Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] the [adj] time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clock to record response time starts at the same time that the probe digit is shown on the screen . |
| 2 | I now know that it 's not what happens in the good times that counts , but how you survive the bad — disastrous holidays , financial crises , illnesses . |
| 3 | If this happens at the same time as the inevitable swing into wind , it can result in a very rapid rolling over on to the into-wind wing-tip . |
| 4 | Erm there 's a sense in which y'know kind of when I go to concerts erm there 's y'know kind of there 's loads of blokes who take their shirts off and er wrestle around together and build human pyramids and do all that kind of , lots of body contact , lots of grasping one-another and all that kind of thing and yet erm y'know presumably to them , on the assumption that they 're heterosexual , as I assume probably they are , it 's it 's one of these things that erm y'know is kind of again maybe it even occurs at the same time as they 're quite homophobic in some cases . |
| 5 | The speed of élite competition means that your countering punch either arrives at the same time as any deflection you make , or very soon after it . |
| 6 | In conclusion , this study shows for the first time that reduced fetal growth is followed by higher death rates from cardiovascular disease in adult life . |
| 7 | Once Arthur is in the boat Bedivere realises for the first time that ‘ the true old times are dead ’ . |
| 8 | The impact of the recession in Britain has compelled employers drastically to reduce labour costs at the same time as it has effectively shifted the balance of market strength in their favour . |
| 9 | The correspondence , leaked to Labour 's Trade spokesman , Mr Gordon Brown , discloses for the first time that Lord Young appeared to plan with Professor Roland Smith , chairman of British Aerospace , to hide the figures rather than simply leaving the information to be ‘ scattered ’ in obscure documents in the hope that Parliament would not notice it . |
| 10 | Another early name that appears about the same time as Robert Usher is John Ie Baker . |
| 11 | In May 1947 the Joint Chiefs , while acknowledging that planning had to remain flexible , observed that " it appears at the present time that initial establishment of Allied forces in the Middle East is the most promising course of action " . |
| 12 | Paddy Ashdown really is convinced that he can take the Lib Dems into the big time but not just yet . |
| 13 | The dome dates from the same time as the courtyard façades , that is from 1770 , but the fine clock and golden grille are from the Rudolfian period . |
| 14 | Painter-signatures of Euphronios and Euthymides cease around 500 , and their styles of drawing can not be traced further ; but the signature Euphronios epoiesen begins about the same time and continues for twenty years or more , always on cups , most of them painted by one man , evidently his pupil and one of the greatest of the next generation , Onesimos . |
| 15 | Below : A late evening view taken as Oak 's engine runs for the first time since restoration . |
| 16 | £1 this comes at the same time as having to make fundamental changes to central corporate systems to address the issues of , on the one hand , the Local Government Act 1988 ( which contains the requirements of competition legislation ) and , on the other hand , attempting to identify and apportion expenditure to individual schools and colleges to meet the requirements of the Education Act 1988 . |
| 17 | This one concerns adolescent disillusionment , and comes at the same time as Limestone and Clay ( Secker , £8.99 , 31st ) . |