Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] at [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | To get round the fact that the CSMA/CD carrier-sense multiple access with collision detection protocol prevents two nodes from transmitting data at the same time , so that video signals could get interrupted , isochronous Ethernet time-stamps the packets so they can be guaranteed to arrive at the recipient 's computer at the same time . |
| 2 | Their roots lay in another relatively new corporate phenomenon , that of management consultancy , which was gaining credence at the same time . |
| 3 | There 's usually some , some mums who are meeting the school and and walking dogs at the same time . |
| 4 | No Talmudic saying was nearer to him than that at the end of the Kiddushin : ‘ When a man faces his Maker , he will have to account for those ( God-given ) pleasures of life which he failed to enjoy , ’ and the Mezeritzer Rabbi commented , albeit a little more warily , ‘ You may reach a compromise between evil and good by enjoying legitimate bodily pleasure and serving God at the same time . ’ |
| 5 | UK airlines are not sponsoring pilots at the present time , but the school is attracting an increasing number of young people , both from this country and abroad , who are prepared to invest something in the order of £50,000 to train as professional pilots … |
| 6 | The fish is eating well , but every now and again it goes to the surface , collects a mouthful of air and then returns quickly to the bottom , chewing and releasing air at the same time . |
| 7 | There are many issues where a N C V O should be exercising leadership , sometimes a rather difficult concept , and there is no need to apologise for that , for using leadership at the right time , but it has to be a leadership by consent , rather than claimed without authority , and it is in this context that the policy development department in N C V O exists , to help channel voluntary sector concerns to opinion formers , and policy makers , regardless of party politics , regardless of political commitment . |
| 8 | In the future , it might be possible for us to reset our body clock to the new time zone quickly , by taking a pill containing melatonin at the appropriate time of day . |
| 9 | This is due to so many processors running applications at the same time and the numerical methods used for rounding off figures . |
| 10 | She writes that it was ‘ one of the best , but it did not suit John , as he was accustomed to follow his whims , and invent or discover for himself , and therefore did not like the regimentation of doing things at a given time . |
| 11 | One union man giving evidence at the same time , said that it was " not … above twelve months " . |
| 12 | This is a felicitous choice , since it serves the dual purpose of examining design at the same time as providing a basis for a definition of art , from which it is distinguished . |
| 13 | He was educated at Regent House School and later articled to a solicitor , reading law at the same time at Queen 's University , Belfast . |
| 14 | The various experiments taking place at the present time in the use of graded tests ( for example in the Borough of Croydon ) tend to show that this form of examination would , in all kinds of ways , be preferable to the system we have . |
| 15 | It was thought locally that attendance might be down because of a Gaelic football regional cup tie taking place at the same time , but many people managed to do both . |
| 16 | Goodwill , training , time , skill and pupil support are all likely to be in shorter supply than would be the case if there were not such a plethora of assessment innovations taking place at the same time . |
| 17 | Taking place at the same time as the development of graphics capabilities was the introduction of printing devices that could reproduce the images created on the screen . |
| 18 | Ibrahim Bu Shanna , reaching maturity at a propitious time , had opportunities to achieve success in trade denied to his elder brother , who grew up during the war : the elder brother was a gardener , who lived subordinate in every way except the symbolic to Ibrahim , a successful wholesaler . |
| 19 | Damian Flint , the man she admired so much , thought she was some cheap little floozy he could get into bed while taking Swift at the same time . |
| 20 | ‘ On one occasion he was playing Byron at the same time as Richard III , ’ says Miss McCulloch . |
| 21 | Finally , we may see an object moving and changing shape at the same time ( as does a walking mammal ) . |
| 22 | Yet it is difficult to imagine anyone reading Talcott Parsons and manipulating spaghetti at the same time . ’ |
| 23 | What if you are watching TV at the same time ? ) |
| 24 | This week saw the country 's biggest parent group , the Scottish Parent-Teacher Council , claim that chaos could result from devolving budgets at the same time as council reform . |