Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] the same time " in BNC.

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31 LTP is associative in the sense that a ‘ weak ’ input can be potentiated if it is active at the same time as a strong tetanus to a separate but convergent input .
32 She wants to do it but she 's terrified at the same time .
33 These ideas were refined in the late 1940s by Hebb and Konorski , who proposed a coincidence-detection rule in which the synapse linking two cells is strengthened if the cells are active at the same time .
34 The dating of Romano-British mosaics is not yet sensitive enough to exclude the possibility that the regular grid arrangements ( already discussed ) , the simple " or quincunx-panel lozenge formats , and these centralised designs were not broadly contemporary ( that each was possible at the same time , depending on the taste or knowledge of the client or mosaicist ) .
35 Elizabeth Maginnis , the convener , said the timetable for change — starting at the start of next school year and to cover all schools by April 1996 — was unrealistic at the same time as local government was being reformed .
36 Chris Laidlaw , the All Black halfback , was another about the same time who , in fact , teamed with Mains ' brother Rick as the inside backs in an outstanding school team .
37 Motivated by an 1841 paper of Boole , Cayley , who was interested at the same time in algebraic aspects of projective geometry , began seeking invariants of homogeneous forms of degree n in two and more variables .
38 He was proud that the invisible spirit animating the slight frame had dared to conceive the intended deed as his duty ; but he was afraid at the same time that he would lack the courage to endure the pain and carry it through .
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