Example sentences of "[was/were] carried [adv prt] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Official attempts in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to reform and strengthen the police duties of headmen were carried out at a time when the overall influence of headmen was on the wane . |
| 2 | Business was carried on at a rather more sedate pace , lunches were longer and boozier and I was far , far happier . |
| 3 | But the study was carried out at a time of economic expansion and three out of four of the firms had experienced growth in the year prior to the study . |
| 4 | For these , training was a regular event and in one case was carried out at a separate meeting every alternate month . |
| 5 | His kidnapping was carried out at a time of great international tension , occurring only two days after US aircraft had conducted bombing raids on targets in Libya . |
| 6 | Much detailed work was carried out at a series of four preparatory conferences , known as " prepcoms " , the most recent of which , " Prepcom 4 " , was held in New York in April 1992 [ see p. 38890 ] . |
| 7 | Much of the detailed work on the conventions agreed at the summit was carried out at a series of four preparatory conferences , known as " prepcoms " , the most recent of which , " Prepcom 4 " , was held in New York in April [ see ED no. 58 ] . |
| 8 | The commendation reads : ‘ A difficult rescue was carried out at a high degree of risk to the crew . |