Example sentences of "but at the same time [pron] " in BNC.

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1 There was a buzz of excitement all around the room , but at the same time everyone had the same nervous look about their face .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 But at the same time they looked sublimely elegant .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 ) .
13 ‘ 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 .
14 The shapes of birds themselves can be fairly simple ; but at the same time they are subtle .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 Of course , the houses were built out of necessity , but at the same time they were inevitably a speculation .
21 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 ?
22 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 .
23 War conditions added to the general impetus for change but at the same time they also inhibited change .
24 Counts can be seen as royal servants ; but at the same time they used their position to entrench their local power .
25 but at the same time they should n't just be looking at the subjects in isolation
26 But at the same time we do want to be saved .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 But at the same time we must never lose sight of our over-riding duty to win elections ’ ( emphasis added ) .
30 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 ’ .
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