Example sentences of "the same time [verb] their [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Free newspaper groups in particular welcomed the opportunity to provide their readers with interesting features about both the Battle of Britain and the work of the Association , whilst at the same time encouraging their regular advertisers to support the Appeal by purchasing space on the feature .
2 More recently , northern folk have seized a greater share in responsibility for their own affairs ; they seek to take advantage of southern benefits , while at the same time maintaining their northern identity .
3 The revised Investment Business Regulations may reduce the unnecessary administrative burden created by the original regulations , and relaxing the statutory audit requirement for small companies may provide firms with an opportunity to provide their clients with more valuable services , while at the same time reducing their professional risk .
4 At a word of command , the file of Scots turned towards the hall , bent forward , and at the same time presented their bare arses to the platform party .
5 Otherwise , by securing railway concessions in Persia , the Russians could reach the Gulf and at one and the same time create their longed-for warm-water port and turn the western flank of the British in India .
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