Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun] at [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this period captured the popular imagination because of the very high unemployment figures , the sudden departure from the gold standard in September 1931 and the drama of political events at the time . |
| 2 | The particular combination of dignity and personal pride which governs John Ridd 's behaviour through his many years of devoted service to Lorna Doone is carefully related to the social attitudes of rural Somerset at the time of the Restoration . |
| 3 | Different patterns of public expenditure reflect the state 's role in the restructuring of private capital at a time of economic recession , and in the political crises which the recession and new directions of state intervention bring about . |
| 4 | A more sensitive approach requires that scientific innovations be judged against the background of prevailing knowledge at the time they were announced . |
| 5 | Obviously , there was a quantum leap of some sort in the development of Minoan culture at the time when the temples were built , just as there was a quantum leap when the towns were built . |
| 6 | You can be sure of a great deal at Radio Rentals … and a promise of Total Service at a time to suit you . |
| 7 | The sampling of events in these two studies was not completely random ( see for comparison Brewer , 1988 ) , nonetheless the studies do suggest that although emotionally arousing circumstances can sometimes be well remembered even after very considerable delays ( c.f. Wagenaar & Groeneweg , 1990 ) it seems unlikely that actual feelings of emotional arousal at the time are either necessary or sufficient to cause dramatically enhanced memory . |
| 8 | Just as The Waste Land had once been taken as the expression of a " disillusioned " generation , in spite of Eliot 's disavowals of any such intention , so " East Coker " seemed to be an expression of historical continuity at a time when it was most threatened : the retreat from France in May of that year aroused fears of a German invasion of England itself . |
| 9 | Here significant uplift of rift flanks has occurred although there is convincing evidence ( from the deposition of marine sediments at the time of rifting ) that rifting preceded uplift . |
| 10 | Georgia O'Keeffe became tarnished with an idealogy of sexual difference at a time when this was anathema to a liberated woman . |
| 11 | Ultimately , of course , whether a cause is held to be direct or indirect is a statement about the state of scientific knowledge at the time ; while one variable may provide an illuminating explanation for a puzzle at one point in time , it is likely to provoke further questions about how it operates at a later date . |
| 12 | While justified in reaction to the dominance of foreign investment at the time of independence , it has proved to be a very expensive strategy . |
| 13 | Fishbourne ( Cunliffe 1971 ) is an important site here : although many of its mosaics are very early , and so outside the scope of this paper , it provides invaluable insights into the origins and development of British mosaics at a time ( c. 75 A.D. ) when the majority of designs were borrowings from the continent and native schemes were just emerging . |
| 14 | The failure of the programme of 1918 stemmed above all from the lack of real agreement at the time ; despite the negotiations , the coalition 's electoral manifesto and campaign of 1918 went little further than Lloyd George 's letter to Bonar Law . |
| 15 | Thirdly , this expansion of part-time jobs at a time of youth unemployment raises policy issues about the way benefit rules effect part-time working . |
| 16 | The effectiveness of bodies established to provide vocational training is of crucial importance at a time of both high unemployment , and , paradoxically , a shortage of skilled workers in some sectors . |
| 17 | Those who were with him on the tour of Dark Summer at the time were equally astounded . |
| 18 | The price of a firm 's shares will depend upon the prices of similar securities at the time the issue is made . |
| 19 | More usually , therefore , the matching takes place retrospectively by rejection of non-matched subjects at the time of selection of S 1 and S 2 . |
| 20 | Because of the difficulty of assessing software before purchase i.e. the lack of objective reviews at the time and the fact that no " on approval " facilities were available , several bad purchases were made when software was first acquired . |
| 21 | The Vienna Convention does little to clarify the position of objective regimes at a time when such claims are of considerable political and legal importance . |
| 22 | Remaining large areas of old-growth forest in Eastern Europe are proving a tempting source of hard currency at a time of rising world timber prices . |
| 23 | Indeed , even on the political level , the German press and public opinion were much preoccupied with the question of national sovereignty at the time of unification . |
| 24 | It is suggested that she did not appreciate the legal position , although she was in receipt of legal advice at the time . |
| 25 | A distinctive feature of the Downs are the coombes or dry valleys formed through erosion by water derived from the thawing of frozen land at the time of the last Ice Age . |
| 26 | The Poor Law authorities took ‘ repeaters ’ and from 1927 had sweeping powers to detain girls who were classified as mentally defective and who were in receipt of poor relief at the time of their child 's birth . |
| 27 | Other fine lots include a pair of candelabra made by Benjamin Smith in 1845 and 1846 in the form of an oak-tree and a grapevine , each with applied allegorical figures ( est. each £20–30,000 ; $34–52,000 ) and a second tureen by Paul Storr raised on sphinx and paw feet and with other decoration which reflects the influence of Egyptian designs at the time ( est. £25–35,999 ; $43–60,000 ) . |
| 28 | He mentioned the possibility of sacramental confession at the time of Lent . |
| 29 | At the time I was very much in love , one of those adventures which seem of overwhelming importance at the time but , afterwards , leave one wondering if it was n't a kind of sickness . |
| 30 | Their interest became centred around sympathetic affiliation to the Comintern and the creation of a United Communist Party , the two main objects of Communist tactics at the time . |