Sentence examples for affairs at a time from inspiring English sources

Israel has been treading carefully to avoid any impression of interference in Egyptian affairs at a time of high tension and uncertainty.

An unusual state of affairs at a time when Hannibal and The Following are piling on the nastiness week after week.

He recalled joining the Treasury in 1969 as under secretary for monetary affairs at a time when the original Bretton Woods system was still operating but running into problems.

For its part, Iran would become more belligerent and unco-operative in regional affairs, at a time when Islamist militants in neighbouring Iraq and Syria threaten the interests of all the nations involved.

But women also bring diversity to the male-dominated world of military and security affairs at a time when peacekeeping has morphed into nation-building and war has become about hearts and minds as well as territory.

We became conscious of international affairs at a time when the American military was intervening to stop genocide in the Balkans, fighting to distribute food to starving people in Somalia, and protecting democracy in Haiti.

Mr. Ramos then suggested that Mr. Gingrich had been hypocritical, as House speaker, to lead impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair at a time he himself was in an adulterous relationship.

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But cronyism and favouritism, and worse, still exist.This latest affair comes at a time when the commission is trying to overhaul the EU's system of contributions to the euro90 billion ($105 billion) budget, to streamline EU decision-taking, to reform the CAP, and to prepare for the entry of candidates from Eastern Europe.

Blumenthal's love affair with her BlackBerry began about a year and a half ago, when she bought it to be able to stay on top of client affairs at all times, but it quickly spiraled out of control.

It also said acknowledged the "dangers" of assigning "key broadcasters, such as the Middle East editor" to working on current affairs documentary programmes at a time when major global stories were unfolding and they were needed on a daily basis by the news department.