Example sentences of "[prep] times of [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is often the case that when all is going well in life , tackling a heavy job can seem a treat , whereas in times of stress a dirty footprint on a new-washed floor is the last straw . |
| 2 | Of course , you may prefer to choose outside alliances rather than restrict yourself to the family , but in times of hardship the family may be more dependable . |
| 3 | In times of inflation the replacement cost of an asset may be much greater than its original cost . |
| 4 | In times of inflation the replacement cost of an asset may be much greater than its original cost . |
| 5 | He saw the opportunity to play the peace card and the moderate rearmament card at the same time , fortified by the prospect that in times of trouble the public would prefer to vote for an established Government rather than a peculiarly unknown opposition . |
| 6 | As Hannah Arendt has shown , in times of crisis the existence of a formless mass can become the basis for a totalitarian dictatorship ; in times of prosperity it can lead to an all-encompassing smugness and self-satisfaction and to the existence of a regime which knows no criticism , no control and , above all , no real opposition and thus no arguments which contain alternatives . |
| 7 | If they choose to ignore the historical background of the child and feel that thus they will be better able to identify with him or her , then in times of crisis the child will have no solid racial and cultural identity and the family may not have the information to help the child in these crucial times . |
| 8 | In times of crisis the budgets for cultural institutions are always the first to be suspended , and in some sense this is correct : I do n't want to compete with kindergartens . |
| 9 | In times of need every Dwarf is a warrior . |
| 10 | In times of flood the water vole moves upwards through its various tunnels until , in extreme conditions , it is forced to leave its underground refuge and resort to thick cover on the bank . |
| 11 | Although the land tax assessment could at times be stretched to include houses , windows , servants , hair powder , non-working horses , carriages and playing cards , and although in times of war the 10 per cent peacetime limit was pushed twice as far , there was no fundamental revaluation and in many parts of the country assessment levels were nominal . |
| 12 | But in times of uncertainty a clear division of black and white seems comforting . |
| 13 | And at times of crisis the Church has rallied to the political Position of the Party , and ministers such as Bert Cooke who are not normally politically active have supported the DUP 's initiatives from their pulpits . |
| 14 | It does not matter whether or not that ability and mastery are real ; at times of distress the public perceives and invokes them ’ ( p.31 ) . |