Example sentences of "[vb past] at a time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their adoption in Britain occurred at a time of high unemployment . |
| 2 | In the Netherlands , however , it appears that for much of the past 30 years , a substantial reduction in levels of imprisonment occurred with no greater rise in crime than occurred in Britain ; and that reduction occurred at a time of rising crime in Holland . |
| 3 | Certainly the fringe banking crisis of 1973–74 occurred at a time of a large inflow of new institutions into the market as a result of the perceived liberal market conditions brought about through competition and credit control . |
| 4 | For ‘ Paris ’ add Prague , London , Venice , anywhere beautiful and foreign and not of the everyday , and for ‘ young man ’ insert ‘ or middle aged woman ’ and for ‘ lived ’ and ‘ or visited at a time in your life when you most needed it . ’ |
| 5 | Weakening British exports , as the incomes of the primary producing countries overseas began to fall , came at a time of a downturn in the US economy which greatly aggravated deflationary tendencies . |
| 6 | Second , demand overload and intractable and complicated problems came at a time of decreased government capacity , effectiveness , and authority . |
| 7 | It came at a time of growing interest among member countries of the European Communities ( EC ) in new sources for cheaper supplies of bananas , following the relaxation of the preferential access granted to certain African and Caribbean countries covered by the EC 's Lomé Convention agreement [ see pp. 37210-11 ] . |
| 8 | The attack , the most audacious IRA operation on the UK mainland since the 1984 Brighton bombing [ see p. 33365 ] , came at a time of heightened security because of threatened terrorist attacks in connection with the Gulf war . |
| 9 | Ealhfrith 's personal religious predilections need not necessarily have borne undertones of political dissatisfaction but the differences on ecclesiastical matters between father and son , coming as they did at a time of profound change in Oswiu 's former position of influence in southern England , probably reflected a crisis of potentially serious dimensions . |
| 10 | President Scalfaro on July 30 described Scotti 's action as a sign that " factional interests " had been allowed to take priority , coming as it did at a time of national crisis . |
| 11 | The book appeared at a time of great political and religious excitement and caused a considerable stir . |
| 12 | For she and the other natives of these isles lived at a time before sin , it seemed to him , a happy time , but inferior in intelligence and humanity to the enlightened ideals of his kind . |
| 13 | It is much harder to say if the ruling merchant employer class was affected adversely , in the same way as its rural counterpart , by the need to pay higher wages , or by a reduction in markets for the commodities which they produced at a time of population decline . |