Example sentences of "[num] thing at [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | His boat is only big enough to carry himself , and one of the three things at a time . |
| 2 | In practice one can only talk about one thing at a time , and in this Chapter I shall risk a distorting simplicity by looking at questions of theory largely in isolation from institutional matrices and situations , and concentrating on British activities to the exclusion of the American ones that accompanied or preceded them . |
| 3 | It still seems to me that the acting critics of poesy are for the most part incapable of looking for more than one thing at a time , having got started about 1913 ( I mean a few of ‘ em got started about 1913 and a lot have started since ) to look for a certain plainness and directness of speech and simple order of words ; and having about 1918 got started looking for Mr Eliot 's rather more fragile system ( a system excellent for Mr Eliot but not very much use to any one else ) , they now limit their criticism to inquiring whether or no verse conforms to one or other of these manners , thereby often omitting to notice fundamentals , or qualities as important as verbal directness and even more important than ‘ snap ’ . |
| 4 | Thatcher 's great advantage is this laser sight which fixes in a very narrow , straight beam on one thing at a time . ’ |
| 5 | The common sense , suburban philosophy of the accountant 's daughter from Surrey Hills — ‘ one thing at a time , ’ forever ringing in her ear — over-rode all the tempting words Stock , Aitken and Waterman and the money men of pop bombarded her with . |
| 6 | MANY mothers agreed with Helen Bullock that men can only focus on one thing at a time . |
| 7 | ‘ One thing at a time , ’ he used to say pompously , as though there were some virtue in it . |
| 8 | deals with one thing at a time |
| 9 | One thing at a time . |
| 10 | You see the Vox is trying to be all things , but in fact it 's only really good for one thing at a time . ’ |
| 11 | You dealt with one thing at a time , gave it your whole attention , decided it , then put it aside . |
| 12 | ‘ One thing at a time , Jimmy . |
| 13 | She says ‘ no ’ more often , rather than suffering or withdrawing , and she is able to remind people of her difficulty in concentrating on more than one thing at a time . |
| 14 | At present we assume that the computer does only one thing at a time . |
| 15 | can we just come back to the pupil comment business , one thing at a time for a moment |
| 16 | This was , from Frederica , pointedly rude , but Caroline took it complacently , said , " One thing at a time . |
| 17 | and this kind of thing it 's getting er I just think I 'm going to end up more confused by trying to do it all at once than if I concentrate on one thing at a time . |
| 18 | Then try to think of one thing at a time as you write . |
| 19 | I believe harmonic poverty is often caused by a student 's perfectly natural inability to think of more than one thing at a time . |
| 20 | To avoid confusion we need some sort of structure which allows us to focus on one thing at a time . |
| 21 | In structure drills as well as in pronunciation drills there is one important principle : drill one thing at a time . |
| 22 | On the whole , he disliked comparisons , because they made you think about more than one thing at a time . |
| 23 | ‘ One thing at a time , if you please , ’ said the Inspector . |
| 24 | Change only one thing at a time and notice if it stops crashing or not . |
| 25 | ‘ But the thrust of our approach is to start at home , focusing on one thing at a time rather than confusing ourselves by trying to do everything at once — which is a major reason why 85 per cent of organisations trying to do something in this area fail to get it right . |
| 26 | Their inability to do more than one thing at a time is only one problem . |
| 27 | Like any CD-ROM system , it effectively only does one thing at a time . |
| 28 | ‘ One thing at a time . |
| 29 | ‘ One thing at a time , please . |
| 30 | Er , do one thing at a time , these A types who juggle all these different jobs , still ca n't get them all done . |