Example sentences of "[adj] different [noun] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had to learn his words , of course — perhaps for six different plays at the same time . |
| 2 | Alternatively , for items up to 150g , you can buy pre-paid SWIFTPACKS which come in three different sizes at the following prices : |
| 3 | Working with families can often appear to be a daunting task because the counsellor has to hold together so many different individuals at the same time . |
| 4 | I felt I had won several different things at the same time , including my war against the Portuguese Federation . |
| 5 | Most of the contents of the Universal Declaration are not merely nonsense but pernicious nonsense ; and Article 25 is in this respect typical , not least in being both nonsensical and pernicious in several different ways at the same time . |
| 6 | For a start , the actors all play many different roles , shedding old and assuming new parts with bewildering speed and ease : sometimes indeed they play several different roles at the same time , representing different things in different relationships . |
| 7 | It is true to say that the ‘ reforms ’ have been taking place along several different tracks at the same time , and it would be simplistic to suppose that the single element called ‘ case management ’ could or should be expected to ‘ make the difference ’ in isolation from other aspects of the reforms . |
| 8 | Mother-of-three Tatum , 29 , has had cosy , flirtatious nights out with at least four different men at the trendy Granita restaurant near her home at Malibu , California . |
| 9 | It is not possible to go in two different directions at the same time . |
| 10 | I felt two different things at the same time . |
| 11 | Assignment , on the other hand , requires a more explicit focus on the particular property assigned ; what is assigned may be a complex property ( like fairly acceptable ) , or even a co-ordination ; but to expect a single linguistic faculty to make two separate assignments of properties to the same entity in the same phrase would be unreasonable ; it would be analogous to expecting a physical eye to focus on two different objects at the same time . |
| 12 | One of his most exciting finds was two different pieces of an 18th-century magnetic toy which were in two different places at the same auction . |
| 13 | Because comparison is generally more important in science than the determination of an absolute value , we are generally involved in observing either the same sample at two different points of time between which X occurs , or two different samples at the same point in time , only one having been subjected to X. |