Example sentences of "at a [adj -er] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The invitation could not have come at a better time . |
| 2 | According to Mr Dieter Brauninger , an economist at Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt , the newcomers could not have arrived at a better time : a period of dynamic growth , when gaps created by the fall in the birth rate in the past two decades need to be filled . |
| 3 | For Sinton , who made his England debut in Poznan in the crucial final qualifier against Poland last November and was a member of the England B side that defeated France B at Loftus Road in February , that run could not have come at a better time . |
| 4 | And the announcement of the engagement could not have come at a better time for the battle-weary Royal Family . |
| 5 | ‘ The cash could n't have come at a better time , ’ said George at their home in Swansea , Wales . |
| 6 | " You could n't have come at a better time , " said Fleury cheerfully . |
| 7 | ‘ This holiday has been a godsend and could n't have come at a better time . |
| 8 | Yet , with Deacon Blue getting the high score covering Bacharach & David songs , and a lot of new bubblegum little more than MOR , ‘ Sundrive Road ’ could n't have arrived at a better time , when there must be a pay-out for mature bands making no bones about playing pop for its own sake . |
| 9 | But she 'd been born at a better time and there were arts councils and they had been good to her . |
| 10 | To heighten concern about the Convention , Broken Promise could not have come out at a better time . |
| 11 | It is hard to imagine him coming at a better time as we plan to make our first Diocesan Assembly the centrepiece of his visit , on Saturday 10th June . |
| 12 | Yet , with Deacon Blue getting the high score covering Bacharach & David songs , and a lot of new bubblegum little more than MOR , ‘ Sundrive Road ’ could n't have arrived at a better time , when there must be a pay-out for mature bands making no bones about playing pop for its own sake . |
| 13 | It could n't have come at a better time . |
| 14 | League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist . |
| 15 | League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist . |
| 16 | ‘ Then my news could not have come at a better time ! ’ |
| 17 | That 's his first for the club and could n't have come at a better time for Hereford , though . |
| 18 | New boy , Brian Marwood gave them the lead ; his first goal for the club and it could n't have come at a better time . |
| 19 | And it could n't have come at a better time for the 29 year old bowler in this his benefit season . |
| 20 | Yes , so what er that council on study and television er could n't of come at a better time Don |
| 21 | In Peking 's eyes , the Nobel Peace Prize could not have come at a worse time . |
| 22 | Whatever the truth , the unwelcome publicity could not come at a worse time for Mercedes — just as it is launching its new top-of-the-range ‘ S ’ model after 12 years of development . |
| 23 | It could scarcely have come at a worse time . |
| 24 | It is idle to speculate on the source of leaks — that I did learn in my years in Government — but what was certain was that the Telegraph story could not have appeared at a worse time . |
| 25 | This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ . |
| 26 | For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time . |
| 27 | She could not have come at a worse time ; a few hours after she arrived , she was a helpless burning hulk , with most of her passengers and crew dead . |
| 28 | It could not have come at a worse time for the Royal Family , almost on the eve of the wedding of Princess Anne to Commander Tim Laurence . |
| 29 | Nor could it have occurred at a worse time . |
| 30 | This could n't have happened at a worse time . |