Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] at [art] time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Her career in geography began at a time when , in Britain , this field was still among the less fully organized of the sciences . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | We had Desmond Child producing at the time when Bon Jovi were at the top of the ladder . |
| 10 | ‘ The crash happened at a time when a lot of people would have been in their homes . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ The crash happened at a time when a lot of people would have been in their homes watching TV . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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comes at a time when the British Government is under mounting pressure to radically review what many perceive as an outdated judicial system . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | His moment came at a time when shoring up the old seemed all that mattered or all that anyone could think of . |
| 17 | The meeting came at a time when relations between the two countries were unusually strained . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Moreover , it 's surely no coincidence that the Public Windows Initiative comes at a time when anti-trust allegations against Microsoft are still under investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission . |
| 23 | The latest move comes at a time when ICI 's £1.2bn a year pharmaceutical division , which accounts for around a fifth of group trading profits , is set to emerge from a relatively fallow period . |
| 24 | The seminar came at a time when the contribution of women in the Church promised to become an increasingly important part of the decision-making process in the life of the Church ’ , the editorial continued . |
| 25 | Alas , this knowledge comes at a time when it is virtually the eleventh hour for the tiger . |
| 26 | His departure comes at a time when GEC Ferranti is enjoying considerable success in securing major contracts in the face of stiff international competition . |
| 27 | Moves to demonstrate the government 's seriousness came at a time when the UN was due to release a report on the effects of the embargo on the Jordanian economy . |
| 28 | This will cut farmers ' grain drying costs at a time when margins are under pressure . ’ |
| 29 | Ironically , the terminal 's death knell sounds at a time when Seacombe 's fortunes have taken an upturn . |
| 30 | The church was held back from full-scale episcopal organization by the thought of the expense and the political commitment involved at a time when ‘ a prince of the church ’ was a perfectly reasonable way to describe a bishop . |