Example sentences of "[adv] at [art] same [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Although care should be taken to choose varieties that ripen more or less at the same time to avoid losses , dredge mixtures are generally cut green and dried like hay to be fed ‘ on the straw ’ or made into silage .
2 They can not at the same time absorb and spread the credit risks of their corporate clients as well .
3 It is not possible to accept the belief that ‘ God pervades everything that is to be found in this universe down to the tiniest atom ’ , and not at the same time accept the idea of universal brotherhood and the essential unity and equality of all earthly creatures .
4 Therefore , let us consider an alternative scenario , in which one manufacturer decides to raise its input price ( possibly at the same time reducing the franchise fee ) .
5 There is some comment has been made that a new settlement to the South or the South West of York would in some way undermine the urban regeneration erm of Leeds City Council , now I find this a surprising comment given that though people who are making that comment are also at the same time advocating much increased development allocations to , for example , Harrogate district , the main centre for which is erm , nearer than most conceivable new settlement locations to the South and South West of York .
6 But you will also at the same time want to give your readers entertainment arising out of the description of some sort of crime .
7 I leap outside into the snow , stand ankle deep in the snow and strain frantically at the same time trying to remember which direction I am pointing so that I can give instructions about where not to get the snow for tomorrow 's tea .
8 And whilst we had no opportunities last year for canvassing or erm for getting members we we could have I I felt er put on more fund-raising events as we had a quiet year and we could have probably at the same time persuaded one or two people to actually join us .
9 Teachers seconded or given time to investigate the curriculum opportunities which business offers , inevitably at the same time become more aware of the world they prepare young people for .
10 Any explanation requires description , and it is difficult , or perhaps impossible , to describe something without at the same time explaining it .
11 Well the only thing you can do is hopefully your next test is n't at the same time make it a
12 When Queenie talks about the increased expenditure on recreation from nineteen eighty to now , that 's quite right , there has been a huge increase in spending , and that 's because the Labour Council was committed to improving recreation facilities in the City , and it did n't continue the appalling record that the Conservative administration had had before of virtually no recreational facilities , it invested in recreation facilities — you listed them yourself — and of course those facilities have to be paid for and on when we have stood for election we 've always made it clear that we want to provide quality services , but of course that they have to be paid for , and so the second point that you then made was that , you know , our budget 's gone up beyond belief , well I mean this year it 's being cut by two million pounds , last year it was a standstill budget , and erm that has been done at a time when in fact Central Government has been transferring responsibilities from Central Government onto Local Government without increasing , indeed at the same time decreasing the amount of Central Government grant that 's gone to local councils .
13 This deeper controversy sustains the debate between liberal interpretations of the modern law of contract , but paradoxically at the same time demonstrates its pointlessness .
14 Yet to a very large extent German efforts were contradictory : Völkisch opinion wished Germany to remain as it was and yet somehow to return to the past ; they wanted to return to the past yet at the same time wished for the power to behave as they pleased .
15 A more immediate issue concerns the consequences for labour of a structure which gives priority to flexibility yet at the same time promises a lifetime of permanent employment which seems to imply inflexibility .
16 He attempts to resolve the problem by affirming his belief in the ideal on the grounds that man 's life is an aspiration or a striving for , perfection , yet at the same time recognizing that in an imperfect world one has to make concessions to , or to cater for , human weakness .
17 It was a practice requiring the submission of the lower classes on the street , yet at the same time reflecting subordination of the constables to the whims of senior officers and to a manipulative body of law .
18 He was standing quite still , feeling both paralysed and yet at the same time filled with a flood of energy .
19 His deliberately quiet voice , and the apparent detachment with which his hands were moving over her body , frightened her and yet at the same time heightened the eroticism of the moment .
20 If we believe in God yet at the same time presuppose a picture of God which is less than he really is , our faith is bound to suffer .
21 For many British people of my generation , the sight of great ships sailing for a remote theatre of action , their rails lined with cheering soldiers , at once evoked echoes of convoys leaving for Africa or the Far East , yet at the same time produced surprise at the media coverage and the openness with which these preparatory stages , and indeed the later fighting , appeared to be reported .
22 All the blood drained from Folly 's face as she listened , straining for the meaning that eluded her ears , and yet at the same time knowing that there could be no innocent explanation .
23 When she thought about them , she saw devils as small creatures with hooves and a tail , horned and two-legged and yet at the same time resembling tadpoles .
24 The word was said with such vehemence , yet at the same time sounded so funny , that he almost laughed .
25 She hesitated , sadly , desperately anxious to accept , absurdly delighted that he had asked her , that he had so coolly bothered to cross the room to ask her , and yet at the same time horrified by the thought of displaying herself , by the thought of dragging her hideous dress from its hole-in-the-corner obscurity , by the thought of dancing at all , for she did not know how to dance .
26 " How strange it is , " mused Fleury , feeling the futility of everything yet at the same time enjoying the feeling , " that these millions of wings , with all their wonderful machinery of nerves and muscles , should be made to serve the purpose of a single flight .
27 Or again , someone may honestly put himself under the lordship of Christ yet at the same time adhere to a Christian lifestyle or espouse Christian values which by temperament or nationality he would be likely to appreciate anyway .
28 She wanted him to stop yet at the same time wanted him to go on in the hope that the lovely sensations would begin again .
29 As the son of a school-inspector and a typical representative of the pre-Soviet intelligentsia , Lenin was torn between the conflicting needs of creating a politically and culturally conscious nation as fast as possible , yet at the same time ensuring that vulgarized , superficial agitation did not become a substitute for thoroughgoing education on a broad base .
30 Quite convinced that meeting you would dispel the fantasy , and yet at the same time did n't want that to happen at all .
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