Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] at the [adj] 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 | It would be the last straw if her husband tried to get romantic at the wrong time of the month . |
| 4 | Planners need a thorough understanding of the subject field to be explored , and its structure in enquiry ; they need to know what materials , print-form or audio-visual , are available , and suitable , and what special problems they may reveal ; they need to have available at the right time suitable equipment , and places where the equipment may be used , and they need to be sure that the student is able to find and make use of all the resources he may need in the periods of the timetable allotted to the activity . |
| 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 . |