Example sentences of "[det] time was [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard Baxter by this time was at the peak of his ability as a preacher . |
| 2 | Two or three years later with half a million troops they are still no further forward in their struggle in Vietnam and the cost this time was to the United States ' political system because the effect upon domestic politics was fairly severe . |
| 3 | Two or three years later with half a million troops they are still no further forward in their struggle in Vietnam and the cost this time was to the United States ' political system because the effect upon domestic politics was fairly severe . |
| 4 | In other cases the fact that the rent was to be " conclusively fixed " by the landlord 's trigger notice if the tenant failed to give counter-notice in time was held to be a sufficient indication that time was of the essence ( Mammoth Greeting Cards v Agra [ 1990 ] 2 EGLR 124 ; Barrett Estate Services v David Greig ( Retail ) [ 1991 ] 2 EGLR 123 ) . |
| 5 | The court held that time was of the essence of the timetable . |
| 6 | It was held that time was of the essence . |
| 7 | And the only way of boiling the water at that time was on the stove in the house . |
| 8 | The received military wisdom on prisoners was that time was on the captor 's side . |
| 9 | After some enquiries from Peter Thomas , who at that time was in the process of forming the Skyfame Aircraft Museum at Staverton , Glos , the Swedish company decided to donate the Firefly to the Museum , providing that sufficient funds could be raised to finance the flight from Sweden to England . |
| 10 | My other main interest at that time was in the language of literature , leading to two papers published in 1965 and 1966 . |
| 11 | In the initial phase of my fieldwork , my contacts were made through schools in the areas of Leytonstone ( in the borough of Waltham Forest ) and Catford ( which at that time was in the area of the Inner London Education Authority , now abolished ) . |