Example sentences of "[art] [det] time [pron] [vb -s] " in BNC.

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1 The more people there are helping the less time it takes .
2 The later it comes , the less time it stays . ’
3 Erm , it 's because you need land , and er , the bigger the area of land you 've got , the more time it takes to get your combine harvester from one side to the other er , and so on and so forth .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 The refusal is as understandable as it is naive , but seems to constitute at the same time what amounts to an abnegation of intellectual curiosity about human needs .
7 Gives her income and it 's balanced by her allowances and if you move not sufficient to , for the income to exceed that then at the same time it goes into a bank or building society you apply for them not to deduct income .
8 It feels very reassuring to the person and at the same time it allows them to become accustomed to your touch .
9 It is a body that simultaneously defines the continents and divides them from each other ; at the same time it knits together some of their distant and improbably linked civilizations , as well as their anthropologies and histories .
10 At the same time it converts the colour coding frequencies from PAL to NTSC and combines 50 lines of each field to reduce the scanning pattern from 312.5 lines to 262.5 lines .
11 At the same time it plays down the dangers of pollution .
12 The local residents organisation says it 's opposed to laws that segregate residential areas on the grounds of race , but at the same time it accuses the state of appearing reluctant to apply laws governing squatting .
13 The money is automatically taken out of your current account in the same time it takes to clear a cheque , roughly three days .
14 Mr Wharfe and another Scotland Yard colleague boarded a Liat flight for a journey which lasted about an hour , the same time it takes to get to St Kitts .
15 Repeated use is perceived as necessary in order to survive , yet at the same time it contributes to further decline .
16 At the same time it keeps a marketing hand on the tiller for products such as marine , yacht , packaging , coil and powder coatings .
17 It turns from Proust 's text and looks outward to the language system in general ; and at the same time it represents de Man 's voice speaking from outside and intruding into Proust 's text .
18 Television , itself a constant passive-oral indulgence , stimulates and satisfies sadistic fantasies ; at the same time it blunts responsiveness to one 's sadistic impulses .
19 It has antiseptic properties to help fight pimples , acts like a cleanser because it draws dirt out of pores , yet at the same time it moisturises and softens too .
20 I 'll sit there and watch some guy and go , ‘ Man , the work that must have gone into that ! ’ and they 're just whizzing right along making it look easy , but at the same time it does n't make those hairs stand up .
21 At the same time it does not seem enough .
22 I am sure you will agree that it is in the best interests of the traditions of our society that there should be these circumspect checks and controls on what a public authority is permitted to do to interfere in the private lives of individuals , but at the same time it does make it difficult to act promptly and , in certain cases , and this must be one of them , one can only regret the outcome . ’
23 But , at the same time it does take the burden off them .
24 So I see evaluation as a very democratic activity , which allows people perhaps to appreciate each other 's viewpoints a little more than might otherwise be the case erm and does n't pretend that people all feel the same about things , but at the same time it does n't attempt to sort of countermand the realities of the situation that , you know , each person ca n't go their own sweet way , there have to be quite a lot of collective decisions and people have to recognise where the majority opinion is , but at least they do it from a standpoint that erm where they feel their own value still has some worth and is still being recognised .
25 If an EM field is applied to the cell , the cell 's EM activity becomes aligned to the nature of the applied field and at the same time it re-arranges its intracellular components accordingly .
26 At the same time it tends to overlook the accounts and understandings of the people actively engaged in ‘ subcultural ’ ways of life .
27 And at the same time it draws attention away from your activities here in the Wilds .
28 At the same time it permits cost-effectiveness for instance in terms of marketing and distribution costs .
29 At the same time it has been lumbered by its parent bank with needlessly big headquarters in Tokyo 's most expensive rented building .
30 At the same time it has remorse about it and generosity of spirit .
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