Example sentences of "[verb] and [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The power of traditional chiefs was curbed and for the first time women and young people were drawn into the political process . |
| 2 | Sam obeyed and at the same time felt Rose grasp the tail of his own . |
| 3 | You are just lying there with these people washing , dressing and at the same time inflicting pain on you . |
| 4 | With a brief nod and a smile that again dazzled and at the same time almost lulled her into thinking things were going to be normal between them from now on , he left . |
| 5 | She is God 's creative energy as well as His power to destroy and at the same time she is His saving grace . |
| 6 | An increase in exports would be particularly beneficial in that the balance of payments would improve and at the same time national income will rise by an amount greater than the initial increase in exports . |
| 7 | In other cases there is land to spare and at the same time extreme population pressure plus unequal landholdings , such as in Brazil , where there is a constant stream of immigrants to the marginal lands of the North-East and to Amazonia . |
| 8 | Someone who , through years of toil among parish registers , discerns and for the first time explains the minutiae of demographic change in a northern mill town , is clearly doing that sort of thing . |
| 9 | In 1991 there were fewer people killed on the roads in Lothian than at any time since 1975 when the Region was formed and at the same time the Region experienced the second lowest casualty total . |
| 10 | On replay with a correcting network , the signal is normalised and at the same time , the signal to noise ratio is improved . |
| 11 | But one winter she got flu , her work was sapped and for the first time the critics were unkind . |
| 12 | Whilst acknowledging that today 's six-year-olds are tomorrow 's workforce , what they require of their teachers is the opportunity to begin to learn how to think critically , to question , and to challenge and at the same time acquire the learning skills appropriate to particular academic disciplines . |
| 13 | As the town began to grow and at the same time fragment in strange , squalid and unforeseen ways , the gardens became symbolic in a different fashion . |
| 14 | where women examine themselves erm , if its the mother or the granny er did I bring him up wrongly , erm the girl friends or wife 's er is it something that I did n't understand and at the same time it er really changes their lives |
| 15 | The marquis 's voice had softened and for the first time Topaz gave him a wide smile . |
| 16 | Also , the electric media ( by their nature , regardless of their commercial organization ) unify and at the same time decentralize the musical repertory and community , and make possible improvisatory musical styles . |
| 17 | Emily felt a flash of irritation , she had insisted that the shoemaker 's daughter take the boots away to be soled and heeled and at the same time she 'd had a fitting for some new slippers . |
| 18 | The point of preparation is to be well tuned and at the same time flexible to new interpretations and ideas . |
| 19 | Now the situation is changing and for the first time two excellent books have appeared on pain in children . |
| 20 | So Lauda won and for the first time he led the championship : 48 to 45.5 for Prost . |
| 21 | The work was not taxing and for the first time in his life he had flexible free hours . |
| 22 | I could n't spell and about the only time in your life you 're not allowed to use a dictionary is in an English ‘ O ’ level exam . ’ |
| 23 | Provided Mr X was not domiciled in the United Kingdom when the settlement was created and at the relevant time , eg the death of the son , the assets were not located in the United Kingdom , inheritance tax would not be in point even if the son is domiciled in the UK . |
| 24 | For the second time since the 19th century the value of the try has been changed and for the second time this century the drop goal value has been altered . |
| 25 | Dunlop refused and for the first time revealed that he considered himself to be the sole owner of the horse . |
| 26 | In all nasal consonants , the soft palate is lowered and at the same time the mouth passage is blocked at some point , so that all the air is pushed out of the nose . |
| 27 | Sloane himself reckoned that such an opportunity to travel and at the same time pursue the practice of physic was too good an opportunity to miss . |
| 28 | At higher speeds it is difficult to dissipate sufficient of the energy of motion of the Moon for it to be captured and at the same time yield an Earth-Moon system that resembles the one that actually exists . |
| 29 | It recognized and at the same time limited the importance of Egypt , Mesopotamia and above all Iran . |
| 30 | and nature of Man — of convincing one 's nerves that the world is full of Misery and Heartbreak , Pain , Sickness and oppression — whereby this Chamber of Maiden-Thought becomes gradually darkened and at the same time on all sides of it many doors are set open — but all dark — all leading to dark passages . |