Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] in time of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Box ( 1987 ) argues that crimes committed by corporations , businesses and professions are likely to increase in times of economic recession although he admits that the evidence is less strong than for ‘ conventional ’ crimes ( see Chapter Four ) . |
| 2 | As Maynard Keynes explained when he proposed a national scheme of family allowances in 1940 : ‘ at first sight it is paradoxical to propose in time of war an expensive social reform which we have not thought ourselves able to afford in time of peace . |
| 3 | As Maynard Keynes explained when he proposed a national scheme of family allowances in 1940 : ‘ at first sight it is paradoxical to propose in time of war an expensive social reform which we have not thought ourselves able to afford in time of peace . |
| 4 | Public-sector land owners were often under an obligation to obtain the best price possible , which was unlikely to happen in times of such severely-restrained demand and when an urban-land market hardly existed at all . |
| 5 | Critics of foreign ownership argue that British plants may become satellite plants or screwdriver plants , involved in the low value-added parts of the production process , providing jobs that are the first to disappear in times of difficulty . |