Example sentences of "at the same time [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the end Grey does venture the overall generalization that ‘ the experience in the Korean War demonstrated again the conflict between Dominion aspirations and increasing independence in policy formulation , and the British desire to maintain their status as a great power by drawing on the resources of the Dominions in ‘ friendly cooperation , ’ while at the same time arrogating to themselves the benefits which accrued from such association' ( p. 185 ) . |
| 2 | Mozart , knowing that his father would be devastated by the news , sought to prepare him as gently as possible for it by writing to him that she was gravely ill and at the same time writing to their close friend , Bullinger , telling him the whole story , in the hope that Bullinger could support and comfort his father and sister when he finally broke the news to them , which he was intending to do in a second letter to his father . |
| 3 | There were conflicts within individuals who found themselves looking nostalgically to their own tribal past while at the same time wanting to be part of the newly emerging social and economic order . |
| 4 | The scale of their operations and their expertise enable them to provide lenders with easily marketable paper claims , denominated in small units and with relatively low yield , whilst at the same time lending to borrowers on a long-term higher-yield basis ( e.g. Certificates of Deposit bought by companies with excess funds from the banks ) . |
| 5 | Thus the Vatican Declaration can freely admit that the former reasons for not ordaining women are now discredited , while at the same time pointing to the constancy of the tradition . |
| 6 | Jacqueline Pardoe ( Mrs Mitton ) writes : ‘ I have been determined … to be as good a traditional mother as I can while at the same time demonstrating to my daughters that it is possible to combine a family with an independent and complementary ‘ other life ’ . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , the example points up the paradox of the advantage to the teacher of having to experience new learning alongside and in co-operation with the children , and yet at the same time having to be an expert in the subject . |
| 8 | This is one respect in which active citizenship is important because involvement in the community by voluntary work and political activity serves to foster a sense in the participating citizen of belonging to the community and of national identity , while at the same time contributing to the common welfare . |