Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [verb] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all we knew that subsidy did n't exist to subsidise empty seats but rather the necessary and new ideas that were wanted at the time . |
| 2 | There were the other things that were written at the time — there are at least 15 cues . ’ |
| 3 | There were mediaeval chroniclers , working from monasteries and sometimes from the courts , and those chroniclers were producing history which was an attempt as it were to set down what seemed to them to be the most important things that were happening at the time , with a few asides . |
| 4 | A problem arose because it was believed that Macmillan had secured terms of reference which would entitle the Tribunal to investigate not merely Vassall , but also rumours relating to Vassall that were circulating at the time , rumours about many discreditable matters but mainly his sexual activities . |
| 5 | It can also be viewed as combining elements of treaty law with territorial competence : the acceptance of the territory within the previously agreed boundaries incurs acceptance of any conditions that were negotiated at the time of the boundary settlement . |
| 6 | Only a handful of the numerous pamphlets that were published at the time are included in the catalogue . |
| 7 | When the requirement was originally written erm and agreed in nineteen eighty seven all of the nations decided that erm we required a short take off and landing capability and that was based on the sort of the then cold war situation where the prospects of runways and airfields being very severely damaged in a sort of central European type of scenario , and therefore the possibility that there might be only very small operating strips available from those runways and that was the basis for the particular length that was decided at the time . |
| 8 | This is more likely to occur the further away the spot price is at the time of delivery from the price that was agreed at the time the contract was negotiated ( i.e. the forward price ) . |
| 9 | Maybe the local gossip that was going at the time . |
| 10 | ‘ It still sounds weird to me , it still does n't sound like anything that was released at the time , ’ Albini declares . |
| 11 | When a Russian loan was over-subscribed in Paris in the following December , a bigger change was implied than was recognized at the time . |
| 12 | Thus Anderson may have been more prophetic than was realized at the time ( Earley 1988:61 ) : Parents are basically looking for reassurance about their children 's schools and teachers . |
| 13 | The secret deliberations of the Eisenhower administration show that allied ( and especially British ) advice and thinking received more attention than was realized at the time . |
| 14 | The centres with high U/Pb also have higher average Ce/Pb than most basalts ( Fig. 3 c ) If the U/Pb ratios are representative of their sources and were fractionated at the time of formation of the oceanic lithosphere , this must also be true of the Ce/Pb ratios . |
| 15 | This new treatment did not have the unpleasant and dangerous side-effects of mercurial treatment and was hailed at the time , like many other ‘ new ’ treatments , as the long-awaited answer to the problems of syphilis . |
| 16 | As was announced at the time of the offer , LASMO had no intention of extending its activities beyond oil and gas exploration and production . |
| 17 | Yet Anselm decided against him , and his decision , as was recognized at the time , turned the scale in Henry 's favour . |
| 18 | Indirect Rule was not , as was claimed at the time , just a pragmatic response to circumstances , or a way of breaking the natives in gently to the rigours of civilized living . |