Example sentences of "in [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here ; in north Hertfordshire and south Cambridgeshire , we are on the chalk land , cleared of its woodland cover in pre-Saxon times . |
| 2 | The officials who sent them off from the ports with the loaded railway-wagons gave them rations for the number of days which the grain would in normal times take to its destination . |
| 3 | In normal times , that is . |
| 4 | The chief executive of State of Israel Bonds , Meyir Rosenne , says that he expects the issue to sell out in two weeks , something that would take him ten weeks in normal times . |
| 5 | Its accommodation was considerably greater than would ever be needed in normal times , but its nationalistic opulence was intended to come into its own every four years , at the inauguration of successive presidents . |
| 6 | In normal times , nearly 9 million people live in the four provinces of northern Ethiopia : Gondar : Wollo : Tigre and Eritrea . |
| 7 | In normal times , I might have been on the next flight out and by morning Miss Schlegel — a schoolgirl , yes , but what a schoolgirl , probably tanned , certainly firm and bouncy , and unquestionably an amateur theologian of weird and savage genius — would have found herself thickly slathered in Noxzema Regular Protective Shave Formula and roped to a groyne . |
| 8 | In normal times , about 97.5 per cent of eligible people register . |
| 9 | In normal times there is a steady movement of pilots up from small air taxi operations through turboprop commuter aircraft of the major airlines . |
| 10 | It is argued that this difference may be partially accounted for by the higher standard of living in Sri Lanka , but also that the motives and social composition of offenders in normal times were such that depressed economic conditions did not necessarily lead to substantial increases in criminal activities . |
| 11 | There were also financial losses to the British Electricity Authority from having to operate old and inefficient plant for more extended periods than they would have chosen in normal times : in the early 1950s the extra cost of burning scarce coal inefficiently was reckoned at £3½ millions a year at the low official coal prices of the time , though the real resource cost was somewhat higher than this . |
| 12 | The majority of the settlers were Protestant but the Calvert family influence , sometimes reinforced by having a member of the family go to Maryland as governor , was quite sufficient to protect the interests of the Catholic minority and secure religious toleration in normal times . |
| 13 | ‘ Concerning censorship in normal times , Cameroun appears to hold the record in the details of its application . |
| 14 | They began to recommend the development of new industries , and of temporary work-creation schemes strictly for those capable of finding work in normal times . |
| 15 | Politically , too , it is worth remembering that , as the American Embassy in Paris reported , the Pleven cabinet faced a dozen problems , any one of which was capable in normal times of causing the downfall of two or three French governments . |
| 16 | In normal times , Selborne and Steel-Maitland would have been tolerated and both would have been at least partially silenced by the restraint of office . |
| 17 | The data from the recession may not be useful in managing in normal times but on the other hand may help in managing the next recession . |
| 18 | That is more than I can say about the Liberal Democrats , who seem to be headed for their own Westminster bunker en masse , or for Robin Cook , Clare Short , John Prescott or Chris Smith — all of whose views I would in normal times respect and follow with interest . |
| 19 | That 's in normal times . |
| 20 | Twelve hours as an average in normal times seems a fair measure . |
| 21 | In 1944 – 46 de Gaulle confronted the hard reality that a man of character could lead the nation singlehandedly in a moment of supreme crisis but not in normal times . |
| 22 | In normal times that overlooker in a Preston spinning mill who , with his seven employed children , earned £4 a week in a week of full employment , would have been the envy of his neighbours . |
| 23 | Obesity in later years leads to insulin resistance , and the functional β cell mass , programmed in leaner times , may then be unable to meet the rising demand for insulin . |
| 24 | Tenby was the first resort in the region to attract tourists and was fashionable in Georgian times . |
| 25 | No amount of research revealed this as a recorded route , even in Georgian times . |
| 26 | The hearth had been very badly damaged in Georgian times and somebody had just dug a pit straight through the middle of it , perhaps for drainage . |
| 27 | It replaces the original crescent shaped building which disappeared in Georgian times . |
| 28 | In stable times the constitution " worked " . |
| 29 | Quite how these three lanes were deployed in Minoan times is not certain , though the differences in level imply that the central lane was kept dry in wet weather by draining to the side lanes . |
| 30 | The western harbour , now silted up , was evidently a substantial bay in Minoan times . |