Example sentences of "[adv] at a time of " in BNC.
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1 | In any case rail rates were high and for coal transport the canals seemed a logical proposition , especially at a time of economic recession . |
2 | Especially at a time of recession and high unemployment , it is hard to give up a source of income and jobs . |
3 | The way was now open for peace negotiations with France , and these negotiations inevitably looked rather like the negotiations which had ended the wars against Louis XIV in 1713 — sensible enough at a time of high expenditure but not fair to allies nor likely to allow the British negotiators to gain the largest possible amount at the bargaining table . |
4 | Clinical investigations produced evidence that 75% of the women questioned who developed cellulite , did so at a time of hormonal change . |
5 | Moreover , if the tables are to be turned , the USSR will do so at a time of her choosing , rather than wait for the hour of maximum danger to herself . |
6 | At the time of her appointment , Elizabeth acknowledged that she was coming to Lothian also at a time of great change with developments in the areas of delegated budgets for schools , curriculum guidelines for five to 14 year olds , nursery education and special education . |
7 | Although Nizan was later to pour scorn on the moral self-righteousness and indignation of a non-communist majority in France venting its spleen on the treacherousness of the USSR , 8 and although he was also to recognise the Soviet Union 's need to act expediently at a time of impending international disaster , 9 nonetheless something fundamental had clearly snapped in Nizan 's psychology . |
8 | Kelly believe winter — allowing the results of that animal attraction to be born nine months later at a time of peak autumn plenty . |
9 | Topping the list of problems , inevitably at a time of deep recession and pressure on practice incomes , is cost . |
10 | It is about a crisis of identity ( becoming a widow or widower ) , about facing aloneness , about developing new competencies , often at a time of life when physical strength and energy are diminished . |
11 | A squeeze on public spending , adoption of money supply targets , privatization ( sale of BP shares in 1976 ) , and the priority accorded to fighting inflation , even at a time of historically high unemployment , were all in place under Mr Callaghan . |
12 | ‘ They were so well paid too , that even at a time of servant shortage people were queuing up to work there . |
13 | Seven years after Mrs Thatcher 's warning to the unions and nearly seven years of government under her direction during which time the trade unions ' privileges have been reduced , the growth of wages continues strongly at a time of very high unemployment . |