Example sentences of "at the same [noun] [v-ing] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the blood drained from Folly 's face as she listened , straining for the meaning that eluded her ears , and yet at the same time knowing that there could be no innocent explanation . |
| 2 | He attempts to resolve the problem by affirming his belief in the ideal on the grounds that man 's life is an aspiration or a striving for , perfection , yet at the same time recognizing that in an imperfect world one has to make concessions to , or to cater for , human weakness . |
| 3 | What this boils down to , briefly , is this : that one can not treat " Shakespeare " as a " rigid designator " without at the same time assuming that some essence " attaches to it , and hence that certain descriptions necessarily go with it , although no such description , or set of descriptions , can fully reproduce its " meaning " . |
| 4 | When she came back from Confession , uncomforted , she found her cell mate kicking the doctor who was trying to feed her , and at the same time yelling that he should take his hat off in the presence of a lady . |
| 5 | But is there not a contradiction between being so fiercely hostile to relativism in history and aesthetics and at the same time asserting that there are no objective criteria for deciding whether a work is good or bad ? |
| 6 | The University continues to foster this relationship with its neighbouring college of higher education , while at the same time recognising that the changes proposed most recently in initial teaching training are likely to have a significant impact on its provision in Education . |
| 7 | When it comes to specifying the fundamental disciplinary components which constitute the actual means of engaging in this " climb " , the Committee selects exegesis , art , and history , while at the same time insisting that English literature should clearly be distinguished from history , and indeed sociology and philosophy . |
| 8 | Specifically Dilthey defined method through the difficult concept of ‘ verstehen ’ — a ‘ sympathetic understanding ’ or ‘ intuitive grasp ’ of human social and cultural forms — while at the same time insisting that all such studies must be historical . |
| 9 | The sceptic , it is argued , may well concede that the conceptual scheme that we use and rely on makes sense only if we posit the possibility of re-identifiable particulars , while at the same time insisting that no proof can be supplied of their actual existence . |
| 10 | ‘ Mr Butters has placed obstacles in our path all the way while at the same time stating that he wants us to stay at Belle Vue . |
| 11 | For example : in Choros he focuses attention on many ancient Greek dance rituals and accents the playful use of movement whilst at the same time showing that such warlike , athletic courtship and other activities are a wonderful game to be played by the performers . |
| 12 | We may accept that male cooperation was needed for fertility to fall , while at the same time arguing that the opinions of wives may also have had an important effect on husbands . |
| 13 | The undertaker then arranges this , maybe with the ‘ duty clergyman ’ at the nearest crematorium at the same time explaining that this involves a fee . |
| 14 | We should remember , too , that " emphasis " has an insidious tendency to become an all-purpose cause credited for a whole variety of syntactic and phonological variations where intuition suggests that there is a difference to be explained but where no other cause can immediately be brought to light ; all that is needed , apparently , is that a speaker ( or even a linguist ) should be able to imagine himself uttering one of a pair of variants with a certain emphasis on some occasion , while at the same time feeling that he could have said the other without any emphasis being implied . |
| 15 | As the son of a school-inspector and a typical representative of the pre-Soviet intelligentsia , Lenin was torn between the conflicting needs of creating a politically and culturally conscious nation as fast as possible , yet at the same time ensuring that vulgarized , superficial agitation did not become a substitute for thoroughgoing education on a broad base . |
| 16 | When planning a rotation , it is very helpful to draw up a long-term scheme and dovetail the various crops into the seasons , at the same time ensuring that each field comes into the rotation in its turn and is then put back in grass to build up fertility for the requisite period . |
| 17 | As has been seen , the futures market presents a particular challenge to the regulator to ensure that investors are given adequate protection from the potentially high risks and volatility involved in the futures market whilst at the same time ensuring that the efficient operation of the markets is not unduly impeded . |