Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] at a time of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two men were arrested at a time of increasing student political activism , and a renewed government offensive against the supposed communist threat . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 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 | It was given at a time of full employment and full employment persisted into the post-war world . |
| 5 | Of course this famous pamphlet was a much more practical political publication than The German Ideology and it was written at a time of tremendous political ferment . |
| 6 | ‘ Schubert Dip ’ , Ian tells me , was written at a time of innocence , frivolity and irresponsibility . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | The NHS was created at a time of post-war reconstruction , when large sections of British industry were being nationalised by the Labour government . |