Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] at about the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wandsworth and Pentonville , in London , with rather less capacity , were built at about the same time to serve what was then the largest city in the world . |
| 2 | And possibly it was just a coincidence that Cannistraro 's revelations , fully in keeping with the CIA 's tradition of conducting America 's secret business in public , were made at about the same time that his former colleagues in the Drug Enforcement Administration set out to discredit Lester Coleman as an obstacle to general acceptance of the Libyan/Air Malta explanation of the Lockerbie disaster . |
| 3 | Three guerrillas were executed at about the same time for offences against civilians , according to the INPFL newspaper Scorpion on Aug. 2 . |
| 4 | They were working at about the same time as Turner and Constable and shared those artists ’ concerns in relation to painting directly from nature , which Dahl described as Naturvei — nature 's Way . |
| 5 | Further fuel to the drive for competitiveness was added at about the same time by inter-provincial rivalry . |
| 6 | Coun Hughes said the emergency services were called to Barnard Castle shortly before 2pm , while the nearby health centre was contacted at about the same time . |
| 7 | The cost at the time the system was developed was estimated at about the same as the salary of one personnel officer — for one year — without the costs of an office , car or secretary that the officer would need . |
| 8 | A constituency operation in south-east London was begun at about the same time . |
| 9 | On 27 June the Attorney-General sent to Buckingham warrants for the sale of Neroche , Selwood and Feckenham Forests , and the disafforestment of Braydon was begun at about the same time . |