Example sentences of "[verb] at a [adj] time in " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would prefer , at the risk of offending the purists , to take a robust attitude , and simply say that it is a decision made at a particular time in response to a particular situation against a particular political background , and is poor material on which to build any general proposition . |
| 2 | Both meetings came at an important time in Russia 's relationship with the rest of the world and at a critical time for world peace and stability . |
| 3 | In a sense it is a personal keeping of the ‘ minutes ’ of what occurred at conferences or in battles which will remind the writer what happened at a precise time in the course of events . |
| 4 | An endowment policy pays a capital sum to the insured at a specified time in the future , or on death if earlier . |
| 5 | By that I do not mean simply that Christianity arose at a certain time in history . |
| 6 | It may be possible to study for the course by distance learning , so that the modules can be covered at an appropriate time in your training . |
| 7 | In a static , unchanging universe , the question of whether it has existed forever or whether it was created at a finite time in the past is really a matter for metaphysics or religion : Either theory could account for such a universe . |
| 8 | The nomination comes at a crucial time in her life . |