Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [det] time [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The transmitters were at that time a completely sealed unit resembling a marble both in size and appearance . |
| 2 | We were , however , readier , I think , than at the beginning , to take seriously and to counter , the equally serious convictions of those who held that there was no place for courses similar to ours , of which there were at that time a number in various stages of development . |
| 3 | There were at that time no fewer than 522 Boeing 707/300 aircraft in operation , every one of which was directly affected by the accident . |
| 4 | The first GCE O and A level examinations were held in 1951 ( S levels were at that time an essential part of the system as well , since on them depended the award of State scholarships to university candidates , before the days of Mandatory awards ) . |
| 5 | Though all were to achieve success , Oliver as a poet , Bruce as picture journalist and Jeffrey as sports journalist and author of The Spectator 's column , ‘ Low Life ’ , they were at this time a little like characters out of a Chekhov play , searching and bewildered . |
| 6 | The Czech orchestra were by this time a pretty good ensemble , and have just the right timbre and tonal blend for Dvořák . |
| 7 | He was for some time a broken man . |
| 8 | Even without insisting on the strict claim that inference from fact to value is logically inadmissible , a claim which since Hume has been a commonplace , and after G. E. Moore 's analysis of the Naturalistic Fallacy was for some time an orthodoxy , it has been convenient to stay out of range of standard criticisms by showing that we can get along well enough without resorting to this kind of inference . |
| 9 | ‘ Its distinctive feature is the outer wall facing what was for some time the running lines of the railway , though these tracks are now wholly within the works area , the main lines passing on the other side of the canal . |
| 10 | It was during that time the lady Primaflora was summoned to the palace at Nicosia to be scrutinised by the King 's mother . |
| 11 | As there was at that time no one else to take up the cudgels nationally on their behalf this service was of great value to the deaf and dumb population , and is no doubt one explanation for the BDDA surviving its early difficult years . |
| 12 | This hotel was at that time a sort of private dwelling crammed with the owner 's collection of Catalan works of art and pastel portraits of the great singers who appeared at the nearby Opera . |
| 13 | CD met him in Boston very soon after arriving there ; Putnam was at that time a student of portrait-painting in the studio of Francis Alexander ( 1800- c .1881 ) . |
| 14 | And I was at that time a married man with two children . |
| 15 | It was through the OTC that I met my future husband , Eric , who was at that time a permanent staff instructor . |
| 16 | The highly organised St Stephen 's Society programme which she now leads was at that time a closed book to her ! |
| 17 | The argument advanced by the 1747 author of The London Tradesman is a little unfair , for ‘ undertaking ’ was at that time a relatively new trade , barely a century old . |
| 18 | Ray was at that time a member of the Morris Side and would be very glad to hear from any of his contemporaries , although his style of dancing is rather different these days . |
| 19 | Aden was at that time an RAF command , in which the operational policy of air control had been successfully applied for some years . |
| 20 | J. W. ( later Sir James ) Black , who was at that time an academic pharmacologist in Glasgow , had the idea that blocking the action of adrenaline on the heart might reduce its need for oxygen and so be beneficial in angina pectoris ( a condition in which pain arises because the oxygen supply to heart muscle is insufficient ) . |
| 21 | However , as the laying-out and preparation of the body was at that time the responsibility of the family , it would appear that the guild limited themselves to three actions : the marshalling of their members to attend , and the selection from that company of those to carry the coffin ( though it would have been a strong guild able to command more than half a dozen of its members during a weekday ) ; to see the coffin safely into the church and to ensure that the burial equipment was in place ; and to attend the full obsequies on the following day , including the funeral feast . |
| 22 | It was at that time the highest innings by anyone until A.E.J. Collins hit an unbeaten 628 in a junior house match at Clifton College in 1899 . |
| 23 | In what was at that time the " Derby Group " , work had continued on the enhancement of batch payroll systems and the addition of other " cheap " batch systems for specific application — for example , training records , job evaluation , staff search . |
| 24 | but anyway , erm , it came as a bit of a shock to me when who was at that time the Horticultural Adviser or Horticultural Organiser as they used to call him , turned up at home at Debenham where we lived at the time and er said he 'd come to collect my typewriter we had no notice of this anyway was erm a jolly old soul and erm he went off with my typewriter and erm shorthand machine and the next day my father brought me into Ipswich and erm , well I saw and did a bit of typing and erm , that 's how it all started . |
| 25 | She was at this time a large , middle-aged woman whose name I shall not mention . |
| 26 | Though the latter was at this time a much celebrated amateur artist he was surprised , on arriving , when Minton detached himself from the crowd he was talking with in order to cross the room and greet Cornish by name . |
| 27 | William Lambarde , who was at this time a Justice of the Peace , seems to have set about enforcing law and order . |
| 28 | ‘ Imshi ’ Mason was at this time the leading ‘ ace ’ of the Middle East theatre , having been credited with over 15 victories by the end of January 1941 . |
| 29 | The Special Air Service Regiment — or S.A.S. , as it soon came to be called — was at this time an established part of the Army Air Corps , though it was little known to the public at large . |
| 30 | He was at this time an exponent of the benefits of Anglo-French peace and in the Philobiblon , attributed to him and written in 1344–5 , one chapter was entitled ‘ the Complaint of Books against Wars ’ . |