Example sentences of "[adj] at [art] [adj] time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the quatrain poems it is funny at the same time as serious . |
| 2 | Thus the pressure , both inner and outer , on teachers to have a clear , articulate rationale for what they are doing is high at the same time as the exploration of the values from which such a rationale must derive is conspicuously out of style . |
| 3 | It is that the view of Anglo-American finance as a casino full of rapacious capitalists has become popular at the same time as those countries ' companies were being taken over by the people themselves . |
| 4 | Elizabeth Maginnis , the convener , said the timetable for change — starting at the start of next school year and to cover all schools by April 1996 — was unrealistic at the same time as local government was being reformed . |
| 5 | By their reasons the justices stated that the girl would continue to be liable to sexual abuse if allowed to return to her family as the mother refused to recognise the responsibility of the father for that abuse and that the mother would not protect the girl from the father on whom the mother was emotionally dependent ; that they had considered that the girl might be cared for by her half-sister but had concluded that it would be difficult to prevent contact between the girl and her father ; that they had formed the view that contact between the girl and her father would be harmful at the present time and therefore the local authority should refuse such contact until the review by the local authority in six months time ; and that there should be supervised reasonable contact between the girl and her mother and between the girl and her half-sister . |
| 6 | He was proud that the invisible spirit animating the slight frame had dared to conceive the intended deed as his duty ; but he was afraid at the same time that he would lack the courage to endure the pain and carry it through . |
| 7 | It does indeed get dark at a sensible time so it 's possible to go to bed before about one in the morning . |
| 8 | As a time of transition from autarchy and isolation to developmentalist capitalism and international rapprochement , the 1950s in Spain were a time of ambiguity and uncertainty , in which the first signs of a limited degree of liberalism became visible at the same time as the use of the customary repression made it clear that nothing fundamental had changed . |
| 9 | The reason they were picked ( aside from those who are here by right of birth ) is that a small portion of their total brain power was visibly alight at the right time and in the right place . |
| 10 | But Brewer has an uncanny knack of getting injured at the wrong time and so hooker Sean Fitzpatrick will be in charge for the first time . |
| 11 | Already being used by the law in the US , the head-to-toe outfit gives that Michelin man effect but is , we 're told , light and flexible at the same time as being resistant to punches , bottles and the occasional kicking . |
| 12 | CD trials , with teachers who are new both to the unit and to the computer system , are important at the present time because most teacher users will be in this category . |
| 13 | He is always positive and courteous at the same time as being astute , determined and unwavering in his pursuit of profit . |
| 14 | Emmie felt sorry for him and angry at the same time because he made things so difficult . |
| 15 | Local staff or voluntary workers can not be expected to have the resources , time or experience to ensure that telecommunications , backdrop , crowd flow , music , lighting and camera positions are available at the right time and in the right way . |
| 16 | Both make-ups can be available at the same time and , so far as value goes , there is nothing to choose between them . |
| 17 | Whatever he was , she found him charming and exasperating at the same time and no , she did n't think her relationship would last because you ca n't keep mercury in your hand , not for long . |
| 18 | Many users can be active at a given time but it is an assumption at present that each user holds a single current record position at any given time . |
| 19 | LTP is associative in the sense that a ‘ weak ’ input can be potentiated if it is active at the same time as a strong tetanus to a separate but convergent input . |
| 20 | Two lines of development are necessary if IBM is to keep the performance of the Rios RISC competitive at the same time as extending the range downwards with the single chip PowerPC , the company says — and Rios 2 will drive forward both the integer and floating point performance of Rios , adds IBM . |
| 21 | When the time comes for expansion , new houses can be added either to work alongside present flocks , i.e. added at the same time as existing houses , or slotted in-between , to give a more even flow . |