Example sentences of "one time it [be] [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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1 | Indeed , at one time it was believed that requiring a natural left hander to use his right hand for writing would induce speech defects , such as stuttering , as a result of coopting the left hemisphere into language functions in competition with the right hemisphere ( Travis , 1931 ) . |
2 | At one time it was assumed that the best approach was one of stealth and caution , particularly as the most productive place to fish was invariably no more than a rod 's length away from your own bank . |
3 | At one time it was thought that the brain reached its peak of potential performance when the individual was between the ages of 18 and 25 years and that , from that time onwards , it began to deteriorate . |
4 | At one time it was thought that this was because the dunnock was a recent cuckoo host , but Chaucer 's reference in The Parlement of Foules makes it clear that the dunnock was a popular cuckoo host as long ago as the 14th century . |
5 | At one time it was thought that high-fibre diets containing bran would be successful , but this has not proved to be the case . |
6 | At one time it was thought that the same applied to an incorporated company , except that the company itself held its assets as trustee for its members . |
7 | At one time it was thought that not many photographs were taken of the Bishop 's Castle Railway , especially of No 1 , the ex GWR Tank Locomotive , which shares the honours with ‘ Carlisle ’ as being the last two engines to work the line . |
8 | At one time it was thought that the only inspiration for pre-Romanesque Europe was Ancient Rome and Byzantium . |
9 | At one time it was thought that all chemical reactions were exothermic . |
10 | At one time it was thought that the section only applied to express agreements and not to an implied agreement . |
11 | At one time it was feared that the highly-rated midfielder , who attracted an unsuccessful £1.3m bid from Crystal Palace at the time of the Marco Gabbiadini transfer in September , would need an operation , but he has managed to recover thanks to special exercises under the close supervision of club physiotherapist Steve Smelt . |
12 | At one time it was supposed that the ammonoids were suffering from ‘ racial senescence ’ at that time and that the uncoiling represented a kind of genetic exhaustion . |