Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | China , if the one-child policy continues to be pursued successfully at the same time that life expectancy is being extended , looks set for an extraordinarily rapid transition to being the oldest society ever known — an apparently unforeseen consequence of her birth-rate policy , according to work being carried out by James Smith and Peter Laslett at the Rank Xerox Unit for the Study of Ageing , University of Cambridge . |
| 2 | This study looks only at the latter two groups . |
| 3 | If , for example , a customer likes Marks and Spencers ' potato crisps , he can only buy more at the same shop ( or another branch of Marks and Spencers in a different town ) . |
| 4 | The most surprising observation is that the spring bloom occurred almost at the same time in the Tromsø area and at Spitzbergen , approximately 10° further north . |
| 5 | But the new financing structure collapsed under them and , as the cultural energy build up during the 1939–45 period became depleted , these filmmakers were only occasionally to work again at the same level of intensity . |
| 6 | Adomnan recalls in his biography of Columba , written a century after the saint 's death , that one day the monks became aware of a strange presence in one of their pastures ; this experience occurred again at the same time every evening . |
| 7 | The incidence of bridal pregnancy and bastardy rose significantly at the same time . |
| 8 | Madame , with Madame 's Waterford crystal tumbler always placed just at the same place on the bar ; Madame , in position , on guard , ruling the night . |
| 9 | Doth a fountain send forth at the same place , Sweet water and bitter ? ’ ' |
| 10 | I say it again to show there is no ill will — ‘ Doth a fountain send forth at the same place , Sweet water and bitter ? ’ ' |
| 11 | They can do both at the same time . |
| 12 | What you can do both at the same time can you ? |
| 13 | Now , if we think about actions which might have a beneficial effect on welfare or on conservation , there are some which benefit both at the same time . |
| 14 | Another example is a fish swimming up-stream at the same speed as the stream ( see figure 6.2 ) . |
| 15 | The two sides will also be meeting again at the same venue tomorrow in the first round of the Augustus Barnet Cup . |
| 16 | Each Marking Kit contains seven overlays , so up to seven teachers can mark together at the same time . |
| 17 | The power axe , clenched in his mailed fist , still hewed away at the same small area in front of him , but for the life of him he could n't push himself into the space it liquefied , nor could he shift the weapon to left or to right , so firmly was his arm held by the hydra . |
| 18 | Then he turned and went out , leaving Ellie to stare speechlessly at the most money she had ever seen in her life . |
| 19 | ‘ Green in the snow ’ is a hot , hardy mustard , sown outdoors at the same time . |
| 20 | There is no problem with amplifying a speaker 's voice because in a room of any size you do not hear the individual 's voice as such and the electronic sound reaches everywhere at the same time . |
| 21 | It seems to imply that the algal ridge is not building seawards , unless the gutter is also moving seawards at the same rate . |
| 22 | Allow an ‘ activity space ’ around each piece , which can overlap with the next if you are not likely to use both at the same time . |
| 23 | Masonry developed traditionally at the same time as Norman England , but most of the buildings have been altered . |
| 24 | Some are showing how to do both at the same time |
| 25 | ‘ Keeping the bend and making Benji move sideways at the same time is not easy , ’ she said . |
| 26 | Each tier was held in place by tiny press studs which sprang apart at the least pressure . |
| 27 | The day which ended terribly at the presidential palace started badly at the same venue . |
| 28 | Erm which they start they 're supposed to be running together at the same time when they 'll start I do n't know . |
| 29 | He stood up abruptly and walked across to the window , staring outside at the same nondescript view that she herself had spent over fifteen minutes staring at earlier on . |
| 30 | And whilst we had no opportunities last year for canvassing or erm for getting members we we could have I I felt er put on more fund-raising events as we had a quiet year and we could have probably at the same time persuaded one or two people to actually join us . |