Example sentences of "but at the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasons for this are not clear , but at the present time two diseases in particular , syphilis and type-B viral hepatitis , seem to be largely the preserve of the male homosexual . |
| 2 | But at the present time the pressures seem to be particularly intense . |
| 3 | The system , with formal judicial intervention , has worked successfully in the US ; it operates informally but without full judicial approval in England and Wales ; but at the present time it obtains not at all in Scotland . |
| 4 | But at the present time , I mean Mr er , might have more information , but my information was that erm , after the V P C reported , was that there was just no alternative dip in the foreseeable future . |
| 5 | I mean I 'd had a sort of cry I suppose , but at the actual time I was glad I had a daughter [ after two sons ] . |
| 6 | But at the same time he was both transmitter and receiver , so to speak . |
| 7 | ‘ This verse described a boy who had been trembling in front of the bathroom door , but at the same time this boy was swallowed up by the verse ; it surmounted and survived him . |
| 8 | But at the same time , an enormous sense of responsibility to protect the church , the family , and the minds and hearts of the faithful from incursions by the state was perceived to be the basic duty of the church leaders . |
| 9 | This indicates an acceptance of the state structures , or a recognition of a need for the separation of Northern Ireland from the remaining state structure of Ireland , but at the same time a continuing opposition to protestant — loyalist dominance . |
| 10 | But at the same time we do want to be saved . |
| 11 | He was quite at home talking about Eisenstein or Brecht , Shakespeare or Godard , but at the same time he was completely rooted in the specificity of Bengal , its history , its literature and its culture . |
| 12 | It 's also a colour of cold — and we have n't had much of a summer this year — but at the same time it reminds me of the warmth and tranquillity of a Claude Lorrain . |
| 13 | A return seemed unlikely , but at the same time there was this intriguing question : just what would it be like to be up there , 20 pitches out , on a wall as hard as many a belted route , but with no bolts ? |
| 14 | Floors , for instance , require finishes that are hard , water resistant , but at the same time flexible , so that the surface is not brittle and will not crack when objects are moved across the surface . |
| 15 | So that when , in an access of zeal , von Lemke has Stepan 's house raided and some old-fashioned radical literature removed , the narrator finds him ‘ in a surprising condition : upset and in great agitation , but at the same time unquestionably triumphant ’ . |
| 16 | But at the same time it showed that there remained a solid contingent of the defence force loyal to General Noriega , who is wanted in the US on drug-trafficking charges . |
| 17 | But at the same time they looked sublimely elegant . |
| 18 | The Yugo ( nee Zastava ) , built in Yugoslavia , managed to escape the Iron Curtain car jokes but at the same time escaped , completely , the attention of press and public . |
| 19 | But at the same time this form of contact can seem to other policemen and women as skiving , as even one member of the public described it to the field-worker ( FN 17/12/87 ) , p. 6 ) , although such a caricature obscures the fact that the contact often has a more meaningful purpose . |
| 20 | Other examples in the Renaissance include the malcontent who haunts the very power structure which has alienated him , seeking reinscription within it but at the same time demystifying it , operating within and subverting it at the same time ; the revengers whose actions constitute an even more violent bid for reinscription within the very society which has alienated and dispossessed them ; the assertive women , the ‘ women on top ’ described by Natalie Zemon Davis who simultaneously appropriate , exploit , and undermine masculine discourse . |
| 21 | As an analytical philosopher Honderich is keen to explore the logic of Conservatism and to demonstrate that it has none , but at the same time he engages with the history of Conservative ideas . |
| 22 | But at the same time Maggie was still young enough to hold two or more things in her mind , clear and contradictory . |
| 23 | Maggie kept catching her eye with an expression of knowing amusement , but at the same time she obviously hated having these men stomping through her every possession and destroying any remaining magic in her secret chamber . |
| 24 | I believe in a competitive world , but at the same time I think we have got to be laying sound foundations for future growth and if we are constantly pressured into satisfying stock-market expectations , which are short-term , or under threat of take-over , we will not be investing enough for the long-term development of our businesses . |
| 25 | He does note , in the letter to Zasulich , Morgan 's hope for a future society , which would abandon the obsession with private property , but at the same time he makes it clear that he rightly does not consider Morgan a socialist or a revolutionary . |
| 26 | Protection can mean Defence of the Faith , i.e. of Christianity , or it can mean the adoption and identification of a ‘ guardian spirit ’ , who will watch over your life-journey , a universal , but at the same time very individual and personal desire , expressed in most religions and cultures . |
| 27 | For example , because many farming families were able to afford sewing machines , the women in these families began to make all the clothes their families needed , thus increasing their already heavy work load but at the same time putting the Darzi or tailor-caste workers out of employment . |
| 28 | The sun was full on her face , showing every stroke and grain of make-up , but at the same time driving expression from it . |
| 29 | But at the same time I want to stress how crucially important to CAFOD are the offerings from the coming Family Fast Day . |
| 30 | The chairman of the judges , Peter Porter , described him as being one of the ‘ witty , but at the same time highly passionate , informed , moral , well-crafted poets . |