Example sentences of "but at the [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Englishing " involves the attempt to represent in English the content of a source poem , with a possible equivalence of some salient stylisitic features , but at the same time to relocate the work in the environment of English ( or Anglo-American ) culture and poetic tradition , with the intention , perhaps , of creating something at once old and quite new , faithful to the past yet relevant to the present . |
| 2 | It might be better for them to prop up the Ottoman empire for a while longer , but at the same time to keep their options open by maintaining contact with the various factions amongst the Serbs . |
| 3 | I think we 're now in the third phase , where women are expected to have a job , but at the same time to look after the family and keep themselves alluring to men . |
| 4 | In this struggle to keep ahead of one 's competitors ( but at the same time to avoid creating opportunities more attractive than necessary ) , market participants are thus forced by the competitive market process to gravitate closer and closer to the limits of their ability to participate gainfully in the market . |
| 5 | If he fails to do so , the mortgagee will be entitled to an order of foreclosure absolute , the effect of which will be to vest the mortgaged property in him absolutely , but at the same time to prevent him — even if the property should prove insufficient — from claiming payment from the mortgagor , except upon terms of giving him a fresh right to redeem . |