Example sentences of "[conj] at [art] [adj] time it " in BNC.

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1 A widespread factor is found where real or suggested expertise is involved in a transaction and where at the same time it may be assumed that the customer is ignorant about what it is he is paying for .
2 I think it true to say that at the present time it is not at all difficult for academics to appear in print .
3 US officials reportedly expressed concerns that the Soviet side had drawn back from previously agreed elements of the START treaty , and that at the same time it appeared to be adopting a less conciliatory stance on other arms control and disarmament issues , such as the ceiling on troops in Central Europe and the outline of an " Open Skies " treaty agreed in February [ ibid . ] .
4 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 .
5 It feels very reassuring to the person and at the same time it allows them to become accustomed to your touch .
6 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 .
7 If an EM field is applied to the cell , the cell 's EM activity becomes aligned to the nature of the applied field and at the same time it re-arranges its intracellular components accordingly .
8 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
9 And at the same time it draws attention away from your activities here in the Wilds .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 On March 21st , a despatch from Falkenhayn admitted that Rupprecht had been right about the British not being able to take the offensive , and at the same time it ordered the withdrawal of three of his divisions for the general reserve .
13 In a provocative comparison of the failures of the French and Russian revolutions , he argued that the problem stemmed from the fact that no class , whether proletarian or bourgeoisie , can become the ruling class without taking upon itself something of the historical role of a ruling class — especially if at the same time it also considers that , history carries within itself its own cure' :
14 How can man make history if at the same time it is history which makes him ?
15 The system , with formal judicial intervention , has worked successfully in the US ; it operates informally but without full judicial approval in England and Wales ; but at the present time it obtains not at all in Scotland .
16 It 's also a colour of cold — and we have n't had much of a summer this year — but at the same time it reminds me of the warmth and tranquillity of a Claude Lorrain .
17 But at the same time it showed that there remained a solid contingent of the defence force loyal to General Noriega , who is wanted in the US on drug-trafficking charges .
18 But at the same time it reinforced the message that children in need were not characteristically children whose parents were abusive or neglectful .
19 But at the same time it is surely doing more than assert what God is not .
20 He or she may — and probably will — possess a more subtle view of ‘ professionalism ’ than the capacity to deliver examination results , but at the same time it is well known that many parents and politicians see those results as the crucial way by which schools account for their success or failure .
21 This range expresses the resourcefulness and imagination of user education librarians , but at the same time it may express some uncertainty with orientation techniques and , indeed , library orientation itself .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 The SJ-20 's general tone is rich and deep , but at the same time it 's still quite a controlled and well-balanced instrument ; I 'd say it falls somewhere between the ‘ Martin' and ‘ Guild ’ camps in character of sound .
25 The idea that energy had a quantum nature married neatly enough with the view that light was a wave motion , but at the same time it set people thinking in terms of particles once more .
26 But at the same time it 's wonderful that the government is recognizing the kind of work that gay organizations have put into this issue .
27 ‘ I never wanted to leave Wigan — it would have been a downward step — but at the same time it had to be right for me .
28 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 .
29 Project English encourages learners to explore and experiment with language , but at the same time it provides firm support through a clearly structured syllabus , so that learners feel secure and confident .
30 There is a sense in which family relationships are regarded as providing structures of support which are uniquely reliable , but at the same time it is obvious that not everyone draws upon such support in practice .
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