Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] at the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their roots lay in another relatively new corporate phenomenon , that of management consultancy , which was gaining credence at the same time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | One union man giving evidence at the same time , said that it was " not … above twelve months " . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He was educated at Regent House School and later articled to a solicitor , reading law at the same time at Queen 's University , Belfast . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Finally , we may see an object moving and changing shape at the same time ( as does a walking mammal ) . |
| 13 | Yet it is difficult to imagine anyone reading Talcott Parsons and manipulating spaghetti at the same time . ’ |
| 14 | What if you are watching TV at the same time ? ) |