Example sentences of "[num] different [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 | It is not possible to go in two different directions at the same time . |
| 3 | I felt two different things at the same time . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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. |