Example sentences of "at the time [noun sg] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time ASEAN was created in August 1967 Soviet officials had been anticipating an American attempt to construct a broader alliance to replace the decrepit SEATO . |
| 2 | Twenty two had active colitis at the time serum was obtained . |
| 3 | She 's been having an affair with Theo Sykes , and it turns out they were in Paris together at the time Puddephat was murdered . |
| 4 | ‘ Sometimes it was difficult to defend , ’ says Norman , ‘ because at the time rap was all dicks and gold . |
| 5 | At the time unemployment was only half what it is today , six years later . |
| 6 | James Bright ( 1958 ) , writing at the time Blauner was conducting the bulk of his research , reached a radically different conclusion to Blauner , finding that ’ … automation had reduced the skill requirements of the operating work force , and occasionally of the entire factory force ’ ( Bright 1958 , 8 ) , and a more recent study by Nichols and Armstrong ( 1976 ) of a chemical factory in Britain shows just how much routine unskilled labouring work such continuous-process factories still generate . |
| 7 | Of the 363 homosexual men who tested HIV-1 positive , 80 ( 22% ) had an acute sexually transmitted disease diagnosed at the time blood was collected for investigation of syphilis . |
| 8 | At the time Glass was living in Paris , studying composition under the celebrated teacher , Nadia Boulanger . |
| 9 | At the time Alkar was audited by Grant Thornton , but Arthur Young , WG 's auditor , took over Alkar 's audit after the acquisition . |