The phrase "a time when towns" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a specific historical period or context involving towns.
Example: "There was a time when towns were the centers of trade and culture in the region."
Alternatives: "an era when towns" or "a period when towns".
But at a time when towns are laying off workers and raising taxes to meet budget shortfalls, the higher insurance premiums were just too much for many towns.
For example, the document was written at a time when towns and villages were days rather than minutes or hours apart, and, consequently, meetings of the legislature were held only biennially.
He said he remembered a time when town officials tried hard to discourage surfing, keeping boarders off crowded beaches or requiring that surfboards be made shorter and shorter.
Mr. LaValle will take the top leadership position at a time when town Republicans are recovering from a period of disarray following the conviction a year ago of the former town and county Republican leader, John Powell, on federal charges of extorting $20,000 from a carter.
Jackson takes over at a time when Town have lost their last three matches.
It's nice to have a glimpse into a time when town planning was automatically seen as a force for good, says Brown. "It was the idea that town planning could be a way of making our cities more liveable," he says.
Many people saw these power plants as economic lifelines at a time when their towns are dying".
That means that at the current pace of sales, homes now on the market in Newington can be expected to sell within three months, an enviable condition at a time when some towns are still saddled with a year's worth of inventory — or more.
At a time when other towns were "chasing ratables" in the form of housing developments and commercial growth, Mayor Larry Tatsch said, East Amwell was creating a master plan that "promoted agriculture and recognized the unique and delicate nature of the Sourlands".
Their names conjure up a time when new towns and settlements were being laid out along the railways, with little regard for adequate water supplies or means of cultivating the soil, and competing railroad companies joined up the dots: Picacho and Colorado River Chicagoo Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific; Columbia and Western, to name a few.
It has been almost 30 years since the deposit program was started in Connecticut to reduce litter and help persuade residents to recycle their bottles and cans at a time when most towns and cities did not have residential garbage recycling programs.
