Sentence examples for material at a time from inspiring English sources

Tara Donovan's apartment in Bushwick doubles as her studio, and because space is tight, she generally likes to work there with only one sculptural material at a time.

American homebuilders and other lumber users criticized the antidumping duty, saying it raised the cost of material at a time of weakening demand.

His principal mission, he said, is to insure open access to the Nixon material at a time when, he believes, secrecy has become an executive-branch fetish.

When an expanse of material has to be covered that is too large for a fixed square frame, it is possible to do the work in stages on a tambour frame, stretching different portions of the material at a time.

Tells about the obstacles he met- buying material at a time when the currency fluctuated hoursly; money transactions with this country are almost impossible; difficulty in finding a place to live; in getting the old factories back; rounding up the workers, and getting production under way.

Inside the Obama administration, some officials say, Pakistan's drive to spend heavily on new nuclear arms has been a source of growing concern, because the country is producing more nuclear material at a time when Washington is increasingly focused on trying to assure the security of an arsenal of 80 to 100 weapons so that they will never fall into the hands of Islamic insurgents.

This appeared to be encouragement to get the Chinese to tighten export controls on nuclear-related materials at a time when the administration is facing criticism from Congress for being too lax toward the Chinese on this matter.

In an interview, Michael Carey, the president of the city's Economic Development Corporation, which is in charge of the stadium projects, said that the cost of the Coney Island field had grown because advancing its deadline meant bringing in more workers and materials at a time when both are in short supply.

For China, which is the biggest consumer of iron ore and is always interested in guaranteeing an advantageous price for its steel industry, the deal offers direct access to raw materials at a time when prices are low but might rebound once demand recovers.

Another woman, in Ghana, who was erecting a house, was giving the builder cash to purchase a small amount of materials at a time, as she received her wages, instead of paying him in larger installments; when Klapper asked for an explanation of her methods, the woman quipped that her husband couldn't drink cement getting rid of the cash as it came in was safer than storing it at home.

Another woman, in Ghana, who was erecting a house, was giving the builder cash to purchase a small amount of materials at a time, as she received her wages, instead of paying him in larger installments; when Klapper asked for an explanation of her methods, the woman quipped that her husband couldn't drink cement — getting rid of the cash as it came in was safer than storing it at home.