Example sentences of "was [verb] at a time [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | It was given at a time of full employment and full employment persisted into the post-war world . |
2 | All this was happening at a time of deep recession worsening by the day with unemployment rising to two and a half million , redundancies up by forty percent in the first four months of ninety one . |
3 | Of course this famous pamphlet was a much more practical political publication than The German Ideology and it was written at a time of tremendous political ferment . |
4 | ‘ Schubert Dip ’ , Ian tells me , was written at a time of innocence , frivolity and irresponsibility . |
5 | In the Soviet Union popular support for the manned space programme was dwindling at a time of great economic hardship and political uncertainty for the majority of the population . |
6 | The decision to abolish the GLC and MCCs was taken at a time of major political disagreements between the GLC , in particular , and the national government ( Livingstone 1988 ) . |
7 | The NHS was created at a time of post-war reconstruction , when large sections of British industry were being nationalised by the Labour government . |