Example sentences of "but at [art] [adj] time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the evidence for these legends is drawn from some rather vague references by the Greek historian Plato , in particular a passage in his Timaeus : ‘ But at a later time there occurred portentous earthquakes and floods , and one grievous day and night befell them when the whole body . |
| 2 | The system , with formal judicial intervention , has worked successfully in the US ; it operates informally but without full judicial approval in England and Wales ; but at the present time it obtains not at all in Scotland . |
| 3 | I mean I 'd had a sort of cry I suppose , but at the actual time I was glad I had a daughter [ after two sons ] . |
| 4 | There was a buzz of excitement all around the room , but at the same time everyone had the same nervous look about their face . |
| 5 | But at the same time one can not help feeling that Proofs is the kind of story that would have been better off as a three-page essay in Granta . |
| 6 | It is rather like working with people from other countries ; there may be good communication at one level , but at the same time one has the sense of the difference of cultures . |
| 7 | In making an apology one accepts blame for what has happened , but at the same time one tries to convince the injured party if there happens to be one , or the world at large if not , that the error is not to be taken as representative of the real self . |
| 8 | It is fair to say , particularly when one is considering overseas relations , that there was some form of national sentiment , but at the same time one should guard against the assumption that this was a dominant force in determining men 's attitudes on all occasions . |
| 9 | The most common disguise is that of the jongleur or menestrel ( within the fabliau tales there is barely any discernible difference in status or respectability between these two although conventionally it is supposed that the former is lower than the latter ) : a disreputable itinerant entertainer living , creditably , off his wits and his talents , but only too vulnerable , and given to wasting what he gains on the temporary pleasures of drinking and gambling in the taverns ; a social outcast but at the same time one called upon by the members of normal society , as Jouglet is , both to instruct the ignorant young man and to play for the villagers . |
| 10 | But at the same time their concern with Eastern Europe is one more reason that they do not want West Europeans to do anything that weakens NATO . |
| 11 | The nobility readily supported the king 's ‘ just quarrel ’ , but at the same time their military importance was greatly enhanced , the financial relationship between the king and the nobles moved substantially in favour of the nobles , and both the profits of war and the generosity of the crown enabled them to extend and safeguard their inheritances . |
| 12 | But at the same time they looked sublimely elegant . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | The shapes of birds themselves can be fairly simple ; but at the same time they are subtle . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Of course , the houses were built out of necessity , but at the same time they were inevitably a speculation . |
| 24 | 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 ? |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | War conditions added to the general impetus for change but at the same time they also inhibited change . |
| 27 | Counts can be seen as royal servants ; but at the same time they used their position to entrench their local power . |
| 28 | but at the same time they should n't just be looking at the subjects in isolation |
| 29 | But at the same time we do want to be saved . |
| 30 | 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 . |