Example sentences of "[noun] were at [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The problems that Sterling faced in recovering the aircraft were at some times almost insurmountable .
2 The reductions were at all levels , including pilots and senior managers .
3 Professor Saville has written that the old unions ‘ were able to rely upon the skill of their members as a crucial bargaining weapon ’ but ‘ the new unionists were at all times , even in years of good trade , subject to the pressures of an over-stocked labour market ’ .
4 No that the Directors ' Wives were at all troubles by that sine now they could get those extra carpets for ceilings and special dog-teeth-mountable tin openers so their little doggy babies could open their own bloody tins of meat .
5 In the noisy gannetries the birds were at all stages of development .
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