Example sentences of "at a time " in BNC.
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| 31 | At a time when Pound was principally a student of Provençal poetry , he appears to have been as good as his word , and to have travelled on foot over the terrain in question . |
| 32 | Considering that this was written at a time when Pound 's reputation was eclipsed as Eliot 's rose towards the zenith , the generosity of this essay , its lack of rancour , is admirable . |
| 33 | It still seems to me that the acting critics of poesy are for the most part incapable of looking for more than one thing at a time , having got started about 1913 ( I mean a few of ‘ em got started about 1913 and a lot have started since ) to look for a certain plainness and directness of speech and simple order of words ; and having about 1918 got started looking for Mr Eliot 's rather more fragile system ( a system excellent for Mr Eliot but not very much use to any one else ) , they now limit their criticism to inquiring whether or no verse conforms to one or other of these manners , thereby often omitting to notice fundamentals , or qualities as important as verbal directness and even more important than ‘ snap ’ . |
| 34 | So in his late anthology , Confucius to Cummings ( New York , 1964 , with Marcella Spann ) , he explicitly preferred George Chapman 's Homer to pope 's , even though he had admitted that Chapman is unreadable , except for a few pages at a time . |
| 35 | And indeed it asks no great exertion of the historical imagination to recognize that , at a time when ‘ the Sitwells ’ were taken to be ‘ modernists ’ equal with Eliot and Pound , modish was just what Eliot 's reputation was . |
| 36 | This begs the question why the Democrats and the White House are staging such a divisive quarrel , at a time when agreement on a deficit-cutting budget for 1990 is already overdue ( the nominal deadline passed yesterday ) . |
| 37 | The revival of takeover speculation — there is little doubt that European and Japanese buyers lurk — has occurred at a time when the merchant bankers , after a long period in the doldrums , are enjoying a rerating on trading considerations . |
| 38 | If it did not exist , would anyone trouble to invent it at a time when , from the Atlantic to the Urals , socialism in all its manifestations is losing the argument to liberal capitalism ? |
| 39 | For a while Elaine was cared for by young volunteers who used to come and stay with her for a few months at a time . |
| 40 | ‘ At a time when I needed all possible support , I was left alone , ’ said Mrs Henry . |
| 41 | IN A culture and a century that have doubts about matching up to Prince Hamlet , feeling fitted at best to the role of attendant lord , it 's astonishing that Shakespeare 's Henry V should become , except at a time of national emergency , a resonant figure of any sort . |
| 42 | The strike by Boeing 's 57,000 employees in at least seven states comes at a time when airlines with ageing fleets are already straining to find aircraft for use on their new routes . |
| 43 | I am also extremely grateful that someone was generous enough to donate their relative 's organ at a time of extreme personal stress . |
| 44 | Diplomats in Bangkok say the movement is attempting to boost its credibility at a time when the US Congress is debating policy on Cambodia . |
| 45 | ‘ You do so based on your own plans , at a time of maximum opportunity and advantage . |
| 46 | The judge 's ruling comes at a time when many legal experts are pressing for young children to be allowed to give evidence in court . |
| 47 | Since Mr Lawson has long been in favour of a stable exchange rate — and since industry has enthusiastically supported him , by expressing its enthusiasm for membership of the European Monetary System — it is ill-placed to argue against an increase in base rates at a time when sterling was threatening to fall below three marks , although the Confederation of British Industry has predictably grumbled that the rise was unnecessary . |
| 48 | Mr Trump would not reveal details of his financing for the proposed purchase which comes at a time of growing concern among US regulators over the heavy debt loads the carriers are acquiring . |
| 49 | ‘ The KPNLF is anxious to put on a show of force at a time when the US Congress is debating future aid to the non-communist resistance factions . ’ |
| 50 | ‘ Because of all that 's happened , ’ she says , such a move would have to come one step at a time . |
| 51 | It 's astonishing that Shakespeare 's Henry V should become , except at a time of national emergency , a resonant figure . |
| 52 | Their concern for the Hungarian minority in Romania at a time when relations between Budapest and Bucharest were excellent frequently landed them in trouble with the authorities . |
| 53 | Far down below us , out of sight , a scoop burrows through the earth , lifting a single drill at a time . |
| 54 | Alternatively , a courier will smuggle often millions of pounds at a time to a country where banking secrecy offers greater protection . |
| 55 | The two men were arrested at a time of increasing student political activism , and a renewed government offensive against the supposed communist threat . |
| 56 | ‘ We have to confront vast , very powerful baronies , one at a time . |
| 57 | Perhaps , they argue , it is because it suffered two sudden floods in quick succession at a time of year — summer — when the invertebrate populations are least adapted to cope . |
| 58 | The latest move comes at a time when ICI 's £1.2bn a year pharmaceutical division , which accounts for around a fifth of group trading profits , is set to emerge from a relatively fallow period . |
| 59 | - Buses in the morning and afternoon are suddenly full of children , traffic jams are caused by cars containing family groups and signs appear in tobacconists ' shops : ‘ Sorry , No More Than One Schoolchild In Here At A Time , Put Your Arms Up and Stand Against The Wall To Be Searched When Requested . |
| 60 | - People start using the curious phrase ‘ Indian Summer ’ if the sun stays out for more than 10 minutes at a time . |