Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] while [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Genette distinguishes parody from other forms of ‘ hypertextuality ’ as that ludic mode which effects punctual and systematic transformations of specific texts while retaining the noble style of the original ( 1982:33–5 ) . |
| 2 | The way they are cut also disguises her smallish breasts and widish hips while making the most of her height : thus are ideology and vanity equally satisfied . |
| 3 | There is also an upgrade to the SuperSparc ( Viking ) chip for the Sparcserver 600MP Series of multiprocessing servers , doubling the performance ceiling of these systems while maintaining the same range of price points . |
| 4 | In the Junior School we are determined to keep pace with current thought and practice identified in the recent national initiatives while maintaining the traditional standards of excellence which parents rightly expect of George Heriot 's . |
| 5 | I propose a new classification as follows : These categories have the advantage of including the more traditional elements while highlighting the egocentric nature of deixis ( the origo ) and giving prominence to the major deictic category , reference . |
| 6 | Those societies survive and flourish which have discovered how to exploit its preservative effects while containing the destructive ones . |
| 7 | What contribution has the authority made to the consideration of the problems faced by secondary schools , of providing suitable subject options for older pupils while avoiding the premature dropping of curricular elements regarded as essential for all pupils ? |
| 8 | Q. What contribution have the Authority made to the consideration of the problem faced by secondary schools of providing suitable subject options for older pupils while avoiding the premature dropping of curricular elements regarded as essential for all pupils ? |
| 9 | If last year 's congressional deliberations are any guide , R&D should recoup some of the losses in programmes unpopular with the White House , and defence wo n't get everything the Pentagon would like — in effect , lopping off the extreme fluctuations while maintaining the basic thrust of the White House economic philosophy . |
| 10 | There was talk of having a professional army and allowing more republican independence in military affairs while leaving the nuclear forces under single control . |
| 11 | They provide a useful and complex institutional façade , which absorbs political energies in non-threatening ways while masking the effective centralization of power in a tightly co-ordinated executive — military machine linked to big business . |
| 12 | For instance , a corporation may have clear strong central guidelines on financial targets while leaving the subsidiary companies free to choose how to achieve them . |
| 13 | In 1967 there was an all-party conference on the future of the Lords , the objectives being to retain these useful minor functions while ending the hereditary basis of membership , the built-in Conservative majority and the delaying powers of the Lords . |
| 14 | The incidence of syphilis itself , though a real problem , was actually declining from the 1860s while the Acts were manifestly unfair , for they took for granted the double standard and consequently sought to control working-class women while ignoring the major source for the spreading of the disease , the men . |