Example sentences of "or [prep] the same time " in BNC.
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1 | At or about the same time as the 2D was announced , Philips unveiled the PL lamp . |
2 | Second , only rarely would a coin have been lost at or near the same time when it was made ; we must bear in mind how long a particular type of coin is likely to have stayed in circulation . |
3 | Moreover , the two aspects of the debate were not always synchronised in the same people or at the same time . |
4 | It is vital for the young cuckoo to hatch either before , or at the same time as , its nest mates . |
5 | Thus a man who could have done all sorts of good things is rendered useless ; and the same sort of outcome could follow in a case involving not one but two men , or a hundred or more , or even a whole branch of a family ( progenies ) or at the same time a whole province — if you 're not very careful ! " ( c. 31 ) |