Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the proposals arise at a time when we are beginning to put in place the policy of care in the community , as enunciated in our White Paper ’ Caring for People ’ . |
| 2 | Moreover , with a politically more secure government and fewer power cuts ( the benefits of new investment were gradually coming through ) , the threat of public exposure could not be as effectively used by the Boards against Whitehall , though the mandarins remained for a time concerned that Citrine was aiming at such an anti-government campaign . |
| 3 | The disclosures come at a time when there are three known bids by senior civil servants to buy out part of the Crown Suppliers when it is privatised next year . |
| 4 | Secondly , the figures relate to a time before the recent cutbacks in the financial services sector in the City of London and the intake to such types of work may have declined relatively since then . |
| 5 | One may therefore further suggest that the terms originated in a time when the distinction between the two classes lay essentially in the geographical location of the medreses . |
| 6 | The truncheons come from a time when every force had its individual design . |
| 7 | Robins is clearly annoyed by the wages package at a time when the Sky Blues are making heavy losses . |
| 8 | The incidents came at a time when Sellafield was already facing prosecution for allegedly not taking proper safety precautions at its high-level waste processing plant ( see above ) and when it is seeking new authorisations for discharges into the air . |