Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] [prep] the [det] time " in BNC.

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1 Dexter recalled that halfway through the homelessness report Nicola had delivered a short lecture about the appalling conditions in which one family lived while managing to look stunning at the same time .
2 Nations have to do this at the same time as they keep up economic growth , or accept a drop in standards of living .
3 Food started to run short around the same time .
4 At just about the same time , a cigar-gnawing chief executive thousands of miles away was shredding his meticulously planned TV schedules to find a slot for a homely Australian series which was to become one of the all time surprise hits , turning many of its stars into instant celebrities .
5 It 's an opportunity for the company to become efficient at the same time , to have new life injected into it , to bring on and develop talented younger people who might otherwise become stifled and consequently up and go .
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