Example sentences of "at the time of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By making an alliance with Megara , Athens was clearly seeking to secure herself from a lightning invasion from the west — the threat which had been made at the time of Thasos . |
| 2 | At the time of Haycocks II , various types of training were available for part-time teachers of which the most widespread schemes were , as we have seen , the CGLI Further Education Teachers Certificate Course No. 730 with its annual intake of approximately 3,000 candidates and the Royal Society of Arts and College of Preceptors courses . |
| 3 | At the time of rehearsals for Freddie Mercury 's tribute concert at Wembley , former Queen bass player John Deacon strangely opted to go off on holiday , leaving Neil to dep with the band . |
| 4 | It 's sobering to note that while the British have a mass of facetious academics for each real intellectual , and hardly any big fat writers on the lines of the US , Angela Carter , at the time of Nights at the Circus , was both these things to a world-class degree . |
| 5 | At the time of Cats , for example , there were lots of offers to turn that into a film , but his instinct was to keep it as a musical play and hold off the film offers . |
| 6 | Prince Michael , 50 , gave the interview at the time of revelations over the state of Charles and Diana 's marriage . |
| 7 | At the time of weddings , a group of women and children came across the fields with baskets and scarves full of sweets and rice which they touched down under the holy tree to be blessed , before going back the same way they 'd come . |
| 8 | Jacques had already put in a plea to this effect in December 1954 , when asked by the National WEA officers to state his ideal requirements at the time of negotiations with the Ministry following the Ashby Report . |