Example sentences of "a time when [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a time when dark thoughts of suicide continually crossed her mind , gossip columnist Nigel Dempster described her as ‘ a fiend and a monster . ’ |
| 2 | At a time when Western Europe was enjoying the first benefits of industrial society , trade with the west was actually stultifying social progress and the development of industry in Poland and Prussia , and particularly in backward Pomerania . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They were produced at a time when lay people were being targeted for instruction in ways which further fostered their consciousness as individuals with self-defining choices to be made by the programme for revitalising the mission of the Church instituted by the fourth Lateran Council in 1215 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | At a time when diplomatic relations between the West and Iran were looking so much better , how could they be so stupid ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | There may , and probably will , come a time when individual items in the accounts which the defendants have submitted will be the subject of an objection on which the court must adjudicate . |
| 9 | Indeed the durable models from England listed by Capelle and Vierck ( 1971 ; 1975 ) are mostly later in the period , and may signify a period when larger scale replication was possible ; put the other way , a time when individual designs were no longer necessary , and the functional aspect was becoming more important . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Allowed to choose for themselves under feral conditions , nearly all offspring arrive at a time when nutritional inputs to the dam are rising to a maximum , ie optimum grass growth . |
| 12 | Both countries have , however , moved sharply into recession at a time when economic growth in Japan , Germany and France has remained strong . |
| 13 | The consumer boom was fuelled not just by the falling savings ratio at a time when economic growth allowed incomes to rise strongly , but also by ( a ) tax cuts , especially in the budgets of 1987 and 1988 and ( b ) readily available credit — particularly in the aftermath of the deregulation of the City in 1986 , known as Big Bang . |
| 14 | The return of socialism would be the ‘ road to nowhere , a dead end ’ at a time when economic recovery was around the corner . |
| 15 | At Waddington , Tim Taylor has organised an exhibition of maquettes and drawings by Henry Moore ( 3 June-4 July ) at a time when international interest in his work appears to be reviving , with current exhibitions taking place in Sydney and in the Garden of the Bagatelles in Paris . |
| 16 | It 's hip hop at its birth , it 's DJ Kool Hero , ‘ Apache ’ by The Incredible Bongo Band , subway trains with Smurfs on the side , fat laces , quick cuts and the almost mythical impression of New York at a time when black music gave birth to what remains its hardest and most vital creation . |
| 17 | This was , after all , a time when black youth movies were Beat Street or Krush Groove , ie about as street as West Side Story . |
| 18 | It offered a semi-rural idyll to the most urbanized nation in the world , at a time when rural life was rapidly shrinking . |
| 19 | 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 ) ) . |
| 20 | The company says catering for first time buyers is boosting sales at a time when other builders are reporting big losses . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 ’ . |
| 23 | Duccios and Signorellis and Martinis hung by her bedside at a time when other girls pinned up Elvis and Cliff or even Paul Anka . |
| 24 | Asked if he accepted Mr Hume 's word , Mr Trimble replied : ‘ I think a very serious question-mark — I am sorry to say — has to be placed against Mr Hume 's motives , because he is persisting in talking to republican paramilitaries at a time when other people are anxious to see positive dialogue taking place . ’ |
| 25 | The result has been an expansion in diesel motoring at a time when other sales have been down . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Without the foreign currency to service their debts , countries like Ghana , Ivory Coast , Gabon and Senegal face ruin , at a time when IMF-imposed austerity programmes appear to be stimulating social disorder throughout the region . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Private practitioners recognised that there might come a time when alternative sources of income would be required to replace or supplement the high-return , conveyancing market . |
| 30 | At a time when Japanese cars were a joke , his faith and perseverance founded the Nissan dealerships and built up the business . |