Example sentences of "when [noun] 's [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kael joined the magazine in 1968 and remains there to this day , her tenure only briefly interrupted in 1978 when Paramount 's offer of a consulting job tempted her to Hollywood . |
| 2 | I said that I could not imagine being an atheist at any time before 1859 , when Darwin 's Origin of Species was published . |
| 3 | It is for these reasons that his approach seems the more fruitful of the two in understanding the situation in advanced capitalist societies during the last twenty or thirty years , when Adorno 's conception of artistic totality , mirror image of an increasingly global , oppressive industrial totality , presents a theoretical cul-de-sac ; when , by contrast , we are actually bombarded by an increasingly heterogeneous mix of musical methods and messages , often seemingly cut free from traditions and sources , shifted around at random ; when listeners do seem to some extent to have learned , gradually , new perceptual skills , through several decades of habituation , enabling more active comparison of styles , a greater variety of uses and a more ‘ ironic ’ relationship to the stream of musical products ; and when the main opportunities for critique and subversion lie not in head-on ‘ romantic ’ protest but in exploiting temporary spaces , in the cracks and at the margins , within the monolith itself . |
| 4 | ‘ At a time when Scotland 's supply of quality players is limited , McCoist can make this tie less of a banana skin than it looks , ’ said Roxburgh , who freely admits he would rather his team were playing Germany , Italy or the Netherlands . |
| 5 | The launch comes at a time when Rover 's share of the record UK car market is slipping . |
| 6 | So , in 1125 , when Clito 's violation of the Ypres fair peace provided an excuse , the burghers of Ghent sent to Bruges for support in pressing the claims of Thierry of Alsace . |
| 7 | Both appeared to be insuperable problems until the evening when Clarissa 's change of plan for the sixth or seventh time put a pattern into perspective . |
| 8 | By contrast , the present day is seen as a time when people 's sense of duty and responsibility is much weaker , so that they are less prepared to acknowledge obligation or to take responsibility for kin . |