Example sentences of "in modern time [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The circumstances in which a break with the past and the need for a fresh start come about vary from country to country , but in almost every case in modern times countries have a Constitution for the very simple and elementary reason that they wanted , for some reason , to begin again and so they put down in writing the main outline , at least , of their proposed system of government .
2 In modern times differences appeared .
3 Again , in modern times office-staff attend to all calls and enquiries ; who would , or could , breach these defences ?
4 In modern times interest has centred around what it is about the owl that makes it the target for this hostile treatment .
5 In modern times churches and theatres were the only buildings which were designed to cope with crowds , and they offered no real clues to the scale of the problem now facing station architects .
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