Example sentences of "the same time [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must be sagacious and have good judgement , be patient and yet at the same time firm in maintaining the interests of the ruler he represented . |
| 2 | To inject a little infusion of vinegar , and at the same time stick to the truth , must seem to those who know Jim intimately to be an almost impossible feat . |
| 3 | The direction of the technology is one of control over nature , yield maximisation , and at the same time reliability of quality , control over yields and harvesting dates ; as a whole it responds quickly to the needs of the market . |
| 4 | At the same time concern for historical accuracy , as well as psychological honesty , is a characteristic of the modern writer . |
| 5 | At the same time look for the mixed metaphor , which occurs far too often and adds nothing ( except humour ) to the sentence . |
| 6 | At the same time look for referral opportunities , for example if a group hobby has been identified then who does your client do that hobby with ? |
| 7 | It is a matter of social conscience to go on explaining and proposing , and at the same time help in organising and educating the victims . |
| 8 | As the town began to grow and at the same time fragment in strange , squalid and unforeseen ways , the gardens became symbolic in a different fashion . |
| 9 | The ideal was both " modern " and at the same time conservative in its outlook . |
| 10 | At the same time top up the water and , if necessary , replace the shoot with a fresh shoot of the same kind . |
| 11 | Somehow the country has managed to consume more energy per capita than anywhere else other than rich ( and notoriously thriftless ) Canada and the United States and at the same time plunge into a state close to bankruptcy . |
| 12 | At bottom this division is based on the fact that he is at one and the same time part of the natural order — along with the elements , plants and animals — yet also a spiritual and personal being who feels a destiny and calling to rule over the natural world . |
| 13 | Dispossessed and relatively powerless groups — for example , American blacks or white working-class youths — articulate their various perspectives , as victims , on the dominant reality through musics which accept the basic rhythmic-harmonic framework derived from the tradition of notated music but at the same time work against this in various ways , notably by superimposing on the framework musical techniques typical of oral cultures . |
| 14 | Consistency is explicit in the same time scale of two weeks . |
| 15 | Commentators described Gorbachev 's remarks , particularly the juxtaposition of his announcement about possible secession with his comment about his own and perestroika 's fate , as a bold gamble to confront and try to contain separatist aspirations by endorsing a constitutional path to independence for republics , but at the same time warning of dire consequences should they follow it . |
| 16 | At the same time demand for spending is increasing . |
| 17 | They are phrases which indicate a topic of interest ( i.e. your focus ) and at the same time point towards a particular kind of discussion ( i.e. your mode of argument ) . |
| 18 | They want to use less fuel and cause less pollution , but at the same time recoil from too many sacrifices in terms of comfort and performance . |
| 19 | The warden pointed out that time was not of the essence as it has taken since 1977 to strengthen the bell tower and rehang the bells , all carried out by villagers , needless to say I did not visualise the same time cycle for my part of the job . |
| 20 | He refers to symbols as pointing beyond themselves to the Ultimate while at the same time partaking of the nature of that to which they point . |
| 21 | At one and the same time advocacy for dispersal from big cities was related to proposals for planned development in the depressed regions . |
| 22 | So there was a restlessness that could help explain his proneness to melancholia , and at the same time account for the extraordinary enthusiasm with which , in later life , he identified himself with the people of different parts of the Mediterranean coastline in turn : Greeks , Italians , Jews , Arabs . |
| 23 | Sir Francis Walsingham , Secretary of State to Queen Elizabeth , though himself a Puritan , was so impressed with Andrewes ' abilities , which he considered would be wasted in a country parish , that he caused him to be appointed Vicar of St Giles-without-Cripplegate in London , and at the same time prebend of St Paul 's Cathedral and chaplain both to the Queen and to the Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 24 | This should at the same time lead to improved continuity of care for the patient . |
| 25 | The user can receive instruction in a number of cognitive modes , whilst at the same time training in the use of the tools — modems and terminals — and experiencing the interaction of an online system . |
| 26 | In fact , one of the perennial irritations of those involved in the sciences is that it is somehow chic to be innumerate and totally ignorant of physics , mathematics and the rest , but at the same time taboo to be ignorant of the basics of , say , literature . |