Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] a time [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Iraq , the effect had been particularly severe , occurring at a time when the country was suffering a financial crisis as a result of having fought a war against Iran on behalf of all Arabs . |
| 2 | All of these changes were happening at a time when the rapid expansion of television was encouraging even greater isolation . |
| 3 | All this was happening at a time when the Canadian Northern Railway was creating , in effect , a third transcontinental railway , built on much more economical lines than the exceptionally expensive and high-quality GTP . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Living at a time when the value of works of art in the market was one of taste and appreciation rather than of mere commerce , he was able to avail himself of an ample fortune to buy the finest specimens of the Fine Arts which came into the market . ’ |
| 6 | He already had a verbal agreement with Forest for another year , but chairman Frederick Reacher was anxious to put it in writing at a time when the anti-Clough lobby was growing in strength . |
| 7 | Chapters 4 to 6 are art historical , interpreting about 800 years , beginning with a time when a miniaturist copied approved models with almost or actual religious obedience , and ending in a period in the early Renaissance when an illuminator does not even stand up when the Chancellor of France enters the room or when John of Holland can complain that Jacquemart de Hesdin has stolen his private pattern sheets in 1398 . |
| 8 | It is wise to remember that these men were competing at a time when the black presence was of only tiny significance . |
| 9 | The authorities ' ability to pay for reforms was diminishing at a time when the gentry 's lack of enthusiasm for restructuring their finances was as great as ever . |