Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [verb] [prep] a time " in BNC.

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1 Only two of Ulster 's 32 clubs play their hockey on grass and Gavin realises that Portrush are caught in a time warp which could hinder the North West outfit 's progress .
2 The NHS was created at a time of post-war reconstruction , when large sections of British industry were being nationalised by the Labour government .
3 During the 1890s , Millbottom was run for a time in conjunction with Days Mill .
4 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 ) .
5 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 .
6 SYMAP was developed at a time when interactive computing was still at an experimental stage .
7 The first UN organization to have its headquarters in a developing country ( Nairobi , Kenya ) , UNEP was established at a time when the need to safeguard the environment from the impact of economic and population growth was not generally recognized .
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