The phrase "actually a time" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be used in contexts where one is clarifying or emphasizing a specific moment or period, but it requires additional context to be meaningful.
Example: "I thought we were meeting at noon, but it turns out that it was actually a time change to 1 PM."
Alternatives: "specifically a time" or "truly a time".
Was there actually a time when grown-ups listened to the Dave Matthews Band?
Our insecurity regarding the 'health' of the game is actually a time honoured tradition.
This leave is actually a time whereby the faculty member is released from teaching and administrative duties.
Then over the course of nearly an hour, Mr. Obama sought to convince an angry, anxious America that a moment of crisis is actually a time for expanding aspirations, not shrinking horizons.
Was this a period of great intellectual foment and social mobility — unlike earlier eras, was this actually a time talented men of obscure origin could rise to the height of state power based on their hard work, ability, or sheer cunning?
Young bands today may not realize that there was actually a time in the hallowed history of rock when it was considered hip and relevant to tinker with the nuts and bolts of music -- not merely with fuzz timbres, beat boxes and new tunings but at the molecular level, with meter, harmony, counterpoint, song form.
It is worth noting that the closed-loop system resulting from a delayed controller is actually a time-delay system.
The new reality for companies in a world of shifting ideas and fracturing opinions is actually a time-tested reality.
Stracka, citing numbers from the USGA and PGA Tour, says putting statistics haven't changed significantly in the past 25 years and that green-reading guides are actually a time-saver for golfers.
1. Albus Dumbledore is actually a time-traveling Ron Weasley (the Ronbledore theory).
As the company's then CFO said right before the start of the great recession "Tough times are actually a good time for Wal-Mart" (cite).
