Example sentences of "at a time when most [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The servants believed there was some blight on Iskandara and her mother — they had gossiped across Alexandra in her nursery when she was supposedly too small to understand — some blight so that only daughters were born to these remarkable women who craved sons , and lone daughters at that , born late , at a time when most women were coming to an end of their childbearing . |
| 2 | Medved argues that at a time when most Americans continue to espouse traditional values , Hollywood is controlled by an intellectual elite clinging to the ‘ freakiness ’ of Sixties counter-culture . |
| 3 | Chapman insisted , too , that his players should have decent club conditions , and the Highbury dressing-rooms were rated the best in the country at a time when most clubs were content to provide only the most spartan of facilities for changing and cleaning . |
| 4 | And manager Ray McHale is to get a £50,000 boost for players ' wages at a time when most clubs are planning drastic cut-backs . |
| 5 | A theatre has doubled its size by buying and renovating the houses next door , at a time when most theatres are making cut-backs . |
| 6 | Truman owed a personal debt of loyalty to Louis Johnson , who had served as treasurer of Truman 's re-election committee in 1948 at a time when most commentators had consigned the President to ignominious defeat at the hands of Governor Dewey . |
| 7 | At a time when most companies are consolidating their positions , Spaceway South have found it profitable helping other companies make the most of their available space . |