Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] at [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next year the British candidate gained the throne of the Carnatic ; the directors of the French Company decided that Dupleix had been wasting their shareholders ' money , and in 1754 they recalled him , which must at the time have struck everybody as a prudent step to keep expenses down . |
| 2 | and that it was er er obviously going to be a cost-effective exercise to do it there and then , and er you both er canvassed as many councillors as you could at the time , all the committee Chairmen were , were involved , I do n't see that you could have done any more in the circumstances . |
| 3 | If today we can see better than we could at the time the agonized grandeur of the figure of Pope Paul , the one almost ‘ liberal ’ pope of modern times , we can also see how deeply uncertain was the Church he left behind him and — after twelve years — we begin too to be able to assess in its very different character the pontificate of John Paul II . |
| 4 | If development ceases , the pupils will not benefit as much as they should at a time in their education which will never be repeated and one which therefore could never be made up . |
| 5 | The equipment leisure officers have in mind is mainly made of wood , treated against vandalism and decay , while its lay-out means children using it will at no time be more than one and a half feet off the ground . |