Example sentences of "the country [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Rome insisted that the ritual occur in a consecrated church — which , given the relatively few churches in the country at the time and their tendency to be congregated in certain areas , was not always possible in Ireland . |
| 2 | The establishment of the welfare state and a large nationalized sector ( at the end of the 1930s/1940s period of change ) was due to the political balance in the country at the time and the need of UK industry for a rational provision of education , health and economic infrastructure at the core of the economy . |
| 3 | ‘ But he was out of the country at the time . ’ |
| 4 | Sebe , the " President-for-life " of the Ciskei homeland which was granted nominal independence by South Africa in 1981 , was absent from the country at the time . |
| 5 | The money would be spent to pay social insurance benefits to people who had been persecuted and driven out of the country at the time of the Anschluss and were now living in countries such as Israel and the United States , and a small proportion would be devoted to projects in Austria . |
| 6 | An estimated 350,000 Kuwaitis were reported to have left the country at the time of the Iraqi invasion . |
| 7 | It would appear that the real importance of the Mercury records was lost in the " peace-in-our-time " sentiment which swept the country at the time , and despite the world record and some 42 hours 26 minutes air time . |
| 8 | I I often , well , usually , if I 'm in the country at the time I bet on the National just for a , for a to sort of waste some money . |
| 9 | Er they get rather sulky and offended to say the least , they get er , often they recruit academics and lawyers to say that the memories of abuse are fabricated , the memories of abuse they could n't really have happened because the people concerned were out of the country at the time and were on holiday anyway and er did n't even meet the family until the kid was eleven years old after it was sup and so on and so forth . |