Sentence examples for a time when existence from inspiring English sources

This 1985 play by the British dramatist Howard Barker, making its New York debut in a smart and rowdy production from the Potomac Theater Project, takes us to a time when existence was hard, really hard, and you hadn't lived properly unless you'd known an evisceration or two.

More important, holding elections would renew the legitimacy of the Palestinian Authority, providing it with the political will to project leadership at a time when its existence is at stake.

This was a time when the existence of atoms was not well established and the burning question was whether the behaviour of gases could best be explained if they really did exist.

And at a time when the existence of the National Endowment for the Arts NEAA) was constantly under political threat as a funding body for artists openly embracing "transgressive" themes to do with sexuality and sexual identity, González-Torres's work made no attempts to shock.

In this regard, Fischer's work in 1921 is noteworthy because he called into question the concept of cell membranes at a time when their existence was generally taken for granted but direct evidence remained scarce.

His brow knitted, he insisted it would be folly to stand apart from our EU partners at a time when the world was "an uncertain place with threats to our security and existence coming from multiple quarters".

The office came into existence at a time when similar offices were being established by state governments.

At a time when the EU's very existence is being questioned across the Continent, this is not the time for cover-ups.

There was once a time when I did not exist, and then I came into existence.

Taylor had some hits, including the classic Brand New Cadillac, but his wild ways, which included a prodigious intake of LSD at a time when few knew of its existence, excluded longevity.

But for most writers it can be a perilous existence at a time when the publishing industry is under significant pressure.