Example sentences of "[was/were] at the same time [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 It is , moreover , an irony that these ministers ( Gaitskell , Jay , Wilson ) were at the same time preparing a Full Employment Bill which assumed a major capacity for planning within the government machine .
2 She wondered if he ever dropped it ; she could sense that , however fluently he talked , however intently he listened — and he listened very intently — his mind was at the same time pursuing some other parallel track .
3 Equally , St Paul 's , Shadwell , was at the same time looking for a £6 fee for each iron or lead coffin deposited within a brick-lined grave in the churchyard , though their most expensive intramural location commanded a charge of only £4 18s .
4 The family , for example , was at the same time tending to lose some of its authority and responsibilities .
5 Stewart Mason , Chairman of the NCDAD , was at the same time proposing to write to polytechnics and colleges with DipAD courses , in advance of a meeting of the London Colleges Alliance the following month , to raise the possibility of the two bodies ‘ getting closer together ’ , and suggesting that they would ‘ probably amalgamate ’ .
6 While JCI diversified its interests in South Africa , it was at the same time increasing its shareholding in Johnson Matthey in the UK .
7 Denis Thatcher , who was knocking golf balls into cups , was at the same time rehearsing his speech , to be delivered at lunch that Thursday to the Hove Rotary Club .
8 There was no longer any understanding that in making available advantages to private individuals the state was at the same time imposing a ‘ trust ’ that the business be conducted for the public good .
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