Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the [adj] time [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trying to mould together a side in only four days with eight players coming together for the first time is a pretty difficult task . |
| 2 | The fact that the army and guerrillas had agreed to meet directly for the first time was seen as a breakthrough and a indication that " professional " elements in the army leadership wished for a political solution . |
| 3 | It should be clear that a God who was simply ‘ outside ’ the world in the way that the President of France was ‘ outside ’ Britain could hardly at the same time be present in it . |
| 4 | A further example of national information about which local managers were unable to act came with the expanding of the National Diploma level of BTEC in schools : when it was shown that there did not have to be an exclusive choice of BTEC and A levels and that to offer both at the same time was not only permissible but also helpful , the manager was able to make new local choices . |
| 5 | ‘ Keeping the bend and making Benji move sideways at the same time is not easy , ’ she said . |
| 6 | Industrial developers and housebuilders complain bitterly about the rate at which land is fed into the development pipeline , yet at the same time are dependent on planning to provide a degree of certainty and support for profitable investment . |
| 7 | The work of art was especially fitted to reveal this , since its audience may both criticize , yet at the same time be involved in , its enactment . |
| 8 | They may want to control the media capable of reaching large sections of the population , yet at the same time be suspicious of the power these media possess : power which is ultimately beyond their control . |
| 9 | I believe I picked up the tape-recorder in much the same spirit — because I felt that whatever we did here ought to have a rather spontaneous feel to it , and yet at the same time be noticeably hard-wearing . |