Example sentences of "the same time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Australian Government went further and instructed its delegation to the IWC to work for a permanent global ban — not a moratorium , a ban — and at the same time to press for humane measures while any whaling continued . |
| 2 | However much both sectors might underline their commitment to high-quality education for students and other values of higher education as a whole , the struggle to define and remove boundaries at the same time led to uncertainty and ambiguity , tension and even ‘ ill-will ’ between the sectors . |
| 3 | In consequence , the Joint Contract Tribunal ( JCT ) extended their terms of reference to assume responsibility for the production of standard forms of subcontract and at the same time enlarged their membership by inviting the two main subcontractors ' organisations to become constituent bodies . |
| 4 | Charlotte Brunsdon 's excellent collection Films for Women ( 1986 ) and E. Deirdre Pribram 's equally useful Female Spectators ( 1988 ) both emphasise the heterogeneity of female spectatorship , whilst at the same time seeing film-viewing as very much a social practice rather than something which individuals undergo , passively , in the dark . |
| 5 | In this chapter I have once more attempted to describe the work of two pioneers , while at the same time using their work as a platform for discussion of issues which are crucial to my own philosophy . |
| 6 | Example 44 is from ‘ Vissi d'arte ’ in Tosca at a point where the orchestra plays the melody ( small notes ) while the singer weaves a web of narration in different ways — reciting , joining the orchestral melody , forming a decorative counter-melody , etc. — all within the space of a few bars : There is great skill here , yet nobody seems to have recognized it for what it really is — the solution for preserving melodic and formal unity while at the same time using words with freedom and flexibility . |
| 7 | ‘ Right , ’ he eventually whispered , ‘ we 'll advance slowly down through the forest , stopping every few yards to listen for the enemy , while at the same time using the trees for cover . |
| 8 | Her husband admired her serious-mindedness , and at the same time saw that her absence of humour held comic promise for his act . |
| 9 | Equally , St Paul 's , Shadwell , was at the same time looking for a £6 fee for each iron or lead coffin deposited within a brick-lined grave in the churchyard , though their most expensive intramural location commanded a charge of only £4 18s . |
| 10 | The G M B and Apex Partnership shop stew stewards and representatives of Leyland Daf played a magnificent part , maximizing jobs whilst at the same time looking after the needs of those thrown on the scrap heap through no fault of their own . |
| 11 | There is no point in reading quickly , however , unless you are able at the same time to take in the meaning of what you are reading . |
| 12 | Then you can begin to introduce new ideas gradually , one by one , being willing at the same time to take ‘ no ’ for an answer if they are definitely opposed to change of any kind , since this is their right and must be respected . |
| 13 | At the same time come off your toes , bend at the waist so you end up bent forward with your hands almost touching the ground . |
| 14 | These sculptures must date from the middle or later seventh century , and from much the same time come the first carved fragments plausibly associated with a Doric temple . |
| 15 | Being a costly enterprise and having many uses to the modern state , research has at the same time come under increased scrutiny from the paymaster . |
| 16 | He felt a sense of guilt but at the same time knew he could never have spoken to her anyway . |
| 17 | How can the right hon. Gentleman stand at the Dispatch Box and seek to justify the untrammelled entry of coal imports into Britain , which is flinging thousands of miners out of work and at the same time digging a hole for the economic morass in our balance of payments ? |
| 18 | ’ He pulled the door a fraction wider , at the same time moving forward , blocking her view into the room . |
| 19 | ‘ It is ridiculous that somebody should talk to a party and at the same time dictate to that party who should be heading it , ’ he said in an interview with The Independent . |
| 20 | If , for example , the authorities wished to pursue a tighter monetary policy , they would raise MLR and at the same time sell more government bonds and Treasury bills . |
| 21 | They would spend the day in the classroom with the class teacher , observing and assisting , and gradually learning to take over some of the lessons ; at the same time pursuing their own studies . |
| 22 | She wondered if he ever dropped it ; she could sense that , however fluently he talked , however intently he listened — and he listened very intently — his mind was at the same time pursuing some other parallel track . |
| 23 | Such was his disillusionment that he gave up the practice of medicine for a while and supported himself and his growing family by undertaking translation work , at the same time pursuing his chemical and botanical studies . |
| 24 | And when a ratepayer challenged a local authority 's conduct of its policy to sell council houses and invoked his statutory right to complain to the District Auditor , he was debarred from at the same time pursuing the alternative remedy of applying to the courts for judicial review . |
| 25 | To turn away from reality is at the same time to withdraw from the community of man . |
| 26 | The new guidelines aim to give added protection to the countryside while at the same time promoting In drawing up the guidelines , planners accept that golf can have a major impact on countryside amenities , which , they claim , must be weighed against considerable economic and recreational benefit . |
| 27 | The cut may be made with little or no apparent awareness , the patient suddenly discovering that she has cut herself and at the same time experiencing a sense of relief . |
| 28 | On that instant she put down her comb , and turned her back on her dressing-table mirror — and at the same time rejected any notion that she felt in any way excited . |
| 29 | After all , taking such subjects in higher education would apparently improve women 's prospects of gaining jobs , while at the same time filling an enormous gap in the labour market . |
| 30 | if the return to Conservatism is to be something more than the transient apparition of a spectre from the past , and its voice in national affairs not merely to be a sepulchral warning against the dangers of rash courses , the Conservative leaders must bestir themselves to some purpose … [ the Conservative Party ] must be ready to meet the programme of the Labour Party not simply with a non-possumus but with an alternative which will in some measure satisfy certain of the needs which Labour is concerned to satisfy , and at the same time avoid the perils with which it insists Labour policy is beset . |