Example sentences of "[n mass] [verb] at [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Allowed to choose for themselves under feral conditions , nearly all offspring arrive at a time when nutritional inputs to the dam are rising to a maximum , ie optimum grass growth . |
| 2 | There was a decline in the island s population in the mid-1850s associated with many people emigrating at the time of the oidium disease of the vines . |
| 3 | Erm that somehow coping strategies which people developed at the time are counter-productive when they when they 're a bit older , so that 's the general erm er kind of of impetus behind that . |
| 4 | Duchy retained all the staff employed at the time of the takeover , with the exception of the previous General Manager , who preferred to retire . |
| 5 | People said at the time that the war had been fought for the children , for a better future , and the 1950s represent a watershed in the historical process by which children have come to be thought of as repositories of hope , and objects of desire . |
| 6 | Some say this is in fact useful because it keeps people busy at a time when , as we have seen , it is probably too painful to have time on your hands to sit and reflect . |
| 7 | For works written at a time when Beethoven was still in his middle period , the lyricism in the works is extraordinary . |