Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] at the time " in BNC.

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1 Annely Juda said at the time that she would have to be carried out of the building rather than leave .
2 Sherlock wrote at the time of the calling of the Convention , " there are no Contentions so fierce as those about Religion …
3 Hayling recognized at the time how the project had been damaged .
4 Nunn stated at the time that the Defense Department , with its large budget for research and development , would be well suited to respond " to a new and different threat to our national security — the destruction of our environment " .
5 As Catherine Lacoste de Prado observed at the time , the Europeans must become far more aggressive in this area .
6 But , as Gordon said at the time , ‘ to maintain my challenge for a place on the national side and even to take part meaningfully in the national squad training , it is necessary to train and play club football at the very highest level ’ .
7 ’ An absentee also included anyone who was a Palestinian citizen and left his ordinary place of residence in Palestine for a place outside Palestine before 1 September 1948 , or for a place in Palestine held at the time by forces which sought to prevent the establishment of the State of Israel or which fought against it after its establishment . ’
8 On the contrary , as Professor Northcote Parkinson noted at the time , the civil service expanded as never before , locally as well as nationally , and the prominent place of central-government expenditure ( consistently over 40 per cent as a proportion of gross national product in this period ) is an outstanding feature of the period 1951–64 .
9 The only patient group with sustained life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias in whom we do not routinely place ICD electrodes at the time of surgery are those with well-preserved left ventricular function who have evidence of reversible ischaemia and who do not exhibit sustained monomorphic VT during electrophysiological testing .
10 Moore felt at the time that jazz-rock offered a more obvious challenge to his talents , and the Colosseum line up , apart from Neil and Gary , included Don Airey on keys and Jon Hiseman on drums .
11 All the accommodation in this leaflet is WTB verified at the time of going to press ( January 1990 ) .
12 Eion Young wrote at the time that Lauda had become human , and thus vulnerable , that victory was no longer his consuming goal , and he is right : one comes out of an inferno , as Niki had , with a renewed appreciation of the value of life .
13 A VIDEO of the robbery showed the thief with a plaster cast on his hand — exactly like the one Nick Moore had at the time .
14 When the last client had gone Sophie looked at the time .
15 Quite simply , not only do we and they not share common objectives , but we do not even make similar appraisals of world events , as the President of France demonstrated at the time of the coup in Moscow , when he seemed willing to negotiate with the coup 's leaders .
16 In fact , as the THES noted at the time , the dispute leading to this crisis had been simmering in relative privacy for some time .
17 Michel Laclotte came at the time he was working on the Musée D'Orsay .
18 I said , I do n't suppose Steve knew at the time .
19 Scott and James McCalman said at the time that it was a stone used for making charcoal after the following fashion .
20 Hunt had the greatest respect for his capacity as a driver ; on the other hand , as Hunt said at the time , the difference between Niki 's Ferrari and the McLaren was really negligible .
21 Moreover , as Dr Matt McGue of the University of Minnesota commented at the time ,
22 But Mr Sharp predicted at the time that there would be continued violence before that brought results and is on record as believing an extra 700 officers were needed .
23 I was a big Smiths fan at the time , but after a while I found it just was n't raw or hard enough for me .
24 Motor cycling was also popular at Brooklands and the great John Cobb was synonymous with the circuit and his lap record of 230.80 kph ( 143.44 mph ) in a 24-litre Napier-Railton stood at the time of the circuit 's closure .
25 Anton looked at the time .
26 Crawford said at the time that he identified with his character because he felt that the enthusiasm and initiative of youth was often undervalued by the older generation .
27 ‘ I have to move furniture to lines , ’ Crawford said at the time .
28 Damon said at the time : ‘ I do n't have any ambitions to follow my father into Grand Prix racing .
29 And as Willy said at the time he says Well it 's alright you saying that but there 's no doubt why we got the job .
30 DeVreer typified the kind of Los Angeles thinking at the time among the youngsters who listened to his vitriolic demolition of the Californian life .
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