Example sentences of "[noun pl] while the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The weird anomalies of the Burgess shale could have gone on to found evolutionary dynasties while the distant forebears of humanity perished in the ooze . |
| 2 | The fruits of diversification will be clear even to the most sceptical observers in another few years , they claim , when the company 's new subsidiaries will help Mercedes build still better cars while the company 's ability to throw resources into fast-growing high-tech areas will give it an edge in those markets . |
| 3 | Her hair , glowing like a brazier through the early-morning mist , her high boots and her cream-coloured quilted jacket with its exaggerated shoulders , had drawn his gaze as he sat impatiently in a line of cars while the pickets argued with the driver of an articulated wagon that was trying to enter the University . |
| 4 | She and Charles were furious at the publication of the pictures while the palace , reflecting their outrage , remarked that it was one of ‘ the blackest days in British journalism . ’ |
| 5 | It contains large raolecular units while the chemical industry wants small carbon units for feedstocks , so coal must be broken down , usually to make a gas . |
| 6 | What he noticed in the camps , however , were large numbers of evangelicals , presumably converted by American missionaries while the Catholic priests were away . |
| 7 | Next page : Kirgiz women play tug-of-war in high heels while the men , in traditional white hats , look on |
| 8 | On the night of 13 March the U.852 sank a steamer called the Peleus and then cruised round the area shining a searchlight on wreckage and survivors while the ship 's first lieutenant , doctor and engineer officer with two ratings picked up guns and grenades and by indiscriminate firing endeavoured to destroy all traces of the sinking before the patrolling aircraft arrived in the morning . |
| 9 | Since 1987 , when he had a difficult first few months while the recently arrived Jonathan Davies was recovering from injury , he has established himself as the freshest , most innovative Welsh analyst of modern rugby . |
| 10 | Commenting on its most recent losses ( page five ) Advanced Logic Research Inc , Irvine , California said that more price competition reduced its turnover , and that its gross margin for the latest six months was just 14% compared with 22% in the year-ago period ; the impact of the reduction was partially offset by cost-cutting programmes , and its cash position improved by $5.5m to $35.1m during the latest six months while the company simultaneously cut bank debt $7m . |
| 11 | By the following month , furthermore , Reagan 's rating had dropped ten points , where it broadly stayed during the next three months while the administration successfully defended its budget-cutting package and won a stunning endorsement of the tax reduction measure . |
| 12 | Feigen was then asked by Hildenbrand on behalf of the museum to lend the painting for two months while the purchase ( at a price of $725,000 ) was being negotiated and pending a meeting of the museum board , which apparently was to take place on 21 October last . |
| 13 | It is worth noting that although the product is only just released commercially I have been using an ‘ engineering ’ version on the PC for some two months while the actual review tests were done on a genuine US release version . |
| 14 | The clean-up will continue for many months while the outcome of the official inquiry will be eagerly awaited . |
| 15 | On July 29 the Lok Sabha approved funds to meet government spending for two months while the government attempted to secure the passage of the budget and the new industrial policy . |
| 16 | The money , under the EC 's Rechar programme , has been frozen for 18 months while the political dispute raged on . |
| 17 | She hid in bushes while the fiend ran to the central reservation before losing sight of her and driving off . |
| 18 | Cross-competition experiments using a 50-fold molar excess of the oligonucleotides A , B , C and D revealed that A , B and C compete very well with the ICP4 and Ad2 sequences while the consensus octamer sequence of oligonucleotide D does not compete at all ( Fig. 4C , lanes 1–10 ) . |
| 19 | I must just stretch my legs while the jury are coming back alright . |
| 20 | She 's met loads of really nice people and does n't know where to put her eyes while the blokes walk past ! |
| 21 | ‘ Sometimes it all comes to a head , ’ Gran said , low , and shut her eyes while the pain furrowed her face . |
| 22 | Li Yuan … if you would avert your eyes while the Lady Wu gets out and finds her clothes ? ’ |
| 23 | So Julie smiled at us , in a half-proud , half-scared sort of way , that made her look more as if she was going to burst into tears , and marched up the street , pigtails bobbing , and over the main road to the bus-stop , and stood there gazing across at us with blank eyes while the traffic trundled backwards and forwards between us . |
| 24 | The bones released from the scats as they decayed were washed down this gully , and this resulted in the separation of two distinct bone assemblages : the one remaining at the top of the hill consisted of about 60 per cent dental and jaw fragments while the one washing down the hill consisted of more than 70 per cent vertebrae . |
| 25 | He finds that although the globular bodies of the histone molecules no longer contact the DNA of heavily transcribed genes , their charged tails still do , leading him to suggest that they remain tethered by their tails while the polymerase passes so that they can rapidly ‘ snap back ’ into their former structure . |
| 26 | In one day 's march thirty-eight mills had had their plugs drawn in Dewsbury , the masters standing amazed in their empty sheds while the workers streamed out to join what to some had become a Crusade , to others a Pilgrimage ; an opportunity for revenge ; an exciting chance for a holiday . |
| 27 | Measurement of h-parameters demands that the input terminals are effectively open circuit with respect to signals while the output terminals are effectively short circuited as far as signals are concerned . |
| 28 | The United States would reduce its ability to impose pressure close to Soviet borders while the USSR would renounce rights far from American shores . |
| 29 | The nave is covered in double bays of domical rib vaults supported on piers while the aisles have groined vaults . |
| 30 | There was some interruption of access to printed books while the new fire detection and alarm system was being installed in those areas where rare books are housed , and any inconvenience to readers is very much regretted . |