Example sentences of "[verb] at a [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The eve of the second anniversary of Maxwell 's death could n't have come at a more crucial time for the pensioners who travelled to London today . |
| 2 | I felt … well , the offer could n't have come at a more opportune time , could it ? ’ |
| 3 | The publication of the report ‘ The Implications of the Single European Market for Scottish Vocational Education ’ , funded by the Scottish Office Education Department , and undertaken by Alan McGregor and Graham Thom of Glasgow University occurs at a very opportune time . |
| 4 | A broken one can be replaced at a more convenient time . |
| 5 | But the development of the idea of a ‘ nation ’ and the formation of nation states in Europe began at a much earlier time , and in order to understand the vigour of later nationalist movements in Europe and elsewhere we need to look more closely at that historical process . |
| 6 | The loss of important relationships and retirement from a job , with its easy access to daytime companionship and the outside world , can also come at a particularly vulnerable time in life . |
| 7 | The previous 1991 order was discussed at a slightly later time of night , but on the same day of the week nine months ago , since when there has been no significant change in the construction industry 's circumstances . |
| 8 | Chamberlain 's Reports were submitted at a financially unpropitious time , and although the scale of unfit housing was known to be severe , policies for effective remedies were shelved . |
| 9 | ‘ She chose to go at a very inconvenient time , I must say ’ |
| 10 | I hope , then , that this report on those who matriculated in 1966 will give some of us the opportunity to renew some of those special friendships — formed at a peculiarly impressionable time of our lives — with those with whom we have failed to keep in touch . |
| 11 | He lived at a very difficult time ; they wanted him back at La Scala , but there was always the possibility that Toscanini would return . |
| 12 | ‘ Brassey 's renaissance comes at a most opportune time , ’ commented Maj.-Gen. |
| 13 | The urge for an independent central bank and a proposed Euro central bank comes at a particularly dangerous time , when recessions , depressions and even a slump can not be ruled out . |
| 14 | This change in the SCO hierarchy comes at a highly interesting time . |
| 15 | Information about these processes does not disappear however , but is stored by the Mail System and can be displayed on the screen or sent to a file on the directory from which LIFESPAN is being accessed , to be read at a more convenient time . |