Example sentences of "of [noun sg] at the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem is one of the continuing dominance of traditional models of assessment at the same time as trying to introduce other models based on quite different educational premises . |
| 2 | The young man 's car , a Jensen Interceptor was out of action at the relevant time . |
| 3 | It is impossible to experience both fear and peace of mind at the same time . |
| 4 | Third , the political turbulence of the seventies born of economic failure and increasing unemployment , destroyed consensus and brought " conviction politics " and real choice back to the fore with a vengeance : the Conservatives rediscovered old roots in their opposition to state intervention and their commitment to the free market ; the Labour Party rediscovered socialism and attacked the free market of capitalism at the same time as they were eager to fashion an interventionist state ; the specifics of nationalist sentiment ebbed and flowed in unpredictable ways ; and only the Liberal-SDP Alliance seemed eager to try and recreate the moderate consensus politics and policies of the fifties , and they did this despite growing signs that the social and economic conditions that made those policies viable had ceased to exist . |
| 5 | We can assess all the relevant factors for you , and produce the right amount of cash at the appropriate time . |
| 6 | He 's won awards for his skill , now he 's putting that to the test and hopefully earn a bit of cash at the same time . |
| 7 | Whether divorce operates in the same way as widowhood in this regard is really a matter of speculation at the present time . |
| 8 | Any contribution , no matter how small , is very much appreciated and I am sure that you and your colleagues will have a lot of fun at the same time ! |
| 9 | By way of background to what follows , I must first state my position on two related issues , since they are issues that may arise over and over again in the discussion of education at the present time . |
| 10 | The success of any navigation is governed by the ability to supply the right amount of water at the right time . |
| 11 | It is difficult , at the best of times , to balance on a broomstick , but when you are trying to carry a heavy bucket of water at the same time , it is virtually impossible . |
| 12 | The earliest area of crofts may have been situated on a bluff west of the church , while an extended area was later laid out to the north around a triangular green , with an earlier Norman manor house going out of use at the same time . |
| 13 | I 've got to drop the keys and this bit of paper at the same time . ’ |
| 14 | Moreover , on the academic front , the detailed empirical study of electoral behaviour through sample surveys has come into its own so that we now have a great deal more information on which to explore the hopes and fears of those who took sides on the issue of democracy at the same time as we are provided with information to check out the reality of key elements of the responsible party model in Britain . |
| 15 | Rumour had it that it was he who brought it to the attention of Chamberlain , who became President of the Board of Trade at the same time as Plimsoll left the House , that numbers of lives lost at sea , after falling as a result of the Load Line Act , were now again on the increase . |
| 16 | The gas fields in the northern part of the N.W. German Basin lie in a region where the coal bearing Carboniferous has reached its deepest level of subsidence at the present time ( Barnard and Cooper 1983 ) . |
| 17 | Had the employer known of the pregnancy at the date of appointment he would not have appointed the woman and the employer would also have dismissed a male employee engaged for this purpose who required a leave of absence at the same time for medical or other reasons . |
| 18 | Many of these former drainage channels are in process of disintegration at the present time ( Mabbutt , 1977 ) . |
| 19 | So that all members of staff get , key elements of communication at the same time . |
| 20 | BY A strange coincidence , two Americans from the same Courtaulds site went abroad on a mission of mercy at the same time . |
| 21 | So certain privileged persons would place society under tribute , and since no doubt prices tended to be adjusted in compensation , the effect was comparable with that of shop-lifting at the present time . |
| 22 | Newton and Leibnitz discovered the principles of calculus at the same time ( and squabbled over it for twenty years ) ; Darwin thought of how the species evolved , but so did someone called A.R.Wallace , and at exactly the same time . |
| 23 | Indeed he almost perfected the system to his own advantage , sowing the seed for the rise of Fascism at the same time by installing in the population the notion that the business of politics was none of their business and that they should shrug their shoulders in a resigned way and let it continue . |
| 24 | Sort a er you know you you 're you 're happy but you 're full of go at the same time . |
| 25 | ‘ There are some initiatives going on which interest me , whereby young women who had a child when they were adolescent , and although they love the child , regret very much that they were too young , too immature , and too unsupported to care for it effectively : it 's being suggested that they should go into schools and talk to girls about the glories of motherhood at the right time , but begging them not to embark on it too young . |
| 26 | He believes , therefore , that his criticism of identity at the same time helps to put a stop to this virulent and mystifying doctrine . |
| 27 | They can also tell you whether it 's safe to take two types of medicine at the same time . |
| 28 | Denial of the social reduces the felt value of design at the same time as activity is devalued . |
| 29 | d ) If while the aircraft is turning in one direction the pilot moves his head in another , perhaps to select a switch or alter a setting , the stimulation of the balance mechanism of the ears , in the two planes of rotation at the same time , can produce a spontaneous stimulation of the balance mechanism in a third plane of rotation , with completely confusing messages being then sent to the brain . |
| 30 | For , ‘ As Marx said , every child knows that a social formation which did not reproduce the conditions of production at the same time as it produced would not last a year ’ . |