The phrase "a time when vital" is not correct and seems incomplete in written English.
It could be used in a context discussing significant moments or periods that are crucial or essential.
Example: "Reflecting on a time when vital decisions were made can help us understand our current situation."
Alternatives: "a moment when crucial" or "an era when essential".
"The state's poor debt collection and accounting practices are fleecing public coffers at a time when vital public programs are being decimated by unprecedented budget cuts," the state controller, John Chiang, said in a statement Wednesday.
As patches and monitors become smaller and more lightweight, he even envisages a time when vital sign data will be collected seamlessly, 24/7, without the need for the patient to take an active role.
As it is, local government, a bulwark of our democracy, is fighting for survival in its present form at a time when vital services are needed as never before.
Patients continue to be enrolled in trials long after initial therapy, at a time when vital signs have improved, symptoms have changed, and initiating pathophysiologic processes, such as myocardial and renal injury, have already begun.
"At a time when vital services are being cut, the NHS is being made vulnerable to vulture profiteers," said Zvzanna Ludzik, of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP).
A little something for everyone in a time when it is vital for our nightclubs to offer more".
At a time when solidarity is vital in securing a new social contract, there are increasingly deep divisions being driven between generations.
A time when churches were vital and connected to our community.
The report also noted that 40 milliliters of morphine were missing from the boy's room after his death, and that on the hospital chart a nurse had twice marked "refuse" at times when vital signs would have been checked.
So Whitehall's move - and Gordon Brown's bellicose tone - smack of unnecessary British unilateralism at a time when international cooperation is vital.
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