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The phrase "a time when city" is not correct and seems incomplete in written English.
It could be used in a context discussing a specific period related to a city, but it requires additional information to be meaningful.
Example: "There was a time when city life was much simpler and more community-oriented."
Alternatives: "an era when urban" or "a period when the city".
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September-October is a time when City Ballet in the past was often on foreign tours.
There was a time when city inspectors conducted routine inspections throughout the city.
Miles Berger, a veteran developer, can recall a time when city real estate auctions drew one or two people.
There was a time when City fans might have more reasonably expected their new owner to come from a well-known family in Aberdovey.
For many last season's failure to qualify for the Champions League was unforgivable, especially at a time when city rivals Inter were enjoying unprecedented domestic success.
Still, at a time when city officials are rethinking nearly every line in the city's $60 billion budget, the grants have received new scrutiny.
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"That hurts city coffers at a time when cities are struggling anyway".
It was a time when cities were trying to save their downtowns.
Lincoln Center dates from a time when cities were widely regarded as crowded, chaotic and forbidding.
Yet at a time when cities, states and private donors are drastically reducing support for the arts, we cannot hope for more educational arts programming, but less.
At a time when cities across the country have made significant progress over the past decade in reducing the number of homeless, in no small part by building permanent housing, the problem seems intractable in the County of Los Angeles.
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