Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [prep] a time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is wise to remember that these men were competing at a time when the black presence was of only tiny significance . |
| 2 | The troops reluctantly went to their beds , among them a number who had never been to Pathfinders before , and others who were returning after a time away . |
| 3 | All of these changes were happening at a time when the rapid expansion of television was encouraging even greater isolation . |
| 4 | In brief , both Lanfranc and Anselm were living in a time when the ancient consensus of local testimony , which had sufficed in the past for most matters of faith and practice , was being subordinated to more formal legal and rational procedures . |
| 5 | All this was happening at a time when the Canadian Northern Railway was creating , in effect , a third transcontinental railway , built on much more economical lines than the exceptionally expensive and high-quality GTP . |
| 6 | 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 . |