Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know that I should be interested , well I was the secretary of Labour Party for a time . |
| 2 | Different patterns of public expenditure reflect the state 's role in the restructuring of private capital at a time of economic recession , and in the political crises which the recession and new directions of state intervention bring about . |
| 3 | You can be sure of a great deal at Radio Rentals … and a promise of Total Service at a time to suit you . |
| 4 | Just as The Waste Land had once been taken as the expression of a " disillusioned " generation , in spite of Eliot 's disavowals of any such intention , so " East Coker " seemed to be an expression of historical continuity at a time when it was most threatened : the retreat from France in May of that year aroused fears of a German invasion of England itself . |
| 5 | Georgia O'Keeffe became tarnished with an idealogy of sexual difference at a time when this was anathema to a liberated woman . |
| 6 | The image of old age as a time of pain , illness and disease has often implied that older people actually owe their continuing existence to medical expertise alone . |
| 7 | The negative image of old age as a time of increasing dependency is discussed throughout this book and is evident in many assumptions about the nature of health in later life . |
| 8 | We looked in vain in Siemens AG 's first half report on Monday for any mention of its Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG computer subsidiary , and with all the dreadful economic news coming out of Germany , it began to assume the air of the dog that did n't bark : Siemens said of its overall business that it did not show any revival in the first half , and that continued economic decline affected domestic business and led to a decline in incoming orders , and there was no recovery in its foreign business ; laying it on with a trowel , Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's leading economic advisor was quoted on Tuesday as saying that German workers failed to recognise the danger of high wages in a time of recession , and that German products were too expensive for world markets as wage increases outpaced growth in productivity , and earlier , Siemens Nixdorf had had to rebut a magazine report that its losses would be even worse this year , saying that it was certain that its results would improve this fiscal year ; the article , in Manager Magazin , also said that Siemens was looking for a replacement for Siemens Nixdorf management board chairman Hans-Dieter Wiedig , and added that plans to reduce the workforce to 41,000 by 1995 from 47,200 at the end of February could well be accelerated . |
| 9 | Fishbourne ( Cunliffe 1971 ) is an important site here : although many of its mosaics are very early , and so outside the scope of this paper , it provides invaluable insights into the origins and development of British mosaics at a time ( c. 75 A.D. ) when the majority of designs were borrowings from the continent and native schemes were just emerging . |
| 10 | Thirdly , this expansion of part-time jobs at a time of youth unemployment raises policy issues about the way benefit rules effect part-time working . |
| 11 | The effectiveness of bodies established to provide vocational training is of crucial importance at a time of both high unemployment , and , paradoxically , a shortage of skilled workers in some sectors . |
| 12 | The Vienna Convention does little to clarify the position of objective regimes at a time when such claims are of considerable political and legal importance . |
| 13 | Remaining large areas of old-growth forest in Eastern Europe are proving a tempting source of hard currency at a time of rising world timber prices . |
| 14 | The reason for such speculation comes from the need for a mechanism of generating BIFs at a time in the history of the Earth when the atmosphere may have contained only minute amounts of free oxygen . |
| 15 | It was an excellent vehicle for an emerging West European voice on defence issues as distinct from a NATO position in order ( with France still outside NATO ) to establish some kind of common ground at a time when it seemed possible that the two superpowers might actually manage to reach an agreement on levels of nuclear armaments that might not take Western European interests into account . |
| 16 | Neutralisation still had conservative connotations ; it would encourage the stabilisation of the political status quo in the country or region concerned and impose restraints on the unilateral pursuit of Soviet interests at a time when national liberation movements were achieving success with Soviet assistance . |
| 17 | But the meeting will also be seen as a further strengthening of Anglo-Irish ties at a time when the governments in London and Dublin are trying to start new talks aimed at finding a political solution in Ulster . |
| 18 | The issue of planning is complex since it involves far more than merely accepting new structures and new forms of co-operation — for in effect it involves recognising a new dimension of financial commitment at a time when money is short . |
| 19 | In the field of satellites , Hughes , RCA and Ford still reign supreme ; but , thanks to French government backing of CNES R&D and technology in launcher rockets , the Ariane launcher proved adapted to the needs of potential customers at a time when emphasis on the space shuttle led to US neglect of the market for conventional launchers . |