Example sentences of "but [prep] [art] same time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | But at the same time they looked sublimely elegant . |
2 | When people walk into an auditorium , one thing ought to happen and another ought not : their attention should be grabbed and held but at the same time they should n't fall flat on their faces because you 've failed to gaffer down a loose wire . |
3 | They are certainly comfortable and assured , but at the same time they have no real chance of converting others to their views , at least if conversion means more than expressing the hope that God will send faith to others too . |
4 | 13:31–35 ) give an implied warning of the dangers attending numerical growth , but at the same time they confirm that such growth is characteristic of the Kingdom of God ’ ( IRM July 1968:299 ) . |
5 | ‘ They change , manipulate and subvert ready-made products , but at the same time they are the apothesis of consumerism and an ideal workforce for contemporary capitalism . |
6 | The shapes of birds themselves can be fairly simple ; but at the same time they are subtle . |
7 | Additions such as these certainly enrich the idea of the longue durée ; but at the same time they complicate it by broadening the notion of constraint on which it depends and obscuring its relationship with conjonctures . |
8 | Not only did their desire for greater freedom at university lead them into conflict with the authorities , but at the same time they responded to issues of much wider social significance raised by the ‘ revolutionary situation ’ of 1859–61 , the massacre of peasants protesting against the terms of Emancipation , the repression of radical journalists such as Chernyshevsky . |
9 | They disliked British interference , but at the same time they appreciated that the British they appreciated that the British presence on Persian countered what would otherwise have been over whelming Russian influence . |
10 | In 1806 he designed the hotel and assembly rooms in the suburb of Clifton , which the firm contracted to build ; but at the same time they were speculating by buying unfinished houses in Clifton which they completed and sold , and in 1809 they were overtaken by bankruptcy . |
11 | Members of the Soviet government ( the Council of Ministers ) were essentially administrative heads of ministries , but at the same time they were party members , and a few of them may even have been members of the Politburo . |
12 | Of course , the houses were built out of necessity , but at the same time they were inevitably a speculation . |
13 | Does he agree that the collections are vast and have often been assembled at very little cost , but at the same time they are the treasures of the night watchmen ? |
14 | It is all very well for the Government to pretend to mount a campaign against drugs and drug imports , but at the same time they have allowed another Department , the Treasury — Conservative Members do not want to hear — to cut 400 customs officer jobs . |
15 | War conditions added to the general impetus for change but at the same time they also inhibited change . |
16 | Counts can be seen as royal servants ; but at the same time they used their position to entrench their local power . |
17 | but at the same time they should n't just be looking at the subjects in isolation |
18 | But at the same time we do want to be saved . |
19 | We 're still limited by sexism , but at the same time we 're bombarded with images telling us that we have to achieve a lot . |
20 | The Government did manage to bring down the rate of income tax , but at the same time we increased the annual budget for health between 1983 and 1987 from £15.5 billion to £20.7 billion and for social security from £36.7 billion to £48.7 billion . |
21 | But at the same time we must never lose sight of our over-riding duty to win elections ’ ( emphasis added ) . |
22 | But at the same time we have been told that even the phial of Galadriel loses its virtue on Mount Doom , for there Frodo is at ‘ the heart of the realm of Sauron … all other powers were here subdued ’ . |
23 | Of course we must , but at the same time we must endeavour to retain the practices and methods we know are right for our children . |
24 | We shall not be satisfied with a theory which does less than justice to the biblical view of the nature of man , but at the same time we need to be sure that we really have grasped the biblical view , and not just read our own ideas into it . |
25 | The legend must go — but at the same time we must be careful not to let the queen out with the asses ' milk . |
26 | Ah , but at the same time we do n't have to comment on mathematical skills at G C S E. |
27 | Pedro Campos , project manager said , ‘ We are aware that a country going into the America 's Cup for the first time has never done well , but at the same time we are going there to win ; no-one knows about the class . ’ |
28 | But at the same time we 'll never eliminate it completely . |
29 | We must rely , as heretofore , upon the social acumen of the judges ; but at the same time we are entitled perhaps to ask for a little more boldness in the formulation of principles . |
30 | CPRW has its feet firmly on the ground , but at the same time we need a ‘ sustainable ’ view that is far-sighted , since decisions taken today will have repercussions for good or ill in the years ahead . |