Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be intriguing to see how Brecht 's play stands up at a time when Communism is loosening its ideological hold . |
| 2 | It all adds up to a time consuming and often costly exercise . |
| 3 | He takes over at a time when latest figures show Gloucestershire with the fasting rising crime rate in the country . |
| 4 | Mr Clerides takes over at a time when the international community is showing impatience with lack of progress towards a Cyprus settlement . |
| 5 | In order to challenge this complex of interlocking polarities , Amalgamemnon goes back to a time when the two domains , though distinct , were not yet differentiated by separate modes of narrative , back to Herodotus , the first prose artist and ‘ the father of fibstory ’ ( 22,113 ) . |
| 6 | But although the name Roath is an ancient one — it means , in Irish , the forest and therefore dates back to a time when Welsh was borrowing words from Irish , around the 5th century — there was little that surrounded the young Cottle which was in fact medieval . |
| 7 | This suggests that ri2 originated from the transposition of ri1 , but that this event dates back to a time before P.wickerhamii and S.obliquus diverged . |
| 8 | His book comes out at a time when anyone who shares his concerns may be feeling particularly down-hearted . |
| 9 | An application for a warrant of further detention can be made up to 42 hours from the commencement of the detention clock , in a situation where the 36 hour period runs out at a time when it is not possible for a magistrate 's court to sit . |
| 10 | All this comes about at a time when the future of GMAG is under review . |