Example sentences of "exactly the same time " in BNC.

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1 Such allegations paved the way for justification of the German occupation of Denmark and Norway in April 1940 — justification made all the more credible by the appearance , at almost exactly the same time as the German navy , of British warships in Norwegian waters and of British troop landings at Narvik and Trondheim .
2 In Spain , what Henry Kamen has called the ‘ series of autos de fe which burnt out Protestantism ’ began at Valladolid in May 1559 , while in France , at exactly the same time , persecution of the Calvinists so much increased that Calvin 's greatest follower , Theodore Beza , began to question Calvin 's insistence on non-resistance to authority .
3 The publicity the film attracted in Cannes followed Nicholson back to America where it was due for New York opening in July which , as Karen Black told me later , was an odd time : ‘ It was a college film and so it goes on release at exactly the same time as the colleges are closing down for the summer and everyone is going home . ’
4 Nevertheless , during the winter of 1909 she had become pregnant again at almost exactly the same time as Tina did with her second son , Stu .
5 Others see it occurring at exactly the same time each day , but with no obvious connection with any other activity .
6 Then there was a dispute between two athletes , Colin Gaynor and Steve Eden , as to who should be in the final , because they had both qualified as fastest losers with exactly the same time .
7 Of course , the actual truth is that there 's different levels in everything , and while some of the worst Hawaiian records were released in the '40s and '50s , some of the greatest Hawaiian records were made at exactly the same time .
8 The second element was that I had just started working at the London School of Economics in October 1970 , which was exactly the same time as GLF started meeting there and LSE was in one of its periods of turmoil which involved me as someone working on the staff and excited me politically .
9 At exactly the same time that the ‘ shake-out ’ was happening — the early 1960s — the largest expansion of evening titles since the 1890s was under way .
10 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 .
11 These were radical claims to make , not least because there was developing at exactly the same time a theory of absolute , unlimited sovereignty which became the intellectual basis for the absolutism which was the dominant pattern of rule in Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , and in some countries , such as Russia and Austria , even lasted into the twentieth century .
12 You can make it from a standing start to 60 miles per hour in 8.6 seconds — almost exactly the same time as a Mazda MX3 .
13 The similarity of subject-matter between Picasso 's Horta landscapes and those which Braque was executing at exactly the same time at La Roche Guyon ( that is to say in mid 1909 ) enables one to appreciate with clarity the fact that , although they were reaching much the same conclusions , it was for different reasons .
14 It was something of a coincidence that we wrote to each other at exactly the same time , albeit on different issues .
15 For instance if you want to turn an object on a lathe erm and you go from one end of a shaft to the other , no matter , supposing you do it ten times , erm the machine will take that cut in exactly the same time .
16 It is n't and you do n't have to stab at the keyboard so as to press both keys at exactly the same time .
17 In Rostock , East Germany , and Greenwich , South London , the ugly face of racism reared its evil head last week at almost exactly the same time , victimising the innocent and intimidating the weak .
18 it just happens to be the same amount at exactly the same time but how nice of him to explain and how silly of us to be taken in by this string of coincidences .
19 ‘ You get several colleagues and the latest British Telecom touch dial screen technology with all the market-makers ’ numbers pre-programmed and you ring 'em up at exactly the same time .
20 He seemed , indeed , to have become much more decisive altogether , for at exactly the same time as he signed the rescript , he created a new governmental body under his own chairmanship , the Council of Ministers , whose purpose was apparently to strengthen his grip on the central administration .
21 All the lads leave at the exactly the same time that I leave .
22 The council 's ruling Labour group split on the issue , after leading opponents of the scheme claimed it would increase violence with drinkers spilling on to the streets at exactly the same time .
23 He very wealthy , but oh dear dear he was a , he was a , tyrannical I should call him , I know for a fact that he used to before the choir walked in at night he 'd have his watch out in his hand and they 'd start at exactly the same time .
24 I do n't mind but that getting a like when Shirl first came she was to get everything done exactly the same time
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