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

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1 In January 1983 , the water content of reservoirs in South Africa had fallen to 50 per cent of its level at the same time last year , and the 1982 maize crop was 40 per cent lower than the record of 40 million tonnes harvested in 1981 .
2 He managed to convey some contempt for the TAS and its operations at the same time .
3 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 .
4 It is unlikely a team will get all the details of its programme at the same time as the call to the work .
5 The Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge asked him to report on the work of its schools at the same time .
6 The Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge asked him to report on the work of its schools at the same time .
7 Now the public may enjoy its stately grandeur and the magnificent flowering trees of its parkland at the same time , perhaps , pondering upon the enterprise and ethics with which the magnificent property was founded .
8 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 .
9 The main disadvantage to direct use lies in the fact that supply reaches its maximum at the same time as demand is at its minimum .
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