Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] a time [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | But few critics are laughing at a time when ex-Klansman David Duke is able seriously to contend the governorship of Louisiana . |
2 | Huxley was , after all , writing at a time when medical horizons were limited to digoxin for heart failure , morphine for pain and a handful of other remedies . |
3 | Yet if it is not alarmed by this procedure , you may well be able to relieve the obstruction and so prevent the dog from choking at a time when rapid action is required . |
4 | The initiative is seen as important , coming at a time when social problems such as depression and suicide , increased violence and child abuse of all kinds are increasing . |
5 | In the 1980s , aggregate Gross Domestic Product ( GDP ) has been roughly static , and per capita GDP has been falling at a time when net aid flows have been rising . |