Example sentences of "a [noun] when many [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | February 14 is a Friday a day when many MPs travel back to their homes and such is our Parliamentary process that unless at least 100 Members of Parliament attend the House of Commons to support the Bill , a few hunting MPs could destroy the Bill by ‘ talking it out ’ . |
| 2 | They provide much needed colour at a time when many perennials and certainly most shrubs have finished , but without appearing overwhelmingly garish . |
| 3 | He was able to read ( in a time when many nobles were happily illiterate ) and noted for his skill at reading aloud and singing to the harp . |
| 4 | That 's a rise of 2.37pc at a time when many newspapers in Britain and Ireland are showing declining sales in the recession . |
| 5 | Although often absent from his diocese on the King 's business , Andrewes proved a conscientious bishop at a time when many bishops took their duties lightly . |
| 6 | Lijn 's desire to merge or melt the difference between the visual and aural senses came at a time when many artists were wishing to anticipate a more holistic view of art . |
| 7 | Directors are delighted with the cuts and modest increases at a time when many clubs are announcing hefty rises to help pay for ground re-development schemes and the move to all-seater stadia . |
| 8 | In the 1930's , at a time when many potteries closed down to wait for more favourable conditions to return , the fifth Josiah Wedgwood decided to build a new factory . |
| 9 | It was at a time when many lesbians , angry at the lack of weight given to women 's issues within the mixed movement and at the continuing sexism of many gay men , chose to prioritize work with the women 's movement . |
| 10 | It was a time when many advances were being made in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions for which little could be done before . |
| 11 | At a time when many socialists were moving away from a naive faith in the prospects for revolutionary change and towards uneasy respect for democracy , Labour in office was doing little to justify belief in the viability of their vision of the road to socialism . |