Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] the same time trying " in BNC.
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1 | There is , I believe , a strong case for encouraging more administrators from the developing countries to participate in seminars of that sort , while at the same time trying to reduce the very heavy demand that would make on the time of people primarily engaged in other tasks . |
2 | First , how to persuade other member states not to insist on proposals which take us down the federal route and , second , how to avoid agreeing to wording which would be inconsistent with the wishes of the British parliament and electorate , while at the same time trying to reach an agreement . |
3 | Sunny 's two children from a previous marriage brought the case against Claus and have continued to make sure their mother 's story is kept in the lime light , ( they opposed this film though ) , while at the same time trying to hide the truth about their mother — that she was a pill-potting drunk who injected herself regularly . |
4 | Consider , first , a theory which takes its clue from Leibniz , while at the same time trying to dispense with Leibniz 's dubious metaphysics . |
5 | But consider now a different theory which takes its clue not from Leibniz but from Kant , while at the same time trying to eliminate the main causes of the difficulties and problems that bedevil Kant 's own approach . |
6 | Life for a single parent was never easy — struggling to cope with the demands of a new baby , while at the same time trying to hold down a job . |
7 | British Communists continued to blame the Social Democrats for Hitler 's victory while at the same time trying to organize common anti-Fascist activities between Communists and the Left of the Labour movement . |
8 | Arthur Scargill put it that ‘ Whilst we exist in a capitalist society we have to extract from that society the highest possible reward for the labour power that we sell , whilst at the same time trying to change the society . ’ |
9 | And perhaps most fundamental of all , we have to try to live and teach according to our ideals , and to promote them , whilst at the same time trying to make a good career within a system that seems at many points to be based on quite antagonistic values . |