Example sentences of "its [noun pl] at the same time " in BNC.

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1 He managed to convey some contempt for the TAS and its operations at the same time .
2 Like Hornblower , whose temperament was delighting readers with its contradictions at the same time as that of the Quinn adventures , Septimus has adopted certain measures of what could be called self-defence .
3 The Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge asked him to report on the work of its schools at the same time .
4 The Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge asked him to report on the work of its schools at the same time .
5 This catfish exhibits an usual form of ‘ parental care ’ , not dissimilar to that of the cuckoo — which is infamous for laying its eggs in the nests of other birds and leaving them to be hatched and raised by the involuntary ‘ foster-parents ’ In the case of Synodontis multipunctatus , it swims in and out among mouth-brooding cichlids which are in the throes of spawning and releases its eggs at the same time as the cichlid , whose eggs it often devours .
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