Example sentences of "same time [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The humanoid vigour of man-made things , as suggested by these metaphors , is at the same time ungainly and unnatural .
2 At the same time increased inflows of financial capital have occurred .
3 At the same time increased pressure was placed on Aoun 's troops to integrate and foreign diplomats were asked to avoid all contact with him .
4 She was hopelessly confused , not wanting to lose Georg , but at the same time obsessed with the pull of Gesner .
5 Teachers in ordinary schools need to be aware that some visually handicapped pupils may have these social needs while at the same time encouraging positive and enjoyable social interaction between pupils within the full range of vision .
6 The idea is that the Government would maintain a central funding role , and would lay down the rates of benefit , while at the same time encouraging organizations , possibly private ones , to handle the payments to customers .
7 In addition to the significant changes which have taken place in local taxation , there have also been attempts by government to modify the tax structure in order to make it more equitable , while at the same time encouraging savings and increasing the base of UK share ownership .
8 By the second decade of the new century instrumental music in general had developed special properties rendering obsolescent the concept of composition ‘ da cantare et sonare per ogni instrumento ’ or ‘ apt both for viols and voices ’ , while at the same time concerted secular music for voices was beginning to be overtaken in popularity by the vocal solo or duet .
9 When the light comes on at precisely the same time each night and the curtains are n't drawn , it 's clear the house is empty .
10 If the same dose and type of insulin are given at the same time each day and either the food intake or the amount of physical activity fluctuates to a significant degree , the consequences are going to be unacceptable hyperglycaemia or hypoglycaemia .
11 It 's best if you keep to the same time each week for regular activities , though be prepared to be flexible about it .
12 Others see it occurring at exactly the same time each day , but with no obvious connection with any other activity .
13 If fed at the same time each day the fish will quickly learn to recognise their owners as a source of food and rise to the surface to be fed .
14 Clients will receive completed accounts , returns and computations at roughly the same time each year so embarrassing delays will not arise .
15 In order to compare one year 's attendance with another , it is important to count at the same time each year .
16 The rains do not come at the same time each year and yet the guinea fowl always seem to know when the wet season is about to begin .
17 At the same time each evening , some house plants , such as mimosa and the prayer plant , fold up their leaves for the night .
18 So the spring flowers which bloom at the same time each year , and the swifts and swallows which return so precisely to their nest sites , are clearly responding to a more dependable guide .
19 According to social security legislation , a " seasonal worker " is a " person whose employment is for part or parts only of the year and those parts fall at approximately the same time each year . "
20 When you can use video as another classroom aid , when and how it suits the language programme you are teaching , you almost certainly wo n't want to use it in the same way at the same time each week .
21 4.11 If it is essential that money be delivered to clients in their own homes , this must be sanctioned by the line manager and , where possible , should not be done at the same time each week .
22 The boy goes by at about the same time each day , and he is always carrying a bag .
23 Wycliffe said : ‘ Could anyone who knew your cousin 's habits rely on him taking the same walk at approximately the same time each night ? ’
24 If you 're doing the planner at the same time thirty percent and that 's the that 's the total amount you can get on a planner , but the target there is thirty two hundred .
25 Crouching below the plain embattled tower these ancient cottages , built with traditional rubble walling stone and roofing tiles , gave the old grey town a natural but at the same time haphazard unit .
26 At the same time close links have been maintained through Presidential and staff meetings with other professional bodies and trade associations .
27 Such measures shall be introduced in such a way that … they are at the same time conducive to price stability , a high level of employment and foreign trade equilibrium , and thus steady and adequate economic growth .
28 Development there has been described by Lehmann as ‘ modernisation with fitful growth ’ , because the expansion of the state apparatus has meant modernisation in terms of growing bureaucracy and an increase in formal , at the expense of clientelist and personal , relationships at work but at the same time agricultural productivity has been erratic ( Lehmann 1982 ) .
29 The cash position at the period end showed net borrowings of thirty nine point seven million which compares to eight two point seven million at the same time twelve months ago .
30 At the same time rural children became more familiar with the accoutrements of a national ( indeed , international ) youth culture in terms of clothes , music and other aspects of their life-style .
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