Example sentences of "of [det] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was the basically the problem and people were n't aware of that at the time . |
| 2 | Many of those who are now on the Opposition Front Bench were deeply ashamed of that at the time and remain deeply ashamed of it . |
| 3 | Now the audit industry was in favour of that at the time because it saw itself as able to get its fingers into local authority audit so they were prepared to accept that they could do it then , it 's only now er when it 's proposed on what 's been their traditional prerogatives , they er er they audit of banks and private sector er er companies that they balk at the proposition and say ooh it 's horrendous we ca n't do it . |
| 4 | Of course , Carol was not aware of this at the time she acquired her permit ; she was not yet born . |
| 5 | The inescapable fact is that I did n't want to be a woman , although I was unaware of this at the time . |
| 6 | We now know that Robin Smith , John Cunningham and Pat Walsh in Scotland , and Arthur Dolphin and Pete Greenwood in the Lakes , were doing first ascents every bit as difficult as those by Joe Brown and Don Whillans — but I do n't remember being aware of this at the time . |
| 7 | He often came out as a bit of a bighead and , accused of this at the time , took a tape-measure and agreed that his head had indeed expanded by one-eighth of an inch since leaving Wales . |
| 8 | While Barth had by no means worked through all the implications of this at the time of his controversy with Brunner , the disagreement which came into the open in 1934 can be seen in retrospect as foreshadowing the shape of his own future theology . |
| 9 | Our unconscious acknowledgement of this at the time lay in taking up as little space as possible , not being a nuisance . |
| 10 | The island and its neighbour Warbah have been claimed by Iraq in the past and may well have been among Iraq 's objectives in mounting the invasion a year earlier , although there was no strong evidence of this at the time . |
| 11 | well at least of all for the time being |
| 12 | Experts point out that the largest vessels are now 15-20 times the size of those at the time the Montreux Convention was signed . |
| 13 | It does not do so ; standing orders recognise this position of dominance and provide for the devotion of most of the time of the House of government business , including Bills . |