Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] at a time " in BNC.

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1 When interpreting these tables it should be remembered that no matter how many animals were stolen at a time the case was recorded as one theft .
2 These roles were pursued at a time when the ideas , language , and values underpinning social care were changing rapidly and when resource constraints were worsening .
3 In two recent books which attempt to examine the philosophy and practice of a radical adult education , the only substantial references to education for trade unionists are historical ; yet both books were conceived at a time of unparalleled expansion in trade union education , underpinned by a sizeable government grant and the first statutory entitlements to paid educational leave for working-class people that Britain has ever experienced .
4 In the Soviet Union popular support for the manned space programme was dwindling at a time of great economic hardship and political uncertainty for the majority of the population .
5 That submission was made at a time when I was sch not scheduled to be present at this enquiry , and was not present .
6 There is an exemption contained in s23(5) which applies where the holding was acquired at a time when the prohibition did not apply ( ie before the reverse takeover ) but subsequently the holder falls within the prohibition ( ie on the reverse takeover offer becoming unconditional ) .
7 The observational data was collected at a time when the men went in pairs , but they expressed concern over how this latest development worked against effective community policing :
8 This is understandable because the Gospels were written at a time when the Church had to exist in a Roman world .
9 So Smith is arguing that Freud 's analyses were conducted at a time when society was still undergoing a fundamental shift towards not only an industrialised society but one characterised by the growth of large cities .
10 The NHS was created at a time of post-war reconstruction , when large sections of British industry were being nationalised by the Labour government .
11 Here took place the famous séries , five to a season , each one lasting eight days , when 80 guests were invited at a time and it was in the drawing up of these guest lists that the Empress deployed all her social skills .
12 The decision to abolish the GLC and MCCs was taken at a time of major political disagreements between the GLC , in particular , and the national government ( Livingstone 1988 ) .
13 Functional groups were designated by suffixes ( prefixes were not required , because only one functional group was considered at a time ) .
14 All of these changes were happening at a time when the rapid expansion of television was encouraging even greater isolation .
15 The authorities ' ability to pay for reforms was diminishing at a time when the gentry 's lack of enthusiasm for restructuring their finances was as great as ever .
16 The growth between the latter two dates was achieved at a time when the GTP and the Canadian Northern were themselves turning into grain-carrying lines .
17 On the other hand , the doctor would probably be in breach of his duty if it could be shown that the patient 's request was made at a time when he was demonstrably and predictably suffering from a temporary condition which made his judgment unreliable .
18 Most of the current generation of older people were born at a time when the motor car was an unusual sight on the streets , aeroplanes were rarely seen in the skies , telephones were rare , radio and television were many years from invention .
19 But those arguments were expressed at a time when their implications were seen as inappropriate , unrealistic or unacceptable by many managers .
20 The summit was held at a time when the internal and external relations of a number of the SAARC members were in a state of turmoil .
21 The Labour government was elected at a time when Keynesian economics was moving towards being accepted as economic orthodoxy .
22 The investigation will explore : ways of asking about sensitive issues ; the prevalence of a number of forms of sexual abuse ( for example , incest , rape , involvement in pornography ) ; whether the abuse was reported to anyone ; what coping strategies were used at a time ; and what the impact has been over time .
23 It is wise to remember that these men were competing at a time when the black presence was of only tiny significance .
24 The two men were arrested at a time of increasing student political activism , and a renewed government offensive against the supposed communist threat .
25 They are actually all for and b =8/3 but various values of P. In each case the integration was started at a time sufficiently earlier than the start of the trace that the choice of initial conditions is not having a large direct effect .
26 Interesting , then , that his book was published at a time when the Western world was still recoiling after the oil sheikhs ' first shock to our system .
27 His company , a family business , was recently sold against his wishes and the British Steel Challenge was announced at a time when he was looking for a complete change of direction .
28 The 1927 powers of detention were conferred at a time of enormous concern about the high birth rate of mental defectives and the supposed decline in the ‘ national intelligence ’ .
29 Because income support was introduced at a time when there would otherwise have been an increase in supplementary benefits , and because transitional protection has been provided for some groups of claimants who have been transferred to income support , the Government claims that relatively few people suffered an actual cut in benefit in April 1988 .
30 SYMAP was developed at a time when interactive computing was still at an experimental stage .
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