Example sentences of "the same time [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Example 44 is from ‘ Vissi d'arte ’ in Tosca at a point where the orchestra plays the melody ( small notes ) while the singer weaves a web of narration in different ways — reciting , joining the orchestral melody , forming a decorative counter-melody , etc. — all within the space of a few bars : There is great skill here , yet nobody seems to have recognized it for what it really is — the solution for preserving melodic and formal unity while at the same time using words with freedom and flexibility . |
| 2 | The same paternalistic attitude probably emanated from some of the more indigenous landed gentry of the district , who at the same time harboured misgivings over the flood of workers into the quiet township . |
| 3 | The 1947 Act permitted , not required , air pollution control districts to be set up and it introduced a programme to control pollution but at the same time keep industry in business as usual . |
| 4 | Insurance companies use people 's savings to acquire a range or portfolio of assets which they then manage in such a way as to make profit , whilst at the same time providing cover against contingencies . |
| 5 | Baldwin shunted him to the editorship of the official British Gazette , ‘ to stop him doing worse things ’ , but at the same time kept control over what was published by the remarkable feat of giving Davidson , a junior minister at the Admiralty , some real power of censorship over what the Chancellor of the Exchequer wrote . |
| 6 | Look ’ — he stepped back , at the same time pushing Jessie to the side — ‘ I do n't want to knock you out , seein' as you 're her father , but by God ! |
| 7 | Just as the closing of the pleasure houses of the 1870s had thrown prostitutes onto the streets , so the suppression of brothels after 1885 probably increased street prostitution , at the same time pushing prostitutes into massage parlours and flats , and into the arms of ‘ bullies ’ , who became mythical figures of popular fears in the new moral panic over the white slave trade before 1912 . |
| 8 | What he wanted in its place was put more colourfully , but very succinctly , when he said , also in 1965 , ‘ However , big the glass which is proffered from outside , we prefer to drink from our own glass ; while at the same time clinking glasses with those around us ’ . |
| 9 | Theo was swift to point this out , at the same time rebuking Vincent for his bullying and insensitivity , hurting an old man who was in no condition to hit back . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , each of these traditions at the same time lays emphasis upon the ‘ immanence ’ ( presence ) of God in the world . |
| 11 | Pressure from the STUC and the Scottish Labour Party over the 1960s had helped to channel considerable regional aid to Scotland , which partly reversed the country 's relative economic decline ( Begg and Lythe , 1977 ) but did not eliminate high unemployment , and at the same time brought recognition of a ‘ Scottish dimension ’ to economic policy . |
| 12 | aporias — because they seem to be at once the results of a communal enterprise while at the same time bearing witness to the fact that this enterprise never existed except as the inhuman reverse side of two opposed actions in which each aims to destroy the other . |
| 13 | Do you really think I 'd do that — take money from you for doing one thing , and at the same time take money from someone else to do the opposite ? ’ |
| 14 | Dbits must also support standard SQL , and at the same time take advantage of the features of the chosen database , not impose their own ‘ virtual ’ database , thereby negating the purpose in running a particular type of database at all . |
| 15 | In order that transfer can take place in a manner which allows colleges to progress rapidly if they wish , but at the same time make allowances for those who prefer to proceed more slowly , each college is being consulted on the rate of transfer appropriate for each course offered . |
| 16 | For many British people of my generation , the sight of great ships sailing for a remote theatre of action , their rails lined with cheering soldiers , at once evoked echoes of convoys leaving for Africa or the Far East , yet at the same time produced surprise at the media coverage and the openness with which these preparatory stages , and indeed the later fighting , appeared to be reported . |
| 17 | In the light of the accountability angle of the LEA scheme , to have avoided subjecting school policies and personnel to critical scrutiny whilst at the same time taking advantage of the appraisal to engage in special pleading over staffing and resources , seems to have been a sensible and shrewd strategy . |
| 18 | It was a practice requiring the submission of the lower classes on the street , yet at the same time reflecting subordination of the constables to the whims of senior officers and to a manipulative body of law . |
| 19 | That interpretation of an extent is consistent with Anderson 's arguments , if one assumes that working-class life in Lancashire towns was more stable in the later period and somewhat less harsh , removing the absolute necessity for short-term instrumental calculation , while at the same time making predictions about the likelihood of reciprocal support in the future more reliable . |
| 20 | But pluralists , like Shils , would put any conflict , even the most profound , into the context of societal integration , to the extent that one can not speak about society without at the same time making statements about the integration of society . |
| 21 | It was compatible also in that its procedures were much more closely aligned to historical scholarship than to critical evaluation , while at the same time enabling engagement in detailed analyses of literary language . |
| 22 | The authority had not found out about the incident involving the cadets at Leek until they were in hospital , but tests on the water taken about the same time showed toxics from algae present . |
| 23 | You are just lying there with these people washing , dressing and at the same time inflicting pain on you . |
| 24 | In what ways , then , can the British income tax system be made more equitable , while at the same time increasing incentives for those at or below average earnings ? |
| 25 | Increasing unemployment in the cities has had all kinds of unfortunate consequences : it reduces demand for such services as retailing , while at the same time increasing pressures on public-sector provision ; and social services , housing training and education encounter increased demands for certain activities . |
| 26 | In short , the town of Inverkeithing was determined by the arrival of a letter from Count Nassau promising that Lieutenant Cuningham should obtain the next company of infantry which fell vacant , and at the same time requesting support for one of the candidates for the parliamentary election . |
| 27 | Our duty is to secure the best return we possibly can or on , on our investments and yet at the same time to have regard to the aims and objectives of the Council itself . |
| 28 | Hungarian kings , with papal blessing , attempted to conquer Bosnia and Hercegovina , in order to destroy the Bogomils , at the same time winning territory for themselves and souls for Rome . |
| 29 | He was apprenticed at the age of fourteen to Robert Napier [ q.v. ] at the Vulcan works in Glasgow , at the same time attending classes at the Andersonian Institution in the city . |
| 30 | The common mistake of beginners in delivery of this kick is to let their guard drop ; the primary aim of the kick is to disable an enemy who is attacking from behind , while at the same time keeping guard against a frontal attack from someone else . |