Example sentences of "at the same [noun] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time it rolled out a corporate advertising campaign intended to convince the business world that coal is an economic fuel . |
| 2 | I 'll sit there and watch some guy and go , ‘ Man , the work that must have gone into that ! ’ and they 're just whizzing right along making it look easy , but at the same time it does n't make those hairs stand up . |
| 3 | At the same time it does not seem enough . |
| 4 | I am sure you will agree that it is in the best interests of the traditions of our society that there should be these circumspect checks and controls on what a public authority is permitted to do to interfere in the private lives of individuals , but at the same time it does make it difficult to act promptly and , in certain cases , and this must be one of them , one can only regret the outcome . ’ |
| 5 | But , at the same time it does take the burden off them . |
| 6 | So I see evaluation as a very democratic activity , which allows people perhaps to appreciate each other 's viewpoints a little more than might otherwise be the case erm and does n't pretend that people all feel the same about things , but at the same time it does n't attempt to sort of countermand the realities of the situation that , you know , each person ca n't go their own sweet way , there have to be quite a lot of collective decisions and people have to recognise where the majority opinion is , but at least they do it from a standpoint that erm where they feel their own value still has some worth and is still being recognised . |
| 7 | It is a body that simultaneously defines the continents and divides them from each other ; at the same time it knits together some of their distant and improbably linked civilizations , as well as their anthropologies and histories . |
| 8 | At the same time it feared that Britain 's vulnerability to modern weapons was such that her value as a base might be short-lived . |
| 9 | ‘ I never wanted to leave Wigan — it would have been a downward step — but at the same time it had to be right for me . |
| 10 | At the same time it became increasingly apparent that research using instruments like the PARI was not producing clear-cut relationships : on the basis of attitudinal measures alone it has proved difficult to predict child personality . |
| 11 | As with all good day dreams you were confident that one day this world would materialize and yet at the same time it seemed as unattainable as another planet . |
| 12 | At the same time it afforded a public opportunity for emulation in what Veblen would have termed conspicuous waste . |
| 13 | In doing so it also extended and sharpened the tools by which it assured standards across the growing territory of higher education , but at the same time it struggled with the problem of those institutions which increasingly felt that they had served a long enough apprenticeship . |
| 14 | At the same time it ruled that in the case of Pontevedra in north-western Spain , where eight seats were at issue as the result of apparent polling irregularities , elections would have to be repeated in about 30 polling areas . |
| 15 | It feels very reassuring to the person and at the same time it allows them to become accustomed to your touch . |
| 16 | It harked back to the world of the fourth- and fifth-century Christian emperors ; at the same time it signalled a new world of money-using economic agents including peasants and small-scale traders . |
| 17 | Well one of the great lessons of life is of course you ca n't have everything you want all at the same time it took me about sixty years to learn that . |
| 18 | At the same time it recommended enhanced powers for chief executives to arbitrate in sensitive political matters : for example , applying the rules for party balance on committees , determining whether an individual council has a need to inspect a document or attend a meeting , and deciding which chief officers should attend party group meetings . |
| 19 | At the same time it plays down the dangers of pollution . |
| 20 | At the same time it assured that those who , under weaker leadership , might have suffered at the hands of armies , could live in greater security . |
| 21 | Gives her income and it 's balanced by her allowances and if you move not sufficient to , for the income to exceed that then at the same time it goes into a bank or building society you apply for them not to deduct income . |
| 22 | At the same time it offered great entertainment for the onlookers . |
| 23 | It has antiseptic properties to help fight pimples , acts like a cleanser because it draws dirt out of pores , yet at the same time it moisturises and softens too . |
| 24 | At the same time it formed the core of the unusually powerful organised trade-union movement . |
| 25 | Even in non-industrial Bordeaux ( 1873 ) it formed only 40 per cent of the wealth left at death in 1873 ( 23 per cent of the biggest fortunes ) , while in industrial Lille at the same time it formed only 31 per cent . |
| 26 | At the same time it diverted attention away from the underlying structural explanations of society and economy , as part of a general process of ‘ mystification ’ whereby surface manifestations are confused for root causes . |
| 27 | On March 21st , a despatch from Falkenhayn admitted that Rupprecht had been right about the British not being able to take the offensive , and at the same time it ordered the withdrawal of three of his divisions for the general reserve . |
| 28 | Repeated use is perceived as necessary in order to survive , yet at the same time it contributes to further decline . |
| 29 | The local residents organisation says it 's opposed to laws that segregate residential areas on the grounds of race , but at the same time it accuses the state of appearing reluctant to apply laws governing squatting . |
| 30 | At the same time it keeps a marketing hand on the tiller for products such as marine , yacht , packaging , coil and powder coatings . |