Example sentences of "was [adj] at the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dating of Romano-British mosaics is not yet sensitive enough to exclude the possibility that the regular grid arrangements ( already discussed ) , the simple " or quincunx-panel lozenge formats , and these centralised designs were not broadly contemporary ( that each was possible at the same time , depending on the taste or knowledge of the client or mosaicist ) . |
| 2 | Elizabeth Maginnis , the convener , said the timetable for change — starting at the start of next school year and to cover all schools by April 1996 — was unrealistic at the same time as local government was being reformed . |
| 3 | Motivated by an 1841 paper of Boole , Cayley , who was interested at the same time in algebraic aspects of projective geometry , began seeking invariants of homogeneous forms of degree n in two and more variables . |
| 4 | He was proud that the invisible spirit animating the slight frame had dared to conceive the intended deed as his duty ; but he was afraid at the same time that he would lack the courage to endure the pain and carry it through . |
| 5 | It must be a last resort in the sense that all else must first have been comprehensively considered and rejected — never because no other placement was available at the relevant time , because of inadequacies in staffing , because the child is simply being a nuisance or runs away from his accommodation and is not likely to suffer significant harm in doing so , and never as a form of punishment . |