Example sentences of "[num] [adj] [noun pl] at the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had to learn his words , of course — perhaps for six different plays at the same time . |
| 2 | The organisers have obtained a licence for three more events at the same venue . |
| 3 | Eisner 's colleague , Disney president Frank Wells , joined the sell-off by trading 1.6 million shares at the same price and reaping £38.6 million profit . |
| 4 | When I 'm drinking a glass of water , I 'm drinking a glass of water and not thinking about five other things at the same time . |
| 5 | Now I 've seen a lot of people who complain about taking drugs and the side effects they get , when you analyze it , you first of all find they have n't taken it , or they 've taken five other drugs at the same time |
| 6 | It is not possible to go in two different directions at the same time . |
| 7 | I felt two different things at the same time . |
| 8 | Assignment , on the other hand , requires a more explicit focus on the particular property assigned ; what is assigned may be a complex property ( like fairly acceptable ) , or even a co-ordination ; but to expect a single linguistic faculty to make two separate assignments of properties to the same entity in the same phrase would be unreasonable ; it would be analogous to expecting a physical eye to focus on two different objects at the same time . |
| 9 | One of his most exciting finds was two different pieces of an 18th-century magnetic toy which were in two different places at the same auction . |
| 10 | Because comparison is generally more important in science than the determination of an absolute value , we are generally involved in observing either the same sample at two different points of time between which X occurs , or two different samples at the same point in time , only one having been subjected to X. |
| 11 | Robson did think of playing Platt alongside Bull but rejected the idea of using two inexperienced players at the same time . |
| 12 | This has the advantage that we can examine two major issues at the same time : the extent to which the Copernican revolution destroyed hallowed perceptions of humanity 's place in the universe , and the extent to which Protestant audiences were more receptive . |
| 13 | It was a dismal yet necessary task , and whilst one can imagine a young woman 's producing such items for herself and her future husband , it is more difficult for us to accept that she probably also fashioned one or two smaller versions at the same time , for infant mortality was high . |
| 14 | ( b ) Do n't try to teach more than two linguistic items at the same time , eg the present continuous tense plus vocabulary concerned with the post office would be enough for one period . |
| 15 | It is unusual for a small town like Middleton to produce two successful bands at the same time , playing similar music , and it is instructive to compare their very differing outlooks and fortunes . |
| 16 | Another witness of the charter to St Wandrille dated 1033 is King Henry I of France , who is known from other sources to have been briefly in exile with Robert at Fécamp , and according Edward the title " king of the English " would presumably have done Robert 's prestige no harm at all , as he would thus have been entertaining two exiled monarchs at the same time . |