Sentence examples for federation at a time from inspiring English sources

Still, before leaving for South Africa, Casillas and other players were forced to fend off some domestic criticism about having managed to negotiate with the national federation, at a time of austerity and salary cuts across others sectors of the economy, the largest bonus package among the leading World Cup teams should Spain win the tournament — €600,000, or about $759,000, for each player.

But whether it's 84 and hosting the games, and there was an important election at the federation at that time – we got a new president – or the decision in 1988 which makes it a quarter century to now, I think that's the time period when things really started moving in the right direction.

The federation arrives at a critical time for the county.

The reason was probably the United States Soccer Federation at that time really didn't have any money.

Early in his career, he had support from the United Auto Workers and always addressed the Illinois AFL-CIO labor union federation at campaign time.

At a time when the federation of the Australian colonies was under discussion, the victory saw Trott praised as a "national institution" and his team as having "done more for the federation of Australian hearts than all the big delegates put together".

At a time when youngsters adopt professional habits and attitudes increasingly early, at a time when agents, sponsors and federations are particularly focused on finding and funding the next big thing, the extreme youth movement has hit a roadblock.

So it's best to do what the natives do, and think of London as a loose federation of villages, states and principalities, and take them in one at a time.

His appeal for the foundation of a federation in which power would shift from national governments to a central European administration comes at a time when the 15-member European Union is pondering how to manage its expansion.

At a time when most colonial powers were rushing their colonies towards independence, the federation seemed to its opponents to be an unwelcome obstacle.

Between 2011 and 2012 he was the president of the Turkish Football Federation at a time when Turkish football was racked by a game-fixing scandal, which led him to resign.