Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [det] time [pers pn] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The money is automatically taken out of your current account in the same time it takes to clear a cheque , roughly three days . |
| 2 | I 'll sit there and watch some guy and go , ‘ Man , the work that must have gone into that ! ’ and they 're just whizzing right along making it look easy , but at the same time it does n't make those hairs stand up . |
| 3 | At the same time it does not seem enough . |
| 4 | I am sure you will agree that it is in the best interests of the traditions of our society that there should be these circumspect checks and controls on what a public authority is permitted to do to interfere in the private lives of individuals , but at the same time it does make it difficult to act promptly and , in certain cases , and this must be one of them , one can only regret the outcome . ’ |
| 5 | But , at the same time it does take the burden off them . |
| 6 | So I see evaluation as a very democratic activity , which allows people perhaps to appreciate each other 's viewpoints a little more than might otherwise be the case erm and does n't pretend that people all feel the same about things , but at the same time it does n't attempt to sort of countermand the realities of the situation that , you know , each person ca n't go their own sweet way , there have to be quite a lot of collective decisions and people have to recognise where the majority opinion is , but at least they do it from a standpoint that erm where they feel their own value still has some worth and is still being recognised . |
| 7 | It is a body that simultaneously defines the continents and divides them from each other ; at the same time it knits together some of their distant and improbably linked civilizations , as well as their anthropologies and histories . |
| 8 | It feels very reassuring to the person and at the same time it allows them to become accustomed to your touch . |
| 9 | At the same time it plays down the dangers of pollution . |
| 10 | Gives her income and it 's balanced by her allowances and if you move not sufficient to , for the income to exceed that then at the same time it goes into a bank or building society you apply for them not to deduct income . |
| 11 | It has antiseptic properties to help fight pimples , acts like a cleanser because it draws dirt out of pores , yet at the same time it moisturises and softens too . |
| 12 | Repeated use is perceived as necessary in order to survive , yet at the same time it contributes to further decline . |
| 13 | The local residents organisation says it 's opposed to laws that segregate residential areas on the grounds of race , but at the same time it accuses the state of appearing reluctant to apply laws governing squatting . |
| 14 | At the same time it keeps a marketing hand on the tiller for products such as marine , yacht , packaging , coil and powder coatings . |
| 15 | Television , itself a constant passive-oral indulgence , stimulates and satisfies sadistic fantasies ; at the same time it blunts responsiveness to one 's sadistic impulses . |
| 16 | It turns from Proust 's text and looks outward to the language system in general ; and at the same time it represents de Man 's voice speaking from outside and intruding into Proust 's text . |
| 17 | At the same time it converts the colour coding frequencies from PAL to NTSC and combines 50 lines of each field to reduce the scanning pattern from 312.5 lines to 262.5 lines . |
| 18 | A fairly long , extremely active and relatively well-documented royal life like that of Charles the Bald can serve modern students as a thread through the maze of complex power-relations , and at the same time it leads back to the heart of events . |
| 19 | At the same time it has been lumbered by its parent bank with needlessly big headquarters in Tokyo 's most expensive rented building . |
| 20 | At the same time it has remorse about it and generosity of spirit . |
| 21 | The stone referred to here is clearly a symbol of God rather than an embodiment of God , but at the same time it has an element of sacredness , which is what Gandhi may be implying when he maintains that God resides in the stone in a special way . |
| 22 | It makes use of the latest knowledge about language and language learning , but at the same time it has a firm practical basis and is readily usable in the classroom . |
| 23 | At the same time it has moved slowly and hesitantly towards instituting ‘ plant bargaining ’ on the very largest farms where conditions allow . |
| 24 | ‘ The whole document must look suitably smart in all respects — the sort of paper on which it 's printed , the use of colour and so on — but at the same time it has to avoid being gratuitously slick , ’ Boon warns . |
| 25 | At the same time it has provided a setting for counter-inflation policy during a period when the emphasis of policy shifted , world-wide , towards the control of inflation . |
| 26 | At the same time it has to be admitted that pecuniary considerations are only a guide and there is authority that defective goods can be unmerchantable per se , for example as in the case of underpants impregnated with sulphate ( Grant v Australian Knittings Mills Ltd [ 1936 ] AC 85 ) . |
| 27 | He will tell members of the county 's public protection committee that at the same time it has become increasingly difficult to man the main consumer advice centres in Durham , Darlington and Bishop Auckland . |
| 28 | At the same time it seems fair to say that until recently , writing about Proust , particularly perhaps in England , but in France , too , has concentrated too much and too exclusively on the social element in the dualism , has concentrated too much , if you like , on the nose and the beard . |
| 29 | It 's preferable to obtain pot-grown plants , making absolutely sure they are well-rooted , and at the same time it pays to inspect for any visible signs of disease or disorders . |
| 30 | My hon. Friends have made the good point that the Labour party is posing as the party of carbon dioxide reductions while at the same time it wants to force electricity generators to burn more coal , phase out the nuclear industry and , in its phrase , to ’ deter ’ the generators from using gas for power generation . |