The phrase "a time when smaller scale" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a specific period or context where things were less extensive or more localized.
Example: "Reflecting on a time when smaller scale projects were more common, we can see how they fostered community engagement."
Alternatives: "an era of smaller scale" or "a period of reduced scale".
Academics call him outdated for wanting to erect monolithic high-rises at a time when smaller-scale, pedestrian-friendly developments are in vogue among urban planners.
While other issues have exacerbated the turmoil at Monte dei Paschi's – including a poorly judged €9bn acquisition – the primary reason the bank is in trouble is because it doled out billions of euros in loans to small businesses at a time when the scale of the recession facing Italy was gravely underestimated.
Franklin D. Gilliam Jr., dean of UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, said Garcetti's emphasis on internal city operations is "small ball" at a time when Los Angeles faces large-scale challenges — substandard schools, high unemployment and an affordable housing shortage.
In a time when many magazines are scaling back, Lucky Peach feels shockingly rich in content.
It also drew stern criticism from Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, because it happened at a time when the utility was already facing criticism for a small-scale power disruption on the Upper East Side.
It comes at a time when Tide — which counts 30,000 small business sign ups — is said to be entering 'scale-up' mode, with a headcount approaching 100 employees, and ambitions to expand internationally.
The salvos fired by the campaign are small-scale but they come at a time when there has been considerable momentum for reform within global drugs policy circles.
There was a time when Americans could think on such a scale and get it done.
It's low-maintenance, small-scale activism, a nice option at a time when so many people are trying to figure out how to make their own ends meet, let alone repair somebody else's.
At a time when both species were present, we screened for C. elegans and C. briggsae at a smaller spatial scale, by sampling two sets of apples, each below one tree, in four groups of five apples.
That matters, especially learning English, which can offer a path to better jobs at a time when employment is fading in the traditional Muslim crafts of weaving, leather and metal working, and small-scale manufacturing.
