Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [prep] a time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some unexplained reason you were still lurking about at a time when , normally , you would long since have gone home . ’ |
| 2 | They 've seen the introduction of performance related pay , personal contracts , new working practices , pay freezes , pay cuts and always the fear of redundancy and all of this has been going on at a time when increasingly companies are withdrawing from national collective agreements , are establishing separate bargaining arrangements , restricting the activities of trade union officials and increasingly de-recognizing trade unions . |
| 3 | The strength of the stock market has been built entirely on the belief that the economy is about to start growing again at a time when inflation , earnings growth and interest rates are all low and falling , creating ideal conditions for a period of non-inflationary growth . |
| 4 | They 've seen language labs , which are great , more or less mould away for lack of resources to keep them in working order , and they see micros coming in at a time when everything else is being cut . |
| 5 | Erm I think it 's also now pretty much common ground that the capacity of York city is around three thousand three hundred , but I think in in in taking an view on that , and in taking any view o on future windfalls , it is necessary for the panel to keep in mind that historically in the nineteen eighties windfalls were coming through at a time when it was not a adopted local plan for the city of York , so to some extent anything by definition of a substantial size was likely to be a windfall , erm , but also more to the point than that definitional point , I would expect to see , and I think what Mr Curtis has said earlier on that the local plan is likely to tighten up on criteria for release of sites , both small and large , he referred to the shortage of open space , and I would expect to see a policy change in short , a policy climate change , within the city of York that would constrain past historical rates of windfall release . |
| 6 | Mm yes but we 're coming up to a time when er the quantity of old people is going to be rather high than before because we 're all healthier . |
| 7 | Outlining plans for a rededication service by the Bishop of Clogher , Dr Brian Hannon , next Sunday , Mr Knowd said : ‘ We want to make this the beginning of a new chapter in the life of the church , which is a vital part of the heritage of the area , reaching back to a time when there was no denominational difference among Christians . |
| 8 | This time the flood tide of ‘ forward and backward Cs in which the French so much delight ’ was flowing inexplicably at a time when we and the French were fighting the Seven Years War and French fashions , like French bottle makers and garlic , were desperately unpopular . |