Example sentences of "the time [det] [noun sg] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He notes that at the time that Hoover was engaged in this exercise , a basic Italian washing machine was gaining market share against a heavily promoted German product , in Germany . |
| 2 | Moreover , it must be remembered that the unit is extremely small , and also that by the time that man was struggling with the birth pangs of civilisation , it had already been produced , by the wondrous process of evolution , in astronomical numbers . |
| 3 | Laurie Mains , the All Black coach , was plainly displeased at Schuler 's decision , for it came about the time that Mains was hoping rugby league scouts might not be chasing his All Blacks in the next few months . |
| 4 | However , by the time any action was taken the two had disappeared . |
| 5 | By the time this chore was finished , I was so tired I fell into a doze on the veranda , dreaming of a Gauguin nude of Aleena 's grandmother , and then of a painting of Tiare and her daughter , and then how easy it would be if they could all come and live with me and we could just hang the pictures on the walls and enjoy them . |
| 6 | By the time this mill was built , it was possible to use an iron windshaft and gears instead of the all-timber machinery that had for centuries been such a tribute to the skills and ingenuity of millwrights and carpenters . |
| 7 | ‘ I fought here 22 years ago , about the time this kid was about to get potty-trained , ’ he said . |
| 8 | ‘ At the time this decision was made high energy physics took a major slice of government research budgets . |
| 9 | But it appears to me that , on the face of this document , there is no intention shown so to limit its effect , and that it is framed in the widest possible terms so as to cover , not only this particular debt , but all other claims by the bank in connection with the Professional and Trades Papers Ltd. , for it is admitted that the foundation of the judgment was the guarantee , and at the time this document was drawn up there was this joint liability on the judgment to the extent of £6,000 . |
| 10 | At the time this criticism was directed at her rather than at me . |
| 11 | cos at the time this report was put together erm |
| 12 | This is because , at the time this study was done , a machine could not be programmed for the next job while it was engaged in cutting . |
| 13 | At the time this study was carried out , the influence of Rastafari ( and with it , reggae ) was already in decline , victim of political changes in the Caribbean and the United States and the ascendancy of new cultural styles . |
| 14 | At the time this article was written , that company had just launched a bond at 8% for a life of five years . |
| 15 | I thought they , they were out by the time this book was published that er Maggie Thatcher was out , was , I mean this |
| 16 | The meeting with Picasso , which probably took place around the time this picture was being painted or soon after , must have encouraged him in turning his back completely on Fauvism . |
| 17 | Each of these three groups has made a first report at the time this Chapter was written . |
| 18 | By the time another survey was made in 1603 the signs of change in Willingham were apparent . |