Example sentences of "but [adv] at the [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This deeper controversy sustains the debate between liberal interpretations of the modern law of contract , but paradoxically at the same time demonstrates its pointlessness . |
| 2 | But somehow at the same time I am washing myself — I 'm trying to get the filth off myself . |
| 3 | The other main formulation is the rule of acting in such a way that you treat humanity , whether in your own person or in the person of any other , never simply as a means , but always at the same time as an end . |
| 4 | We ought , he said , to ‘ treat humanity whether in your own person , or in the person of any other , never simply as a means , but always at the same time as an end ’ ( Kant , 1948 , para. 429 ) . |
| 5 | At its best such a book will not only provide a satisfying solution to the murder puzzle which it still must have , but also at the same time the solution of the mystery should reveal finally what it was the novel had to say . |
| 6 | I base this theory on having seen the fish both distressed and inflated , but never at the same time . |
| 7 | I 've had tons of guitars , but never at the same time — I never had enough money to have them all at once . ’ |
| 8 | Sometimes Matthew or Luke depart from Mark 's order of events but never at the same time together and they always return to it . |