Example sentences of "[adv] the time when " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's obviously the time when she 's hungry ! ’ |
| 2 | Could it be that there was then more racism in the art world , and that Black artists were being squeezed out at just the time when young working-class artists from the British provinces were finding unprecedented and immediate public fortune ? |
| 3 | American and British firms built fat integrated bureaucracies at just the time when Japanese firms were arriving in international competition with their lean , mean communities of interest . |
| 4 | He stresses the complexity of interrelations and points to an increase in the importance of territorial politics ( i.e. based on a local government area ) at just the time when — in the face of severe economic problems — local ( welfare ) expenditure has become an increasingly important element in central ( economic ) planning . |
| 5 | Indeed , the increased concentration of central government on local government spending helped to increase its political profile , locally as well as nationally , at just the time when reorganization had created authorities with major staffing and financial resources , authorities more powerful than the patchwork quilt of councils which they replaced . |
| 6 | At just the time when the Civil War was weakening this commercial connection , the Dutch were trying to conquer the portuguese colony of Brazil . |
| 7 | It was not recorded before the year 1610 , and there have been suggestions that it brightened up abruptly at that time , though personally I am sceptical ; it would be a strange coincidence if the Nebula burst into prominence at just the time when mankind invented the telescope ! |
| 8 | As was so often the case with railway stations , these facilities were reaching their highest point at just the time when immigration — like the passenger statistics themselves — was about to take a steep downturn . |
| 9 | Just the time when Dr Kemp was getting back to Oxford . ’ |
| 10 | It was still only a quarter to eight — exactly the time when , last Friday , Alan turned up . |
| 11 | It was at exactly the time when Odd-Knut feared Brusie was dying , as she became unconscious . |
| 12 | Moreover , the ‘ transition to democracy ’ has occurred at exactly the time when the international economic crisis was making its presence felt with greatest intensity . |
| 13 | But this is usually the time when a stallion is most intolerant of other males , and even in this particular co-operative situation , a stallion will not allow another one to mate with ‘ his ’ mares . |
| 14 | I 'm very angry about all this and believe it 's long past the time when serious questions must be asked about this form of recruitment ’ . |
| 15 | So they 've got to book the flight but they might book it nearer the time when hopefully they 'll get a cheaper flight . |
| 16 | With Kylie at her most vulnerable this was also the time when those who most despised her success happily fuelled rumours that she was anorexic . |
| 17 | Dinner is also the time when schedules are arranged and days planned out . |
| 18 | That 's also the time when most men aged between 18-35 — the worst group for drink-driving smashes — watch TV . |
| 19 | It may be no coincidence that the occasion of this shift in distribution was also the time when the devaluation of the gold had become serious . |
| 20 | That was also the time when the right hon. Member for Sparkbrook claimed that Labour would win by a landslide in the 1987 election . |
| 21 | There was also the time when he was told he would have to win either the championship or the cup to ease the club 's financial plight . |
| 22 | This was probably the time when Cenwealh established his own overkingship of the western Saxons . |
| 23 | This was just about the time when pale ales from Burton were starting to grow in popularity . |
| 24 | During the summer of 1988 , just about the time when the Clause was becoming law , an English gay novel was published to widespread acclaim . |
| 25 | Just about the time when a nome ought to be taking it easy . |
| 26 | It is no coincidence that mass schooling was invented at roughly the time when nation states had come into existence and the need arose to instil in their citizens the idea that the new entity had first claim on their loyalties . |
| 27 | ( Note that the age of a crater-saturated surface is really the time when the saturation bombardment ended . ) |
| 28 | It should be stressed that they should carry on normally during the observation period ; it is simply the time when the specified behaviours are recorded . |
| 29 | But I remember only too well the time when we had nothing in the bank and we lived in rented property because we 'd sold our home to keep me racing . |
| 30 | And Mary was to arrive at precisely the time when the reformers were beginning to add a new dimension to Scottish self-perception . |