Example sentences of "[noun] being [verb] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This alarming statistic led Qamar Ali Mirza , president of the Pakistan Mountaineering Association , to make a moving plea at a conference of Greater Ranges nations being held at the time in Kathmandu : ‘ Please give a respite to these big mountains . |
| 2 | However , the Ministry of Agriculture reported a similar level of ruthenium in a soil sample taken in 1987 , apparently without any comment being raised at the time . |
| 3 | ‘ So then I had an idea that if I went to a composer who wrote very tuneful music , but asked him to work electronically rather than with instruments , I might end up with what I wanted , which was music the ear could relate to , rather than musique concrète which was the other sort of electronic music being done at the time . |
| 4 | At Forncett , the average rent per acre of lands leased was markedly lower in the fifteenth century than in the late fourteenth , although one can not tell from the published figures how far the fluctuations may have been due to variations in the quality of the particular pieces of land being leased at the time rather than to a general decline in rent levels . |
| 5 | The following information was collected : patient 's age and gender ; time and place of accident ; activity being undertaken at the time ; and type of accident and injury sustained . |