Example sentences of "[art] [adj] when [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silverpoint enjoyed a brief period of popularity in the 1890s when silverpoint kits , including specially prepared papers , were made commercially available by Winsor & Newton . |
| 2 | Led by one of the finest clarinet players of that era , the band now has a broad repertoire , ranging from the traditional New Orleans and Dixieland styles of small band jazz to the music of the swing era of the 1940s when swing , boogie and jive were kings . |
| 3 | He had learned to play during the 1940s when record players were still a rarity on the domestic front and so his exposure to jazz came mainly from the radio . |
| 4 | Another effect was that it engineered a prevailing mood of despair about the quality of urban and industrial life which in turn bred a determination to rebuild and sweep away the past when the time came — which it did , in the 1940s when town planning was able to assume the mantle of the new provider . |
| 5 | We built more hospitals and moved decisively away from the terrible stop-go years of the 1970s when capital budgets were slashed . |
| 6 | In the 1970s when feminism first drew attention to sexist language it also argued that sexism was deeply rooted in our attitudes precisely because of the power of language to make sexist terms appear to describe permanent cultural values . |
| 7 | Moreover , the available data on personal savings show that there has been a rise rather than a fall during the 1970s when taxation rates were higher than at any time before . |
| 8 | Forgetting his appointment with a client , Stevens read on : ‘ It all began in the 1970s when oil prices quadrupled . |
| 9 | At the beginning of the 1990s when art practices are moving away from the collective and political , I hope they will find a way to develop her practice further , in their own right , towards the future . |
| 10 | But it should be remembered that such hesitation was an endemic feature of British politics during the inter-war years and was even exhibited in the 1930s when fascism , that other major problem of the age , threatened to consume Britain and Europe . |
| 11 | However , it remained a luxury food item , available only to the rich , until the 1950s when turkey farming was developed on a much greater scale . |
| 12 | Mr Ashford said the exams harked back to those of the 1950s when memory was all that mattered and certain sections of right-wing politicians were totally committed to them . |
| 13 | I sometimes go down to an 18 when maggot fishing or a single brandling or grain of sweetcorn on a 16 , but it is not very often such refinements are necessary . |