Example sentences of "of the [adj] [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | African editors had to decide how to proceed : they could avoid politics , filling their pages instead with ‘ large pictures of lovely damsels ’ , become mere megaphones of the political élite or , alternatively , adopt the philosophy of the Nigerian Daily Times , which he described as ‘ militancy without hostility ’ . |
| 2 | Its sudden reappearance , a product of the uncertain economic times in Eastern Europe , at first seemed easily explained , but whether it was wartime booty or a token of gratitude , whether a museum who may or may not have owned it wanted it back or not , whether it was legally correct or amoral , by putting it up for auction ( and illustrating it on the catalogue cover ) Sotheby 's assured themselves of one thing : whatever they did would be wrong . |
| 3 | G & Weir , the heavy engineering firm of Cathcart , Glasgow were feeling the effects of the tough economic times of the Depression years . |
| 4 | The transaction compares with other headline City property deals , such as the £143million sale of the listed Financial Times building to Obhayashi and the £140million sale of the River Plate building at Finsbury Circus . |
| 5 | With regard to verifying the accuracy of the published waiting times , mechanisms are in place through which general practitioners and community health councils can feed back the current situation to the health authority . |
| 6 | However , Joseph Hepworth was better known as the editor of the British Deaf Times , which he was for some years up to his death . |
| 7 | Membership of the National Deaf Club tended to attract those deaf people of a certain social standing , and included S. Bright Lucas ( who was the first President ) , wealthy businessman A.J. Wilson , the artist Thomas Davidson , the editor of the British Deaf Times , Joseph Hepworth , explorer and photographer Henry Newton-Lowry , and the type of activities pursued tended to reflect the membership : chess , table-cricket , tennis , badminton . |