Example sentences of "the [det] time [conj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( In their 1988 survey , Mintel noted that ‘ the proportion of consumer expenditure represented by alcohol consumption has fallen steadily , whilst at the same time that spent on leisure as a whole has increased ’ ( Hunt , p42 ) . ) |
| 2 | Painter-signatures of Euphronios and Euthymides cease around 500 , and their styles of drawing can not be traced further ; but the signature Euphronios epoiesen begins about the same time and continues for twenty years or more , always on cups , most of them painted by one man , evidently his pupil and one of the greatest of the next generation , Onesimos . |
| 3 | He spent the entire morning with his legs crossed , not daring to go to the loo in case one of his colleagues was in there at the same time and came to the wrong conclusion . ’ |
| 4 | Once we were in New York at the same time and stayed in separate hotels . |
| 5 | If you are the singer and guitarist it is difficult trying to remember the words , play guitar at the same time and think of something witty to say between the songs , ’ he says . |
| 6 | It set the tone of the renewed debate which in the coming decade was to divide Western Europe even further , at the same time as setting in motion a groundswell that eventually produced the European Community . |
| 7 | There will need to be an assessment of which overseas markets offer the most opportunities at the same time as looking for early signs of local companies being eyed by competitors as ripe for merger or acquisition , forecasting what the effects of this might be on the locality . |
| 8 | The ‘ need ’ for large numbers of very old people to be cared for , because they are unable fully to look after themselves is a phenomenon of the later part of the twentieth century , when the age structure of the population has shifted to give high proportions of older people , at the same time as advances in medical care have enabled many more people to survive into very old age , despite infirmities . |
| 9 | Indemnity insurance At the same time as applying for replacement of his practising certificate a solicitor must satisfy the Law Society ( by attaching to his application a copy of the form of evidence issued and stamped by London Insurance Brokers Ltd ) that he has complied with the provisions of the Solicitors ' Indemnity Rules 1991 or that he is exempt from so doing . |
| 10 | At the same time as coping with their own emotional burdens , they may need to give practical , financial and emotional support to someone with mental disorder and puzzle out how best to manage the bizarre manifestations of that disorder . |