Example sentences of "different [noun] at the same time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scrunching is a simple and effective technique for adding volume to fine hair , giving you a different look at the same time . |
| 2 | Assignment , on the other hand , requires a more explicit focus on the particular property assigned ; what is assigned may be a complex property ( like fairly acceptable ) , or even a co-ordination ; but to expect a single linguistic faculty to make two separate assignments of properties to the same entity in the same phrase would be unreasonable ; it would be analogous to expecting a physical eye to focus on two different objects at the same time . |
| 3 | For a start , the actors all play many different roles , shedding old and assuming new parts with bewildering speed and ease : sometimes indeed they play several different roles at the same time , representing different things in different relationships . |
| 4 | Many of the coaxial links in the ground today can carry only a handful of different channels at the same time . |
| 5 | Even so , it remains an inefficient way of spending funds , because in considering large numbers of new books on different subjects at the same time selectors find it difficult to judge the quality of individual works in relation to the rest of the subject literature , and difficult to take into account — except in the most superficial way — user demand for the books ' subjects . |
| 6 | It is not possible to go in two different directions at the same time . |
| 7 | Most of the attacks were near main roads , and the original police hypothesis was that a single madman or religious fanatic was motoring from one enclosed pasture to another ; then several horses seemed to have been assaulted in different places at the same time , although this is not certain . |
| 8 | It is true to say that the ‘ reforms ’ have been taking place along several different tracks at the same time , and it would be simplistic to suppose that the single element called ‘ case management ’ could or should be expected to ‘ make the difference ’ in isolation from other aspects of the reforms . |
| 9 | Working with families can often appear to be a daunting task because the counsellor has to hold together so many different individuals at the same time . |
| 10 | He had to learn his words , of course — perhaps for six different plays at the same time . |
| 11 | I felt I had won several different things at the same time , including my war against the Portuguese Federation . |
| 12 | I felt two different things at the same time . |
| 13 | You will otherwise feel frustrated if you try to tackle different things at the same time . |
| 14 | To justify his view that there are ways in which things might have been different while at the same time avoiding voluntarism , Poulantzas argues that there are two sources of valid counterfactuals . |
| 15 | Most of the surveys showing that unemployed people are less healthy than the employed are cross-sectional in nature ( comparing different people at the same time , rather than following the changes in people 's lives over a period of time ) . |
| 16 | Most of the contents of the Universal Declaration are not merely nonsense but pernicious nonsense ; and Article 25 is in this respect typical , not least in being both nonsensical and pernicious in several different ways at the same time . |
| 17 | Search can be made through a number of different files at the same time . |
| 18 | From the point of view of professional conduct rules , the problem posed by chains is how far individual members of the RICS may be involved in different links at the same time . |
| 19 | In Tectonic Plates , he tackled identity and geography , inventing a theatrical vocabulary that fits the experience of straddling a number of different realities at the same time . |
| 20 | Even when one can see a similar history of decline or recovery , this did not necessarily occur in different towns at the same time ( 71 ) . |
| 21 | Individual workstations in the network can be used on different tasks at the same time and users benefit from sharing centrally held programs , datafiles and storage ( memory ) facilities . |
| 22 | This superbly efficient oven is also highly economical to use as you can cook three or more different dishes at the same time . |