Example sentences of "and [noun sg] in [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | While no one would deny the existence of horrendous acts of violence and criminality in earlier times , it is a widely held belief that western , advanced societies are becoming more and more criminal . |
| 2 | A few weeks ago , Robin Jeffrey , chief executive of Scottish Nuclear which operates the Torness and Hunterston power stations , and other white-collar staff from the East Kilbride headquarters , donned overalls and hard hats to descend 1,300ft at Longannet in a gesture of solidarity with men and management in uncertain times for both industries . |
| 3 | Franz Dornseiff — a German scholar who proved his courage and independence in difficult times — tried hard to persuade us that it was in fact authentic Greek poetry of the sixth century B.C. He also tried to show that a long description of the Jews attributed by Photius to Hecataeus of Miletus was really composed by this late sixth-century writer , and not ( as is generally admitted ) by the younger Hecataeus of Abdera who lived after Alexander . |
| 4 | Pollen spectra from shallow peat deposits associated with windblown sand on north-east Benbecula and southern Grimsay ( Whittington and Ritchie , 1988 ) also indicate the possible local occurrence of oak , elm , and alder in mid-post-glacial times . |
| 5 | With such a carefully structured order , village life and farming in good times could be free from drought and civil disturbance , be secure and highly profitable , particularly for the thegn . |
| 6 | Before we come to the consideration of the ego and superego in modern times , we must first accomplish one further task . |
| 7 | We were aware that women have exercised and do exercise certain kinds of power given particular social arrangements ; we were aware too of the need for new ways of thinking about power which would allow us to answer questions about women 's authority , power , influence and status in different times and places . |
| 8 | Snapshot images requiring a data acquisition time of ony 64–128 msec allowed visualisation of peristalsis in the antrum and duodenum in real time , without motional image degradation , as would normally be seen using conventional MRI . |
| 9 | But we can scarcely doubt , for all that , that Elizabeth must have gone to her death not a little exhausted by the duties of a wife and mother in hard times which found out the slightest weakness in every individual 's constitution . |
| 10 | After closing for a year to refurbish its exhibition rooms the Diozesanmuseum has reopened with an exceptional exhibition of rare manuscripts from the Biblioteca Apostolica in the Vatican , ‘ Vaticana — liturgy and devotion in Medieval times ’ . |