Monteverdi 's Vespers . |
| 11 | Because of their involvement with the W family , some of them were by this time quite familiar with the Scottish Office ‘ Effective Intervention ’ document . |
| 12 | Eastern Pomerania , however , the area that was eventually to become the Polish Corridor was 60–100 per cent Polish , while the Pomeranian districts of Lębork and Słupsk were by this time only 0.5–10 per cent Polish . |
| 13 | Bernard and Laura nearly became victims of their own success at this point ; with the great increase in turnover ( sales were by this time around £100,000 a year ) , the company was falling into the near inevitable trap of a young , fast-growing business . |
| 14 | It was 1942 before he was allowed back at Fox to make another film — Zanuck was as that time away on war service and knew nothing about it . |
| 15 | The second leg was in extra time when the Austrians took a 2-1 lead on aggregate . |
| 16 | It was from this time onward that Christian churches were built for the purpose of worship and a form of Christian architecture was begun . |
| 17 | There was at that time little public pressure to curb immigration . |
| 18 | Held , dismissing both appeals , Findlay : ( 1 ) the judge had accepted the custody officer 's evidence that the notes in the pocket book were shown to Findlay , though he was at that time incommunicado ; and Code C 12.12 in its unamended form ( which governed this case ) only applied to interviews at police stations so that it did not require the notes in the present case to be shown to him : Brezeanu & Francis [ 1989 ] Crim.L.R. 650 . |
| 19 | I was at that time really completely persuaded of the relevance and interest of this approach and of this subject matter . |
| 20 | The beer was at that time customarily garnished with a slice of lemon . |
| 21 | So my mother brought us all to on the train and er I was at that time about let's see nineteen thirty twenty I think I was eight years of age then . |
| 22 | The terrible fire , which had destroyed the historical centre of Lisbon in the summer of 1988 was at that time still fresh in the memory . |
| 23 | This developing experience was at that time still a precarious feature : in the last twelve years of Edward I , after all , several parliaments met without any shire or borough representatives being summoned . |
| 24 | It would also appear that the traditional British fleet had not previously fished for those stocks and was at that time still unable to exploit them fully . |
| 25 | His original intention was to do research in Political Geography , but Central Europe was at that time too political for such research to be practical . |
| 26 | At that time I had planned to acquire the Lightning with another well-known operator , who was at that time very active on the warbird scene . |
| 27 | The institution was at that time entirely concerned with the education of teachers and future teachers , and recruited predominantly , though not exclusively , from the conurbation in which it was located , and which it was designed to serve . |
| 28 | Mr Holmes a Court has trimmed his Dalgety stake which was at one time nearer 5.8 per cent . |
| 29 | On the spiritual side it was at one time also considered self-evident that the Russians , adherence to the Christian religion put them automatically on a higher plane than the heathen , raw-flesh-eating ‘ savages ’ . |
| 30 | The Black Boy though now a public house was at one time also a farm for when Robert Hearnden ran the public house in 1840 he also farmed a considerable amount of land , where the large pit is now situated and down into the village . |