Example sentences of "[adj] at [art] time when " in BNC.

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1 This tendency to dichotomize policemen against the social reformer even led the ex-police liberal John Alderson uncharacteristically to describe the historian E. P. Thompson as being ‘ an unfair critic of the police ’ ( Public Office , Granada TV , 20 June 1980 ) ; and this at a time when Thompson ( 1980 ) had just pointed out that most policemen are ‘ ordinary blokes , and no society could do without them in dealing with many of its sordid realities ’ .
2 Probably not since the French Revolution had a foreign event so bitterly divided the British people , and this at a time when national unity was essential for our survival .
3 It is evident , too , that everyone is doing this at a time when thoughts of recession could easily exclude any charitable action .
4 And all this at a time when they are undergoing dramatic changes both physically and emotionally — changes which they often find very difficult to deal with .
5 And this at a time when resistance is likely to be lowered .
6 The proposal was evidently servicing a deficit model of education , which diagnosed that something was wrong with teachers which industry could put right : this at a time when education was faced by changes of revolutionary proportions , new content through curriculum reform required by the Education Reform Act and GCSE , new models of learning , new forms of assessment e.g. Records of Achievement ; new organisations e.g. tertiary colleges ; new accountability , newly appointed parent and industrial governors , new professionalism through initial teacher education , and training reforms for employment training .
7 And all this at a time when China 's leaders are asking the PLA to do a bigger job than ever before .
8 It is estimated that he trebled it in real terms — and this at a time when the population was stagnant , His most important innovation was the poll-tax in place of the household tax , which the peasantry had been able partially to evade by merging households .
9 The treaty between Robert II of Flanders and Henry I of England , renewed by their successors , stipulated that each knight supplied to the English king should bring three horses with him — this at a time when a horse represented a major investment .
10 The poem which gives us the best insight into knightly and aristocratic life c. 1200 , L'Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal ( the story of William Marshal ) , rarely fails to tell us how much a particular horse was worth : it could be as much as forty , fifty or even a hundred livres — and this at a time when a serf could be bought for ten livres .
11 ( And this at a time when the Unionists could install their own government whenever they wished , through their control of both Houses . )
12 This brings some benefits through musical cross-fertilisation between the cathedral and the wider community , but the cathedral does not always get the full benefit of one who is employed to do what is commonly regarded as a full-time job , and this at a time when the Church needs from its organists not only the highest musical expertise but also liturgical knowledge and a readiness to take some part in the running of the cathedral .
13 The President of the Law Society calculated in 1980 that , with some 44,000 solicitors in practice , the number of young people actively trying to qualify was 15,000 , and this at a time when work was stagnating .
14 This at a time when the book clubs are coming to trade in the high street .
15 The world has lost confidence in us and now doubts Britain 's ability to successfully deal with its economic problems — this at a time when we are major producers of oil !
16 This at a time when our much valued and valuable oil revenues are at their height : and on top of this our currency continually drops in value abroad .
17 This at a time when British Agriculture is being cut back in margins and output .
18 And I felt that I did n't really want to do this at a time when I was still floundering about and not having very disciplined classes and so on .
19 The fact that I should think this , and thought this at the time when I was one of the leaders of the movement campaigning for the ordination of women , brings it home to me how difficult it was for me to work within that movement .
20 Furthermore , I think there is a problem for Christians today in thinking in terms of this non-gendered cosmic Christ which forms the key to her Christology ( and I am sure I should have thought this at the time when I counted myself a Christian ) .
21 You remember , he was appointed President of the Reichsmusikkammer in 1933 at the time when he was working on Die schweigsame Frau with Stefan Zweig .
22 Moreover , it was seen as too generous at a time when those parties had become more extreme .
23 I w I I personally er made it clear at the time when they changed the rules er er fairly recently , that I did n't think they should .
24 A specific terminal must be allocated for use by Offline at the times when an offline run is to be conducted , as defined by the Offline Manager .
25 ‘ But the renovation and running costs would be high at a time when the council is being threatened with poll-capping and its budget desecrated by government cuts , ’ he said .
26 Lisa is also incredibly popular at a time when the tide of affection for Diana is turning .
27 So I mean , we could , we could recruit people in to do it , but the problem there is they 've got to be free at the times when this course runs .
28 She first went to Vietnam in 1985 at a time when the country was still much more closed to journalists than it is now , full of enthusiasm that she was finally fulfilling a long-time ambition .
29 Both would appear increasingly outmoded at a time when technological innovation was presented as indispensable to the modernization of the economy , ‘ the computerization of society ’ .
30 On this occasion , however , Kaifu had resisted the move , arguing that Cabinet stability and continuity were crucial at a time when the government was under pressure from the impact of the Gulf crisis and from the collapse of the " Uruguay Round " of multinational trade negotiations .
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