Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] at a time when " in BNC.
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| 1 | It failed to find a publisher either in Macmillan or elsewhere , but Hardy was given a great deal of largely conflicting and unsettling advice at a time when he was ‘ feeling his way to a method ’ . |
| 2 | When accused of promoting sales at a time when they were incapable of supplying the electricity , the Board chairmen were robustly defensive . |
| 3 | The purpose of the writer 's research ( Tweddell , 1988 ) was to examine practices in arts INSET for serving teachers at a time when the government 's intention to develop a coherent programme of INSET through GRIST was being initiated ( at Easter ) 1987 and to find out how the arts were faring in an educational climate which many observers were declaring inimical to the arts . |
| 4 | Among recent conditions imposed were restrictions on drilling activity at a time when seabirds were moulting or mating . |
| 5 | The company says catering for first time buyers is boosting sales at a time when other builders are reporting big losses . |
| 6 | Grant applications have to be made to the EC , the Rural Development Commission and the Department of the Environment , with approvals taking months at a time when speed is of the essence . |
| 7 | His sojourn with the UDC is suggestive of the role played by that organization in maintaining a basis of grass roots campaigning activity at a time when the official Labour Party had abandoned electioneering for the patriotic excesses of all-party recruiting platforms . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , declining confidence in the pound , and perhaps in the ‘ Thatcher Revolution , ’ is severely constraining ministers at a time when — as a formidable faction in the Cabinet has recognised — the Government needs to give a higher priority to the quality of life if it is not to be swept aside in the 1990s . |