Example sentences of "[prep] the time that this " in BNC.
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| 1 | We recognise the complexity of the situation and the fact that there is a shortage of skills , so we make no criticism of the time that this process has taken . |
| 2 | The association was closed to new members from the time that this project became public , but now membership will be opened again : I imagine there will be considerably more interest in membership than prior to the event . |
| 3 | It seemed to me at the time that this fact did not square with claims that the Bible was inerrant . |
| 4 | I was told at the time that this system had been adopted because it was impossible to fit a mechanical servo as fitted to the Series III without major surgery , |
| 5 | Of course I did n't know at the time that this was to have been O's last night in The Bar ; and I knew that it was n't Boy 's first visit to The Bar , I mean he did not see O the very day he walked in , their eyes did not meet across the bar on that very first night . |
| 6 | The centre of the discussion was the school curriculum ; and it was frequently observed at the time that this was the first occasion on which politicians or the public at large had concerned themselves with what had hitherto been a wholly professional matter . |
| 7 | His friends and colleagues were trying to persuade him at the time that this would not be wise — what on earth would happen to the British election campaign if the country had to go to war in the Gulf half-way through ? |
| 8 | Many subsequent critics have taken up the point made by radical blacks at the time that this was a romantic and pastoral view of the rural South , but several early critics hailed the film as a brilliantly realistic depiction of a whole section of American society . |
| 9 | As was intimated in the introduction , although there is little evidence to suggest that sexual behaviour changed greatly in the period , the feeling remained for many people at the time that this was nevertheless what was happening . |
| 10 | The Great Casterton villa excavation produced a good example ( Corder 1951 , 24 — 40 ) , but it was carefully noted at the time that this destruction by fire involved only one building and was , therefore , an accident and had no relevance to any historical event . |
| 11 | I did not realise at the time that this species ( or form ) is strongly dimorphic in size , with the female attaining a mere 4″ or so S.L. when fully grown . |
| 12 | It was obvious at the time that this was not the first operation of its kind . |
| 13 | It had seemed to her at the time that this was all she was to be allowed of Ace , and so it became the most precious thing in her life . |