Example sentences of "by [noun pl] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The success experienced among the eastern Angles with the conversion of Eorpwald may have been due in part at least to the influence of older patterns established by missionaries in the time of Raedwald , but nevertheless it testifies to Eadwine 's real influence in the East Anglian area at this time . |
| 2 | Although many of the poems in this volume displayed genuine wit as well as acute social observation , they passed largely unnoticed by reviewers at the time . |
| 3 | Something informing these descriptions of Wilde and his art is a fear of degeneration as conceived by writers of the time . |
| 4 | The face is dished , like that of the Jersey , and it probably has some Jersey blood from the nineteenth century , while the brindling probably comes from the old Normandy Isigny variety , a good butter producer and big enough to be used as a draught ox on Alderney and Guernsey , whither it was taken by monks in the time of William the Conqueror . |
| 5 | This was particularly true in the military field , as the old smooth-bore muskets were replaced by rifles at the time of the Crimean War of 1854–6 . |
| 6 | These were fairly continuously reported over the months preceding Iraq 's invasion in September by the BBC monitoring service and by newspapers like The Times , which on 20 September , just three days before Iraq moved in , reported an Iranian attack with tanks and jets . |
| 7 | Argov himself had written an earlier letter of such hostility that it had to be returned by the paper because its contents were regarded by lawyers at The Times as potentially defamatory . |
| 8 | The sample will not be random , but will be selected to be representative of children in special schools for EBD in terms of social , gender distribution and behaviour problems described by teachers at the time of referral . |
| 9 | Statements made out of court , and assurances recorded by reporters at the time are likely to be inadmissible or of less value because they are " hearsay " : real witnesses must be enticed or subpoenaed to give evidence before the jury . |
| 10 | The stolen Vauxhall Cavalier was being followed by police at the time of the crash . |
| 11 | This was followed by letters to The Times and the Daily Telegraph and , a year later , by an anniversary letter to The Times . |
| 12 | The idea put about by Ministers at the time that there would be competition in the water industry — because people would compare one region of the country with another — is unrealistic . |