Example sentences of "be [noun] [noun] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case , following the nemo dat principle , B is now the owner ; they were B's goods at the time A sold them to C and therefore A could not , without B 's authority , confer title upon C. This result would be , different , however , if C could show that C's contract with A fell within one of the exceptions to the nemo dat principle . |
| 2 | They were art students at the time when art college was the bolthole for all the drug-deranged bongo bashers , paint flingers , crappy experimental film-makers and fanny dancers who thought being a student was a great doss but they were f—ed if they were going to read any books . |
| 3 | A parliamentary inquiry eventually cleared him of the allegations in June , but investigations continued into the conduct of Erik Ninn Hansen , who had been Justice Minister at the time . |
| 4 | A prominent figure in the PS , he was Defence Minister at the time of the sinking of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand in July 1985 [ see pp. 33852-54 ] as a result of which he was obliged to resign in September 1985 [ see p. 34565 ] . |
| 5 | And Mellor willingly accepted her lavish hospitality — even though he was Arts Minister at the time and she was a film producer . |
| 6 | His son , a Bulgarian double of Nicu Ceauşescu , became deputy minister of culture , while his illegitimate son , Petko Danchev was deputy premier at the time of Zhivkov 's fall . |
| 7 | He was works manager at the time John Knox retired . |