Example sentences of "[noun pl] at a [noun] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another aspect of the disregard for the feelings of the unemployed was the reduction in the number of mainstream staff in DSS offices at a time when the number of claimants was rising . |
| 2 | But the meeting will also be seen as a further strengthening of Anglo-Irish ties at a time when the governments in London and Dublin are trying to start new talks aimed at finding a political solution in Ulster . |
| 3 | There was little hope for political enlightenment in the provinces at a time when the number of literary centres and of those attending them fell to one-tenth of what they had risen to in 1921 . |
| 4 | But the accepted value of the solar radius , 959–63 seconds of arc , is based on 19th-century observations , and became enshrined in the text books at a time when the Sun was close to a minimum of the 76-year cycle . |
| 5 | All this is in marked contrast to the US , where , ironically , anti-insider dealing legislation was first put onto the statute books at a time when the universal banking model was being abandoned there because it was considered too risky . |
| 6 | For example , one can calculate the probability that the universe is expanding at nearly the same rate in all different directions at a time when the density of the universe has its present value . |
| 7 | The document expressed great concern that Wilson had been strongly pro-Israel when prime minister from 1964–70 and that his return to office would sour relations with the Arabs at a time when the international oil crisis was acute . |
| 8 | He staged a counter-attack which brought him back into power in 1769 , but at the price of a financial disaster from which he never recovered ; money was borrowed to buy shares with which to create votes for the election of directors at a time when the value of the Company 's stock collapsed . |
| 9 | This is consistent with observations of Schulles et al on fetal sheep in which gastrin has been detected in the gastric juices at a time when the intragastric acidity is low . |
| 10 | The five death sentences , delivered on June 27 , had provoked protests at a time when the Tunisian government was already countering accusations of illegal detentions and torture in its May-June crackdown against the Nahda movement [ see p. 38215 ] . |
| 11 | Between 1980/81 and 1982/83 the freezing of university places at a time when the cohort of 18-year-olds was increasing led to an increase in entry standards as measured by average A-level performance . |
| 12 | It will be essential for the Scottish Secretary to convince the Treasury that council reform will not lead to extra costs at a time when the Government is anxious to reduce public expenditure and its borrowing debts . |
| 13 | These were held on Tuesdays at a centre where the manageress and her staff took the view that ‘ idle hands make idle minds ’ . |
| 14 | During the nineteenth century , the cattle of Friesland in particular were being selected locally for black-and-white pied coats at a time when the cattle of other provinces were of various colours and types . |
| 15 | Such a move would , they said , impose severe hardship and very great practical problems at a time when the families had more than enough distress to cope with . |
| 16 | Chapter 2 should help him keep a firm eye on the educational objectives at a time when the technical challenge will tend to dominate his thoughts . |
| 17 | Pinch points or gateways may be formed by the placement of vertical elements such as trees at a point where the carriageway is artificially narrowed ( Figure 5.8 ) . |
| 18 | Security forces have to deal with two fronts at a time when the threat of IRA bombings is ever present . |
| 19 | The purpose of the writer 's research ( Tweddell , 1988 ) was to examine practices in arts INSET for serving teachers at a time when the government 's intention to develop a coherent programme of INSET through GRIST was being initiated ( at Easter ) 1987 and to find out how the arts were faring in an educational climate which many observers were declaring inimical to the arts . |
| 20 | It introduces inflexibility and excessive bureaucratic controls at a time when the industry needs to be able to develop along economic lines . |
| 21 | Their auditors came across alleged irregularities at a time when the Division Two outfit is already expected to make a loss of £120,000 for the season . |
| 22 | Their misfortune was to have to defend its economic achievements at a time when the long-predicted recovery from recession has not begun . |
| 23 | Visitors are also transported back to 1905 and the ‘ International Tramway and Light Railway ’ trade show which was held in that year to show the range of equipment on offer to operators and would-be operators at a time when the electric tramcar was looked upon as the wonder of the age . |
| 24 | She believes it would be politically inept to cut such training programmes at a time when the jobless total is rising fast and will soon top three million . |
| 25 | This was due to the impossibility of conveying such goods between the two cities at a time when the railways could not cope with grain supplies coming into Saratov . |
| 26 | A 100 million investment programme over three years has illus ; been announced , with a major programme of efficiency and productivity improvements at a time when the market has shown sharp and sudden decline . |
| 27 | The level of contributions had been increased sharply in recent years in order to make provision for a demographic trend whereby in the early part of the 21st century an increased proportion of the total population would be in receipt of retirement benefits at a time when the proportion in work ( and therefore contributing to the funds ) would be reduced . |
| 28 | It was helped enormously by its expertise in financial services at a time when the demand for headhunting services in this sector was reaching unprecedented heights . |
| 29 | The Land Campaign , or so it seemed to the Conservatives , threatened to wipe out those gains at a time when the party showed no signs of an electoral recovery elsewhere . |
| 30 | No Roman Catholic movement of the left had appeared to help Rome in its political struggles at a time when the suffrage was spreading ; in spite of a few ‘ Christian socialists ’ , Roman Catholicism still seemed to be tied to social and political conservatism . |