Example sentences of "[adj] at the [det] 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 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | He is always positive and courteous at the same time as being astute , determined and unwavering in his pursuit of profit . |
9 | Emmie felt sorry for him and angry at the same time because he made things so difficult . |
10 | Both make-ups can be available at the same time and , so far as value goes , there is nothing to choose between them . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |