The phrase "a time when lower" is not correct and seems incomplete in written English.
It could be used in a context discussing a specific period characterized by lower levels of something, but it requires additional information to be clear.
Example: "We often reflect on a time when lower interest rates helped stimulate the economy."
Alternatives: "a period of reduced" or "an era of decreased".
The profits from making mortgages have helped banks at a time when lower interest rates have weighed on other sources of revenue.
The total destruction of Zanjili is a testament to the enormous task ahead for the Iraqi prime minister, Haidar al-Abadi – the reconstruction of this city at a time when lower oil prices have severely depleted government coffers.
HUD's own self-defined mission is to "create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all". "This is a time when lower income families are feeling a real squeeze on their budget.
Still, when over one third of the best-selling ebooks on the list cost more than $10 -- especially at a time when lower ebook prices are at the heart of Amazon's platform in its standoff with Hachette -- it's worth taking note.
A number of top Enron executives made millions of dollars in company stock sales at a time when lower-level employees were prevented from making transactions.
But ABC News reported that the White House was concerned the speech would anger Pyongyang at a time when lower-level talks had bogged down.
At a time when lower-level courses on many campuses are quickly becoming commodities, such a strategy allows colleges to differentiate themselves.
Molecular analyses of 232 small subunit ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) gene sequences from six sites during a sampling time when lower temperature (<32°C), higher pH (>0.8) conditions predominated show the dominance of Fe-oxidizing prokaryotes such as Ferroplasma and Leptospirillum in the primary drainage communities.
Older than New York City, the Bowery dates back to the time when Lower Manhattan was a Dutch colony, and Gov. Peter Stuyvesant built a country estate, or farm -- bouwerie in Dutch, sometimes spelled bowerij -- in what was then the suburbs, at about what is now Sixth Street, in the 1650's.
Insufficient investment into productive skills and assets mean that HRCs are ill-prepared for the time when lower oil prices force state spending to plateau and shrink which is already happening outside of the very richest HRCs.
Passport to Pimlico, meanwhile, can be shown in inner city comprehensives to illustrate a time when the lower orders talked proper and knew their place, when children sounded like Rada graduates attempting stage cockney and wouldn't try to mug the teacher and nick the projector.
