Example sentences of "at the [det] time not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem for Mr Lamont is that he has to attempt to control the public spending deficit but at the same time not take any measures that might stall a sluggish recovery . |
| 2 | It seems to have been Charles ' policy to broaden the education and leadership of his sons , and at the same time not to allow them to become too entrenched in their own subkingdoms . |
| 3 | In order to confront the denial system of the sufferer , but at the same time not cause it to be so aroused as to be counter productive , it may be helpful to avoid specific terms such as " alcoholic " , " drug addict " , " anorexic " , " alcoholism " , " drug addiction " , " anorexia " and substitute a phrase such as " stress and depression and problems with alcohol ( or drugs or food etc ) " or simply " problems in your life " . |
| 4 | The conflict was an ‘ absolutely senseless ’ one , according to Brezhnev at this time , and the USSR initially took a broadly neutral position , hoping to retain the alliance with Iraq but at the same time not to alienate the new and anti-Western Khomeini government in Iran . |
| 5 | In Compact the future entails a fundamental undermining of the reader 's need to believe in fictional events … . the detail and intensity are such that we do believe that what is predicted not only will occur but is occurring/has occurred , while at the same time not occurring , abolished , a mere fiction of words . |