Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] the same [noun sg] making " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | On some days Marcus said nothing to him at all , while at the same time making it , without word or gesture , clear that his presence was helpful . |
2 | I advised his parents to make their son 's temper tantrums unrewarding ( indeed costly ) while at the same time making co-operative behaviour highly beneficial to him . |
3 | A more advanced technique involves camouflaging the real eye while at the same time making the false eye truly spectacular , with a huge black ‘ pupil ’ surrounded by a bright white eye-ring . |
4 | The death of Gay News provoked a considerable growth in out-of-London calls for information no longer available in that magazine 's supplement , while at the same time making it far more difficult for us to obtain the information the callers needed and throwing an internal emphasis on that side of our work . |
5 | It did something about corruption , by bringing in a new civil-service law which makes officials more accountable for their actions while at the same time making them freer of party patronage . |
6 | That interpretation of an extent is consistent with Anderson 's arguments , if one assumes that working-class life in Lancashire towns was more stable in the later period and somewhat less harsh , removing the absolute necessity for short-term instrumental calculation , while at the same time making predictions about the likelihood of reciprocal support in the future more reliable . |
7 | We wanted to organise the teachers effectively , to improve their lot economically while at the same time making a cultural contribution to the community ’ . |
8 | Nasser 's lower-middle-class background contributed to the widening of his political interests beyond those imaginable to the fellahin , the peasantry ; while at the same time making him aware of the latter 's situation , and the political and economic oppression suffered . |