Example sentences of "in [det] [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How he disciplined himself to make ends meet in that difficult time he explained in his book What To Do When Someone Has Debt Problems , A Practical Survival Guide ( 1985 ) , in the Introduction to which he wrote : |
| 2 | It is only three years since she took up painting dogs as a profession , but in that short time she has been kept constantly in work . |
| 3 | In these egalitarian times it would take no more than the price of an off-season 's weekend bed and breakfast and the permission of a landowner or two . |
| 4 | IN these bleak times it is good to see that one veteran television star has succeeded in resurrecting his career . |
| 5 | In these difficult times it makes sense to look again at this post . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know much about etiquette back there in the shtetl , but even in these decadent times we do n't feel a gun in the back is just a snappy way to say ‘ please ’ . ’ |
| 7 | IN THESE TOUGH TIMES we need all the influence we can get ! |
| 8 | If there were no need for sheltered workshops because disabled people were fully integrated into ‘ normal ’ society , then it would be a gain ; but if , as I suspect , in these hard times it is impossible for many severely disabled people to get a job of any sort , surely the lack of opportunity to go to work is a loss — even if the kind of work they do is far from ideal . |
| 9 | In those hard times she turned to the god in the village where she lived , and that god stood by her . |
| 10 | ‘ In any other time he would have been a pirate or a highwayman . ’ |