Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at [art] time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , the increased weight of demands came at a time when the actual problems thrust before government were not only more complex and intractable , but were also more interdependent — solve one ( say , inflation ) and you only caused another ( rising unemployment ) . |
| 2 | Especially as this new bit of gossip came at a time when the idea that Walter Machin was becoming posthumously a national figure was beginning to filter through to Oswaldston consciousness . |
| 3 | They assert that the payments to Anser were transactions at an undervalue made at a time when the company was unable to pay its debts and within the relevant period of time stipulated in section 240 . |
| 4 | To confuse the issue even more , at least from Catt 's point of view , her letter from Gedge , Solowka and Gregory arrived at a time when she thought that her role in the group was about to become more prominent . |
| 5 | Her career in geography began at a time when , in Britain , this field was still among the less fully organized of the sciences . |
| 6 | Only fourteen comprehensive schools existed at the time when Tony Crosland was writing : good grammar schools could not simply be swept away , nor the rights and duties of Local Education Authorities brushed aside . |
| 7 | She feels it 's sad that Frankie died at a time when he was just becoming popular with a younger audience . |
| 8 | In any event , you would do well to strive to avoid the uncertainty of a dispute about the legal effect of words said at a time when tempers flare . |
| 9 | The study comes at a time when many health authorities are reducing the number of clinics and there has been a 35% rise in teenage pregnancy rates over the last 10 years . |
| 10 | This uncertainty comes at a time when the housing needs of all elderly people are increasing and there is a clear need for more good low-cost rented accommodation . |
| 11 | The impending civil action comes at a time when Saunders ' career has reached a new high with eight goals in 10 matches since moving to Villa . |
| 12 | The research comes at a time when serious questions are being asked about the use of advertising and public relations by the government , and when the media , too , are the subject of considerable scrutiny . |
| 13 | Moreover , it 's surely no coincidence that PWI comes at a time when anti-trust allegations against Microsoft are reportedly still under investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission . |
| 14 | The decision came at a time when 1,500,000 besieged refugees in the city of Asmara , the last government stronghold in Eritrea , faced imminent death by starvation . |
| 15 | We had Desmond Child producing at the time when Bon Jovi were at the top of the ladder . |
| 16 | The dog attacks in England came at a time when the government were losing their grip — becoming very unpopular . |
| 17 | Lijn 's desire to merge or melt the difference between the visual and aural senses came at a time when many artists were wishing to anticipate a more holistic view of art . |
| 18 | ‘ The crash happened at a time when a lot of people would have been in their homes . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ The crash happened at a time when a lot of people would have been in their homes watching TV . |
| 20 | Allowed to choose for themselves under feral conditions , nearly all offspring arrive at a time when nutritional inputs to the dam are rising to a maximum , ie optimum grass growth . |
| 21 | Doctors faced with a refusal of consent have to give very careful and detailed consideration to the patient 's capacity to decide at the time when the decision was made . |
| 22 | Doctors faced with a refusal of consent have to give very careful and detailed consideration to what was the patient 's capacity to decide at the time when the decision was made . |
| 23 | Mr McGahon 's controversial proposal comes at a time when the British Government is under mounting pressure to radically review what many perceive as an outdated judicial system . |
| 24 | The sadness is the greater as the Act comes at a time when the accumulated wisdom from attempts to improve schools was establishing a consensus on how schools might more effectively meet the needs of all pupils . |
| 25 | His moment came at a time when shoring up the old seemed all that mattered or all that anyone could think of . |
| 26 | The meeting came at a time when relations between the two countries were unusually strained . |
| 27 | Ironically this change in public opinion came at a time when Arab terrorists were letting off bombs in Paris , which French people thought quite terrible . |
| 28 | This kind of move came at a time when Tetley 's , along with other arms of Allied Breweries , espoused and encouraged a culture of well-informed and caring in-house designers . |
| 29 | When contemplating the history of the palazzo you have to wonder whether there might not have been some truth in an ancient prophecy made at the time when Alessi began work on the building . |
| 30 | He clearly regards the management of the mound as his own particular responsibility and expertise , for if the female comes to the mound to lay at a time when opening it might cause a dangerous fluctuation in its temperature , he will refuse to do so and drives her away . |