Example sentences of "are [adj] at the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interest rates are low at the present time . |
| 2 | But they are pastoral at the same time , as you are constantly made aware , and nowhere more so than up here on the lofty Plateau d'Iraty , where several roads meet . |
| 3 | Although no separate figures are yet available on short-term care facilities , the consensus is that they are inadequate at the present time . |
| 4 | CD trials , with teachers who are new both to the unit and to the computer system , are important at the present time because most teacher users will be in this category . |
| 5 | There is no point in reading quickly , however , unless you are able at the same time to take in the meaning of what you are reading . |
| 6 | Whether senior buyers are able at the same time to exercise an influencing and decision making role will depend on organisational factors . |
| 7 | Local staff or voluntary workers can not be expected to have the resources , time or experience to ensure that telecommunications , backdrop , crowd flow , music , lighting and camera positions are available at the right time and in the right way . |
| 8 | In many cases the static error can be reduced if several phases of the stepping motor are excited at the same time , so the potential benefits of multi-phase excitation are examined with reference to both hybrid and variable-reluctance stepping motors . |
| 9 | These ideas were refined in the late 1940s by Hebb and Konorski , who proposed a coincidence-detection rule in which the synapse linking two cells is strengthened if the cells are active at the same time . |