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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a time when gambling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a specific period or occasion during which gambling activities took place or were prevalent.
Example: "There was a time when gambling was considered a taboo in many societies, but attitudes have changed over the years."
Alternatives: "an era of gambling" or "a period of gambling".
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You can still hear echoes of a time when gambling was widely considered wicked.
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But the detection of the individual use of performance-enhancing drugs is more straightforward than that of collective match-fixing and spot-fixing, which is why the trial of the Pakistani trio and their agent, Mazhar Majeed, is such a rare example of its type, and so important at a time when modern communications enable gambling interests to extend their tentacles ever further.
But there are times when gambling can feel beside the point.
The reported compensation fee for him of £3.5m may sound an awful lot, but it could equally be said to reflect a realistic level of transfer fee at a time when clubs are happy to "gamble" four times that amount on a striker.
It could also be a risky gamble at a time when Greece is more dependent than ever on the goodwill of its European partners.
But he's taking that gamble at a time when political mistrust and cynicism is higher than it has been in decades.
Mattel made a mint by buying year-round advertising time on Disney's show a huge gamble at a time when toys were seen as a seasonal business.Just as telling as the change in selling methods, however, is a transformation in what is sold.
Manchester United have been accused of subjecting Adem Ljajic to "psychological shock" after pulling out of the £9m deal to sign the player dubbed 'Little Kaka' in Serbia, believing him to be too much of an expensive gamble at a time when the club's owner, Malcolm Glazer, is imposing financial cuts at Old Trafford.
"Foreign markets like China and Russia are by far the most important influences on film production," according to film historian Peter Biskind, whose seminal book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls documented a time when Hollywood was all about mad gambles and leaps of faith – in the audience, as much as the movie.
The idea to start a national Indian bank also comes at a time when extraordinary amounts of cash from casino gambling are tumbling into tribal coffers.
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