Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] a time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the nineteenth-century conventions of comedy pointed to the need for universality and in any case Chaplin 's own personal inclinations must have pulled him back from being sectionally committed at a time of class warfare . |
| 2 | Are you so trapped in a time of royalty and titles that you ca n't envisage a world in which a woman has obligations ? ’ |
| 3 | These courses could not be done in a shorter time so they were normally arranged for a time of year when there was less pressure of work on those participating . |
| 4 | Parenthood is generally recognised as a time of crisis and adjustment . |
| 5 | Self-provisioning is also more appreciated at a time of economic recession like the present . |
| 6 | Harald was probably also recognised for a time as ruler of part of Norway . |
| 7 | In contemporary Britain it seems almost impossible to go a single day without hearing , from some quarter or another , a senior policeman hectoring us on the deteriorated condition of public morals , while assuming the right to deliver homespun history lessons in which the past is lovingly remembered as a time of harmony . |
| 8 | This very high participation rate was due to the fast turnover in membership , especially of the chairmen , who were very poorly paid in a time of rapid inflation . |