Example sentences of "such a time of " in BNC.

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1 Such ‘ ownership ’ of plans would give the school a clearer and more unified sense of purpose and direction and reduce the stress felt in such a time of educational change .
2 Sympathetic recognition by lenders of the extra financial burdens often imposed by the breakdown of a marriage would be particularly welcome at such a time of stress .
3 Stocks of petrol were low , and late one afternoon cars passing the orderly room were stopped by an irate major-general , who berated us for using valuable petrol at such a time of crisis .
4 No doubt he exaggerated ( such was his wont where his conscience was concerned ) ; yet the only news she had received from Em herself had not been happy ; and now — to learn that she had suffered a miscarriage in that desert place at such a time of year , and that she had not felt able to share the grief of it with her own affectionate sister …
5 Who would want to relive such a time of pain ?
6 His killing drew condemnation from the leaders of all the main parties , and prompted speculation as to its significance at such a time of crisis on the level of national politics .
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