Example sentences of "[coord] [det] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Or both at the same time ?
2 It is said that one of the merits of ‘ Documenta ’ this time round is that , with four much-travelled curators , it is truly international in its scope , and that for the first time it takes account of artists not operating in the great ‘ art capitals ’ …
3 Oh , bit hard carrying the dinner and this at the same time .
4 Hazel and his companions had spent the night doing everything that came unnaturally to them , and this for the first time .
5 And all at the same time .
6 Course , Derek Weintraub just sat there , totally gormless and I-know-it-all at the same time as only a fifth-year O-level repeat can be .
7 You really do seem to be trying to have your cake and eat it ; being anti-cruise , anti-Thatcher , anti-Foot , anti-SDP/Liberal Alliance and anti-CND-all at the same time !
8 They 'd told her , on no account was he to be allowed to cry for a feed , but that at the same time he was n't to be put to the breast unless he really wanted to .
9 They argue that they have a strong commitment to the environment and are making major investments to improve efficiency of water consumption , but that at the same time they also have a commitment to their customers .
10 He said that the basic principle for a compromise should be that " all extreme proposals , such as dismantling the project , should be ruled out , but that at the same time the Danube should not suffer irreversible damage " .
11 The significance was not that a testator 's intentions were allowed to play more freely , but that for the first time the law was dealing with an open rather than a closed system , a system that offered unlimited possibilities for expansion .
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