Example sentences of "at this [noun] was [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The official view at this date was that this was not so ; to quote the 1952 white paper :
2 Uncoached I was at least able to survive a couple of rounds in the local tournaments ; a stroke of luck at this stage was that I was paired with a newcomer to the Command — a FIt Lt Reep who was in a different league to mine — and we entered for competitions and this raised my game quite a bit .
3 All he did know at this moment was that it seemed a shame a girl such as Maggie here , with brains , because she was no fool , and a talent such as she had , should be encased in a body that held no appeal .
4 Something that struck me personally at this period was that he had a most strange and cultivated sense of humour .
5 Equally disturbing for the Western powers at this time was that the German Minister-Presidents did not relish the idea of creating a West German government either .
6 One suggestion made at this time was that the strongest swimmers among the Jews should jump overboard at intervals , thus forcing the St Louis to stop and turn round .
7 One advantage Bedfordshire has at this time was that packages such as SIR , EDFAX and COMMUNITEL were being piloted in the country and one librarian was involved in a Prestel project .
8 But , but was n't the , the emphasis behind the , the communist approach at this time was that er er up until nineteen fifty that , that private enterprise in itself would , would be the means by which output increased .
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