Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb past] [prep] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scholars in this field had for some time been engaged in a debate over the importance of acquired and inherited personality traits in behaviour . |
| 2 | Steelworkers in the public sector had for some time been in dispute with their employers , the British Steel Corporation , and had come out on strike . |
| 3 | This train ran for some time , but was not considered entirely successful . |
| 4 | At this point the coral was extremely stressed , in fact large parts of this colony died at that time . |
| 5 | No such guide existed at that time ; but summarisation of legal matters in any comprehensive yet comprehensible form is a difficult and risky business , so that the task was not one which the writer regarded with relish . |
| 6 | But the nuclear industry had by this time received yet a further green light . |
| 7 | No major Arab initiative materialized at this time , although the Yugoslav Foreign Minister on behalf of the Non-aligned Movement pursued ideas on lines similar to those explored in December by Algerian President Col. Chadli Bendjedid [ see p. 37927 ] . |
| 8 | ' How the Holy Spirit spoke at this time is unclear , but it seems reasonable to suppose that it was through a prophecy or exhortation given through another of the leaders . |