Example sentences of "at [art] [noun] when [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Given the size of the motion-picture audience it was inevitable that political authorities would become involved in some regulation of the industry even if it was only to be a question of safety and fire regulations , but what made the movies even more into a public issue was that they became a mass activity precisely at the moment when political parties and social agencies were more concerned than ever before with how the masses could be accommodated within cities .
2 At the time when radical feminists were advocating ‘ androgyny ’ , and designers like Coco Chanel were ‘ masculinising ’ women 's fashions , the art world countered by presenting a woman who was ‘ emancipated ’ but ‘ feminine ’ and in a class by herself . ’
3 It was built at the time when local builders possessed that magic formula for rightness of scale .
4 The example of Alain Robbe-Grillet , who acknowledges a debt to Joyce as well as to Sartre and Gide , offered from the late 1950s onwards a renewed incentive to experiment , at a moment when British writers might have felt themselves particularly distanced from modernism .
5 At a time when Western governments have proved slow to inject cash into the countries of the former Eastern block , the activities of cultural organisations and foundations such as the Getty Grant Program and the Soros projects are providing a lifeline for the artists and academics of the region .
6 And despite the fact that he is unveiling his Cicciolina-inspired work at a time when sexually-adventurous artists are regularly harassed , progressive museum directors arrested on obscenity charges , and an increasing number of independent films slapped with the dreaded X-rating — a proven box-office poison — Koons says he is not worried about achieving his goals .
7 In a more commonplace example , it does not take much imagination to see how old people may see their contribution to society as substantially diminished and their dependence increased , at a time when technological advances present an older generation with a succession of mysteries related to daily living .
8 Chapman took over at Leeds at a time when professional footballers were beginning to assert themselves as an organized body of workers .
9 At a time when professional astronomers keep the sky under closer scrutiny than ever before , Alcock 's world-beating achievements rank him with great observers of the past , such as the famous French comet hunter Charles Messier .
10 His 1939 journey took place at a time when anti-British sentiments were beginning to reach Hadhramaut from Cairo and there was increasing criticism of the privileges of sayyid rulers .
11 The research comes at a time when serious questions are being asked about the use of advertising and public relations by the government , and when the media , too , are the subject of considerable scrutiny .
12 At a time when political parties could n't get twenty people in a room , we had to hold overflow meetings everywhere we went , ’ recalls Priestley , ‘ I do n't think we were ineffectual .
13 His notion of a European intellectual and cultural order , for example , was being asserted at a time when political events began to destroy the illusion of a common European identity .
14 This litany served to keep alive in French Christian memory the true place of the king as Christ 's representative on earth , at a time when political realities bade fair to obliterate it ; but it also elevated the lower ranks of earthly powers .
15 At a time when diplomatic relations between the West and Iran were looking so much better , how could they be so stupid ?
16 At a time when vast tracts were unsettled , it was all too easy for governments to be profligate .
17 As with a number of similar literary-based projects around in Hollywood at a time when mainstream studios were trying to discover what to do next after the demise of musical and religious epics , it was not a success .
18 Established birth control and resulting low fertility permitted a unique advance in marriage at a time when married women were not yet committed to the work-force .
19 Between 1960 and 1981 , London lost 51 per cent of its manufacturing jobs , and the major conurbations 43 per cent , at a time when small towns lost only 1 per cent and rural areas actually gained 24 per cent .
20 The discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole , at a time when global trends in ozone levels were uncertain , came as a complete surprise .
21 They need emphasis at a time when Anglo-American relations in the Middle East seemed to be dominated ( and hopelessly soured ) by the crisis in Palestine .
22 Ironically this change in public opinion came at a time when Arab terrorists were letting off bombs in Paris , which French people thought quite terrible .
23 I was fortunate to grow up at a time when imperial measurements were generally used , but science was special in being both imperial and metric .
24 However , since the scheme was implemented in very unfavourable political circumstances and at a time when overall resources for education were shrinking , its impact was limited .
25 These shared residential houses for single elderly persons provide an important new welfare resource for the Association at a time when increasing numbers of those who served in World War II , and their dependents , are reaching an age when they need the support of a housekeeper .
26 Bridbury also suggests , from the admissions to the freedom of the boroughs , that the ranks of the citizens were being widened , and that even at a time when rural conditions provided more incentive for men to remain in the country than at an earlier date the towns were still able to attract them ( 61 , pp.62–4 ( Tables , 65–9 ) ) .
27 If he did not sell a property there was no charge , and at a time when other agents charged for everything down to advertisements in the papers , this was a popular and profitable revolution , which added to the image of ‘ man of the people ’ .
28 Duccios and Signorellis and Martinis hung by her bedside at a time when other girls pinned up Elvis and Cliff or even Paul Anka .
29 At a time when other galleries are extending exhibitions or raiding stock , London 's younger dealers are providing a special energy which helps to alleviate the difficult trading conditions of the present market .
30 The company says catering for first time buyers is boosting sales at a time when other builders are reporting big losses .
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