Example sentences of "were at the time [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In that year , Haringey 's Labour councillors learned more about heterosexism than they would ever have believed possible , and they have become far more articulate in their defence of lesbian and gay rights than they were at the time of their election .
2 These firms were at the time of out visit listed over each block of filing cabinets .
3 Ballymacarrett and Clonard people were at the time of the research overwhelmingly unemployed or in unskilled and low-status occupations .
4 Most casualties ( 46% ) recorded involved people who were at the time of the incident standing in buses , but it is not always clear from the recorded data whether the passengers were standing due to the vehicle 's seating capacity being fully utilised or were on their feet moving towards a seat or the bus exit .
5 There are 100 million more free prescriptions this year than there were at the time of the last Labour Government .
6 The long hot days of summer are with us again — or they were at the time of writing , and long may they continue .
7 Lyndon Bolton , the managing director , yesterday described prospects as more encouraging than they were at the time of the interim report in August .
8 Despite the initial support of the boycott by international operatic stars — most of whom were at the time on contract to work with him — Barneboim 's case did not excite much public sympathy in France .
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