Example sentences of "[n mass] at a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Take Three people at a special time in their life , or with a personal story to tell … then equip them with a video camera . |
| 2 | Enigma Variations is a unique ballet about particular people at a particular time — and in a particular environment — the characters were even recognised by old friends ( see page 53 ) . |
| 3 | Thus he attacks what people at a given time and place hold in highest esteem , and people 's fears of witchcraft correspondingly reveal their deep-seated cultural preoccupations . |
| 4 | We now stock upwards of 300 titles , admittedly mostly between September and December , but they can generate very significant sales at a crucial time of year — and none of us can afford to ignore a product range that has increased in sales by some 300% in the last three years . |
| 5 | ‘ We were pleased with the way our campaign went , and we are sure that it helped to improve sales at a difficult time . ’ |
| 6 | There was an analogy here with Darwinian biology , where the species at a given time were real interbreeding units though they were all supposed to be descendants of one primitive form ; similarly the chemical elements were supposed by many to be all ‘ descendants ’ or polymers of hydrogen or helium , and therefore not truly simple bodies , although in ordinary chemical processes they could not be transformed one into another . |