Example sentences of "a time when [noun prp] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bad harvests between 1593 and 1597 were the prelude to the great fen drainage projects of the seventeenth century , at a time when England 's growing population was increasingly concentrated in urban or rural industrial centres which were not self-sufficient . |
| 2 | The latest move comes at a time when ICI 's £1.2bn a year pharmaceutical division , which accounts for around a fifth of group trading profits , is set to emerge from a relatively fallow period . |
| 3 | Pears himself died in 1986 , leaving a new generation of British tenors to emerge from beneath his shadow at a time when Britten 's own work is undergoing vital reassessment and revival . |
| 4 | Sources at Compagnie des Machines Bull SA say that , in the multi-annual plan , chief executive Bernard Pache is likely to outline further potential partnerships and cost-cutting measures , adding that despite the tough tone , it is difficult to imagine that the new government will refuse all further financing for Bull , letting it run the risk of receivership and the dumping of 30,000 workers , at a time when France 's biggest concern is retaining and creating new jobs . |
| 5 | Sources at Bull say that in the multi-annual plan , although Pache is likely to outline further potential partnerships and cost-cutting measures , it is difficult to imagine that the new French government will refuse all further financing for Bull , letting it run the risk of receivership and the dumping of 30,000 workers , at a time when France 's biggest concern is retaining and creating new jobs . |
| 6 | ‘ At a time when Scotland 's supply of quality players is limited , McCoist can make this tie less of a banana skin than it looks , ’ said Roxburgh , who freely admits he would rather his team were playing Germany , Italy or the Netherlands . |
| 7 | These deflationary policies of various governments added to unemployment at a time when Britain 's foreign trade was depressed . |
| 8 | Opening a brewery at a time when Britain 's drinkers are supping less beer than they used to might not seem like a good idea . |
| 9 | Volunteer labour was needed to reduce the cost of the construction of 66 games facilities to $18,000,000 , at a time when Cuba 's international reserves were estimated to be less than $100,000,000 and the national debt stood at $7,000 million . |
| 10 | Clearly these involved Roger in a considerable amount of work , and at a time when Roger 's wife was giving birth to their daughter in the UK ! |
| 11 | Ironically , the sale of Manton comes at a time when Sangster 's fortunes on the track are looking up . |
| 12 | Ironically , the terminal 's death knell sounds at a time when Seacombe 's fortunes have taken an upturn . |
| 13 | This kind of move came at a time when Tetley 's , along with other arms of Allied Breweries , espoused and encouraged a culture of well-informed and caring in-house designers . |
| 14 | At a time when America 's interest in British pop was at an all-time low , the label failed to produce one significant hit . |
| 15 | And all this at a time when China 's leaders are asking the PLA to do a bigger job than ever before . |
| 16 | The issue , which had allowed successive governments to mobilize national sentiment , had surfaced at a time when Serrano 's popularity ratings were at an all-time low . |
| 17 | At a time when London 's population can hardly have exceeded 2 per cent of the entire nation , it contributed more than one-ninth of the total subsidy . |
| 18 | Philips arranged with the Procurator-General of the Regent 's government in Brussels that he would visit Antwerp at a time when Tyndale 's host Poyntz was away . |
| 19 | Considering that this was written at a time when Pound 's reputation was eclipsed as Eliot 's rose towards the zenith , the generosity of this essay , its lack of rancour , is admirable . |
| 20 | Such fears , which were particularly strong in West Germany , were heightened when the USSR deployed new SS-20 missiles in Europe at a time when NATO 's altermediate range nuclear missiles ( that is missiles of less than inter-continental range ) were becoming outdated . |
| 21 | This was during a time when Taiwan 's exports to Malaysia were increasing rapidly . |
| 22 | As I tried to think about what we should do , the day began to represent something we could work towards and almost look forward to , at a time when Waite 's kidnap had left us nothing to hope for . |
| 23 | The quotation is from an article of 1954 , at a time when Picasso 's reputation was very high . |
| 24 | The launch comes at a time when Rover 's share of the record UK car market is slipping . |