Example sentences of "at time of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Via the channels of public announcements at times of political decision-making , the bishops seek to enforce official Roman catholic morality on all members of the state . |
| 2 | Finally , the departmental , engineering side also laid claim to its own clearly defined fleet of engines , which could be profitably loaned to the sectors at times of peak demand . |
| 3 | Every year the Indian newspapers chart Siberian crane sightings with the devotion and enthusiasm the British press usually only musters at times of royal births . |
| 4 | But the resulting mixture of hymns , folksy tunes and recitatives — at times of intoxicating banality — was a sensation . |
| 5 | Outside but shadowing the DM , we deny ourselves the support of the system at times of currency fluctuation . |
| 6 | ‘ Outside , but shadowing the Deutschmark , we deny ourselves the support of the system at times of currency fluctuation . ’ |
| 7 | For example , it was noticeable how infringements were treated more leniently at times of ritual celebration , such as at Christmas , New Year , and on ‘ 11th Night ’ , when Protestants in working-class districts light bonfires on the eve of the Orange Order parades on 12 July . |
| 8 | There are signs at times of a reversion to a more primitive level of superstition in the play , a slipping beneath Christianity to Frazerian rituals half hinted at , but suppressed beneath normal life . |
| 9 | At times of stress , the body responds in a complex way ; two hormones are central to this response , cortisol and adrenalin . |
| 10 | For those reasons , banks ' clearest role is at times of crisis ; the firm needs their financial support , and they act to rally other supporters . |
| 11 | Only at times of crisis does the debate turn to the real cause of cuts in patient care . |
| 12 | At times of the greatest mental stress I would wander into some cool church and try to pray in the dimness scented by peasant sweat , cold candle-grease and stale incense . |
| 13 | The first point is that it is generally recognized that ritual tends to increase , intensify and shift in focus at times of social crisis . |
| 14 | The government is to keep plans for gathering food after any attack on the country , and for distributing commodities at times of crisis . |
| 15 | And at times of crisis the Church has rallied to the political Position of the Party , and ministers such as Bert Cooke who are not normally politically active have supported the DUP 's initiatives from their pulpits . |
| 16 | During the third century synodical government became so developed that synods used to meet not merely at times of crisis but on a regular basis every year , normally between Easter and Pentecost . |
| 17 | Faith , Religion and Ritual at Times of Loss |
| 18 | What we mean by this , is that at times of great stress we can all be overwhelmed by the experience and find ourselves ‘ at sea ’ , not knowing what to do . |
| 19 | The use of political symbols on coins naturally becomes particularly strident at times of crisis , especially during periods of civil war . |
| 20 | Comparative evidence from better-documented periods indicates that at times of monetary reform transitional arrangements were made to enable people to exchange their old coins for the new ones . |
| 21 | Commenting on warnings that East Anglia faces a fourth year of drought and restrictions on the use of water for irrigating crops , Mr Peter Ferguson , a director of Halcrow , a firm of consulting engineers , in Colchester , Essex , said : ‘ Farm ponds provide storage for surface or ground water sources and can be filled at times of the year when there is more water than the crops require . ’ |
| 22 | Faldo 's was more of a grinding movement , to the annoyance at times of a gallery 25 deep in places , five deep even 100 yards back down fairways . |
| 23 | At times of need there is normally a considerable degree of informal cooperation between farmers , but the essence of family farming especially in the DRAs is one of labour and financial self-sufficiency . |
| 24 | This also was familiar to him , the ability , at times of danger , to issue commands to his body as if it were a separate entity . |
| 25 | At times of particularly low water supplies , a steam engine was used to power the mill via a drive belt . |
| 26 | Some grandmothers took children only at times of crisis : when the mother was ill , or when parents were locked in dispute . |
| 27 | Even within one crop , varieties are often introduced in an attempt to maximise yields , but succeed only at the cost of decreasing soil protection by foliage at times of heaviest rainfall ( David Gibbon , personal communication ) . |
| 28 | Increasing failure to grow enough food on the part of farmers leads to a decline in productivity through a lack of energy and malnutrition particularly at times of peak labour demand , and an attempt to substitute less soil-conserving crop rotations . |
| 29 | In the case of the couple or family considering the costs and benefits of a future child , the explicit consideration of rates of discount is rather different in that children are perceived to be a positive asset from early on in life but particularly after fifteen years or so when they can work effectively on the farm ( and so replace costly paid labour at times of peak labour demand ) or as a wage labourer . |
| 30 | These varieties are complex and changeable : at times of rapid social restructuring such changes are also more rapid . |