Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] at the same [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I very much hope that Rainhill Garrick Society continues to present quality plays extending and satisfying the talents of our members in every department while at the same time attracting large audiences .
2 How many days it was out of service and this that and the other and erm they used to send us an invoice on the mileage run because at the same time we knew what tyres were on the bus we had to inform them of any tyre changes and they kept records the same as us .
3 Their visits break many of the established patterns of human/dolphin encounter : they accept gifts of dead fish ( one theory is that the dolphins receive the fish as a signal from humans that they have come to play and interact ) , and they maintain their own social grouping while at the same time allowing close human contact .
4 The igloo idea was Leo 's : ‘ It was designed to put the trainees ’ skills to the test while at the same time motivating them and holding their interest . ’
5 Would you be happy for Britain , European partners and the Americans to recognise Lithuania 's independence while at the same time saying look do n't take it out on Russians who are living within your borders , observe human rights and all the rest of it , is , is that our affairs , and our business ?
6 They coincided with Mrs Yaxlee 's own ideas closely enough for the latter to trust her to do the shopping while at the same time failing to include her in the invitation which she so palpably wanted .
7 So far as individual counselling on sexual matters is concerned , schools are advised that whilst pastoral care of pupils is an important aspect of the teacher 's role , parents are expected to play their part , so that if a pupil were to approach a teacher for advice the teacher should , wherever possible , encourage the pupil to seek it from his/her parent whilst at the same time warning the pupil of the risks attached to the pupil 's behaviour .
8 HOW dare Norman Lamont decide the Queen should n't pay tax while at the same time there is talk of taxing people on invalidity benefit ?
9 From the beginning , Frohnmayer seemed to be trying to please the avant-garde artistic community while at the same time proclaiming his own high moral stance he actually is the possessor of a degree in Christian ethics from the University of Chicago .
10 In some cases the State conducting the investigation ( by virtue of being the State of occurrence ) sought only to exonerate the services ( chiefly air traffic control and navigational services ) from any involvement in the cause of the accident while at the same time being content to attribute the cause of the accident to some shortcoming on the part of the pilots without seeking to find out why they made such mistakes .
11 It was a pleasure that she wanted to press into her body while at the same time throw it off as far away from her as possible .
12 Microsoft did n't fail to make the point that it expects to take market share away from Novell because NT includes networking while at the same time trouncing Unix .
13 A more advanced technique involves camouflaging the real eye while at the same time making the false eye truly spectacular , with a huge black ‘ pupil ’ surrounded by a bright white eye-ring .
14 The appropriate mat can help protect your workers and your business while at the same time pay the best return on your investment with greater productivity , less breakage and fewer slip and falls .
15 Booz , Allen & Hamilton was forced to close down its executive search division in 1980 , when serious problems surfaced as a result of trying to carry on a recruiting business whilst at the same time having 3000 management consultancy clients on their books , who were more or less off-limits from the point of view of providing candidates for headhunting .
16 It is extremely difficult to maintain a full interdisciplinary focus whilst at the same time maintaining equitable balance between subjects , and also planning the internal subject inputs in a meaningful patterned way .
17 He employed the conventional Velikovskian technique of selecting evidence while at the same time adopting much of the traditional ( that is , false ) Velikovskian lore .
18 aporias — because they seem to be at once the results of a communal enterprise while at the same time bearing witness to the fact that this enterprise never existed except as the inhuman reverse side of two opposed actions in which each aims to destroy the other .
19 In sudden abandon she allowed her arms to creep up round his neck , her fingers to sink into the short hair at the back of his head while at the same time parting her lips and welcoming the exciting exploration of his tongue .
20 With the managers and service staff continuing to deliver a quality service whilst at the same time containing costs , profits will be ahead .
21 The officer , obviously unnerved by the continued shooting , was trying to persuade the Phalangists to leave the area while at the same time asking them for directions .
22 6/Colour applied flat , the whole idea was to keep the drawing as a flat pattern while at the same time giving a certain degree of depth .
23 The new guidelines aim to give added protection to the countryside while at the same time promoting In drawing up the guidelines , planners accept that golf can have a major impact on countryside amenities , which , they claim , must be weighed against considerable economic and recreational benefit .
24 The notions of excellence they embody are used to fortify and legitimize the sacred and profane dimensions of authority while at the same time denoting official executants by means of appropriate insignia .
25 British Communists continued to blame the Social Democrats for Hitler 's victory while at the same time trying to organize common anti-Fascist activities between Communists and the Left of the Labour movement .
26 For example : in Choros he focuses attention on many ancient Greek dance rituals and accents the playful use of movement whilst at the same time showing that such warlike , athletic courtship and other activities are a wonderful game to be played by the performers .
27 It would , for example , be perfectly feasible , as a matter of constitutional engineering , to bring all the nationalised industries under the umbrella of a single authority whilst at the same time so restricting the range of matters and extending the area of an agency of horizontal devolution that the two became almost indistinguishable .
28 Barthes 's approach to S/Z has the merit of respecting the individual play of a given text while at the same time relying on the general concept of the scriptible and the lisible to do so .
29 Totally absorbed in holding the course while at the same time tightening the mainsail as the breeze grew gusty and erratic , Polly was surprised when Nathan emerged from the companionway .
30 In 1978 for example the Trades Union Congress ( TUC ) passed a resolution calling for government action to promote technological change while at the same time ameliorating the impact of such change on existing employment .
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