Sentence examples for which was then about from inspiring English sources

When Kepler arrived in Prague, Tycho and his assistants were involved in observations of Mars, which was then about to make a near approach to Earth.

It called on China's parliament, the National People's Congress (NPC), which was then about to hold its annual meeting, to urge the government to scrap the hukou system as soon as possible.

But some of them also seemed to dislike the venerable silversmith Mappin & Webb, one of the most distinguished local firms, which was then about to close down in its homeland, driven out by the recession.

She was talking about the film version of her graphic novel Tamara Drewe, which was then about to premiere at Cannes and is now about to open in London.

At a Nassau Coliseum show in January the band played its first song in a darkness punctuated by laser displays, calling to mind the visual style of "Guitar Hero: Metallica," which was then about to go on sale.

Hearing this, they returned to sea, and as soon as they came to the Grecian army, which was then about Egypt, they understood that Cimon was dead; and computing the time of the oracle, they found that his death had been signified, he being then already with the gods.

In 2013, Pearson considered buying MEED, which is thought to account for as much as £5m of the total operating profits of the group of titles, which was then priced at about £35m.

Then Bond and Schachte dragged onstage a clothesline with pieces of paper clipped to it, which was then hung about six feet off the ground, spanning the stage; eventually, two other lines were added, both full of paper as well.

Mr. DeChristopher repeatedly said his specific hope was that by delaying the auction, the leases could be reconsidered by the Obama administration, which was then just about to take office.

In December 2015, Zuckerberg and Chan first announced their plan to give away 99% of their Facebook stake, which was then worth about $45 billion, to "philanthropic, public advocacy, and other activities for the public good" over their lifetime.

In December , 1998 Blodget staged the publicity coup that made his career, by placing a price target of $400 on Amazon.com, which was then trading at about $240, a level that many analysts considered ludicrously overvalued.