Example sentences of "be [vb pp] in time of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Circumstances in which overtime may be used should be identified , together with a list of staff who have agreed to be approached in time of need . |
| 2 | During 1740 the First Lord of the Admiralty , with Walpole 's support , tried to carry a bill to create a national register of sea-faring men from which suitable recruits could be sought in time of crisis , but it was denounced by the Opposition as being akin to slavery and thrown out . |
| 3 | He began by securing from Parliament a fifteenth and tenth , combined with a subsidy , the first to be levied in time of peace . |
| 4 | For the first time I realized the humiliating narrowness of mind with which one has to be equipped in time of war . |
| 5 | The union between the regions of Scotia is recent , and must be bolstered in time of stress . |