Example sentences of "at the same time [subord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You see , one of the advantages of being dead is that one is released as it were from the bonds of time and therefore I can see everything that has happened or will happen , all at the same time except that of course I now know that Time does not , for all practical purposes , exist . ’ |
| 2 | Realising that if any modules which they want to read are offline , then this will result in a delay to all modules requested at the same time while those offline are brought back online . |
| 3 | We have just noted how local politics in Britain has recently become more diversified , but , as Chapter 4 pointed out , this has happened at the same time as political power has become increasingly centralized . |
| 4 | Put that down and we thought right draw the circle , space it out equally , six equal angles is what we were doing at the same time as six equal arcs , all at sixty degrees , or all at one sixth of three sixty . |
| 5 | Between 1980 and 1985 interest payments by third world countries more than doubled from 9 to 20 per cent. , at the same time as average prices for their commodities fell by an average of more than 25 per cent . |
| 6 | This is in spite of an impressive set of measures , associated with the Integrated Rural Development Programme , to reduce poverty at the same time as encouraging economic development . |
| 7 | When the time comes for expansion , new houses can be added either to work alongside present flocks , i.e. added at the same time as existing houses , or slotted in-between , to give a more even flow . |
| 8 | It is one of the paradoxes of contemporary political thinking that at the same time as much conventional theory has tried to restrict the idea of democracy to that of choosing a government from competing elites , it is also widely admitted that the theoretical sovereignty of these democratic governments is not in fact matched by their actual powers over society , particularly in relation to the vast conglomerate firms and multi-national companies on whose policies and decisions the employment and livelihood of so many millions now depend . |
| 9 | The news came at the same time as Personal Computer World 's first annual awards — where the judges voted our 486-based PC the Best Power-User System ( see page 7 ) . |
| 10 | In the parts of the Caribbean under consideration , at the same time as Standard English is used in the official and public domains , a local creole language is the language of everyday interaction for the majority of the population . |
| 11 | Using a small amount of bleach to clean lavatories probably wo n't do any harm , but avoid using it at the same time as other materials ; dangerous chlorine could be released . |
| 12 | The time-honoured foam filter is a good beginner 's choice , and an excellent back-up to other systems , especially as it can be matured ( build-up a working population of bacteria ) in the tank at the same time as other systems — then moved into action at the required time should a back-up or quarantine tank become necessary . |
| 13 | Furthermore , loss of a spouse may occur at the same time as other bereavements . |
| 14 | Often the hypertext system is running at the same time as other systems , exchanging documents dynamically with them . |
| 15 | We have exactly the same option to join a single currency at the same time as other member states if we wish . |
| 16 | Departments will have to place a monetary value on any destruction of the environment that may result from government policies , meaning that environmental impact will be assessed at the same time as other benefits and costs . |
| 17 | ‘ In due course , both sections of the Brecknock Local Plan will be placed on deposit at the same time as one composite document . |
| 18 | Like Hornblower , whose temperament was delighting readers with its contradictions at the same time as that of the Quinn adventures , Septimus has adopted certain measures of what could be called self-defence . |
| 19 | If the pot-au-feu is for a special occasion you include as well a boiling chicken , but since so many kitchens are n't equipped with a soup pot large enough to hold a chicken at the same time as all the meat , this may have to be cooked separately . |
| 20 | In the opinion of Books Etc , ‘ this unfair distribution method should now cease , and accordingly , may we please be given the opportunity of subscribing to your complete paperback list and obtain deliveries at the same time as all other bookshops in the UK ? ’ |
| 21 | At the same time as working class women were offered a measure of protection , more emphasis was placed on their responsibilities at home . |
| 22 | Therapy is commenced as early as possible , based on arterial oxygen levels and preferably at the same time as anti-PCP drug therapy . |
| 23 | Like the quatrain poems it is funny at the same time as serious . |
| 24 | He left Allied Dunbar last October , at the same time as chief executive Mike Wilson , 47 , a 20-year cohort who was viewed as his successor , and sales director Keith Carby . |
| 25 | It may have formed at the same time as Coed y Brenin . |
| 26 | At the same time as new signs are being made , the hotel name could be changed . |
| 27 | The government would have more to spend , at the same time as real output would have risen offsetting unemployment . |
| 28 | Perianal warts are frequently found at the same time as genital warts and there need be no assumption that anal intercourse has taken place , although it will have done so in some 50 per cent of cases . |
| 29 | Catherine and Donald Carswell were a husband and wife literary team who flourished at the same time as another pair , Willa and Edwin Muir . |
| 30 | The speed of élite competition means that your countering punch either arrives at the same time as any deflection you make , or very soon after it . |