Example sentences of "were [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see , I think , although I ca n't prove this , you see what happened , when I was in the , in the glazing shop we were , we were on short time . |
| 2 | Until development of this system it was difficult to do pattern matching if movements being compared were over varying time periods . |
| 3 | The case is made slightly untoward by the fact that both Mrs Cons-Boutboul and her former son-in-law were at one time barristers . |
| 4 | There were at one time a number of city-states , each with its own god . |
| 5 | One of the major functions of education must be to open people 's eyes to the fact that things were at one time different ; that they have evolved to where they are now ; and that they need not necessarily always remain as they are . |
| 6 | It seems that relations between the two men were at one time good , as on his tour of northern Italy in 1851 , Scott saw Ruskin in Venice , whom he had met previously , ‘ and spent a most delightful evening with him ’ . |
| 7 | The sciences were at one time supposed to generalize from observations by a logical operation called induction , claimed to free them from dependence on the merely analogical thinking which prevailed in the mediaeval proto-sciences , and which regrettably remain for the time being indispensable in dealing with everyday problems . |
| 8 | The texts in which Judas Thomas appears as Jesus 's twin were at one time widely used by Christian congregations , not only in Egypt and Syria , but also , as we shall see , as far away as Spain and , it seems , Ireland . |
| 9 | They resent the " off-comed-un " , the " bloody potoiler " , the " bloody hiker " , forgetting that no matter how far back their own roots go , they or their ancestors were at one time " foreigners " too . |
| 10 | These two half-villages were at one time in rivalry and even now , I noticed , each has its own war memorial even if the names carved on it are the same for both . |
| 11 | The high rates of diagnosis of schizophrenia among black people were at one time thought to be due to widespread misdiagnosis of bizarre behaviour and transient hallucinatory experiences by white psychiatrists unfamiliar with normal Afro-Caribbean cultural expressions of severe distress . |
| 12 | ‘ We were at one time , ’ said Doctor Lanyon . |
| 13 | Securicor were at one time synonymous with quality for they have paid to be synonymous with quality . |
| 14 | There were at one time , as the hon. Member for Ilford , South said , rumours that the TA could be cut to almost 55,000 or 50,000 . |
| 15 | The terms ‘ thesis ’ and ‘ dissertation ’ were at one time rather interchangeable , but now in the UK , the term ‘ thesis ’ is generally restricted to doctorate work , whereas master 's degree candidates write a ‘ dissertation ’ . |
| 16 | The more that public administration is called upon to solve problems that were at one time left to the market , the greater the contradiction — a point made by Habermas ( 1976 ) and Offe ( 1975 ) . |
| 17 | er , In spite of the fact that the Germanies were at one time united , it , it 's almost a culture shock I suppose . |
| 18 | Rather more surprisingly perhaps , Sun and Star readers ( taken together ) were at that time split fairly evenly between Labour and Conservative with the Alliance a fairly close third . |
| 19 | I made my way to this celebrated establishment , and was very surprised to find an open salon ; we in Britain were at that time still cowering modestly in cubicles . |
| 20 | Martin Martin ( 1703 ) who wrote his well-documented Description of the Western Islands of Scotland has left a wide and varied record of many of the plant uses which were at that time extant . |
| 21 | Even in the nineteenth century , many hundreds of vessels passed through the Straits each year , most of them small coasting ships but also a good many larger vessels trading between Europe and the East Indies ( Java and Sumatra were at that time prosperous Dutch colonies ) . |
| 22 | 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 ) . |
| 23 | There seems to be no doubt , therefore , that Yugoslav trade values are ( or at least were at that time ) underreported in terms of dollars , and that the difference was especially large in the case of Yugoslav imports . |
| 24 | The deaf of Glasgow were at that time extremely fortunate to have in William Agnew a most intelligent and capable man , an artist in his leisure time , who through his hobby had come into contact with Queen Victoria and who enjoyed a friendship with Lord and Lady Blythswood ( Glasgow Deaf and Dumb F.C . |
| 25 | The transmitters were at that time a completely sealed unit resembling a marble both in size and appearance . |
| 26 | The speed reductions would be achieved , by applying at critical points in the network , some of the same sort of Verkehrsberuhigung measures as those which were at that time being installed in the new rest and play areas . |
| 27 | The sale agreed and completed was thus for the land and buildings as they were at that time . |
| 28 | The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight ( BBMF ) were at that time based at Coltishall , Norfolk . |
| 29 | The defences were at that time concerned with 59 Squadron which was bombing the docks . |
| 30 | The other was Vasiliki ware ; this marked the end of the pattern burnish technique and the beginning of a new finish , a reddish-brown wash deliberately applied unevenly in order to simulate the mottled texture of the stone vases that were at that time so fashionable in eastern Crete ( Figure 32C ) . |