Example sentences of "[noun pl] whilst [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It requires a firmer discipline than would normally be the case , and this should be consistently maintained by all parties whilst allowing the child to enjoy a happy and satisfying childhood . |
| 2 | Unfortunately he pays little attention to the differences and the effect these have upon the implications of what we ascribe to animals whilst using the same forms of words . |
| 3 | The user interface follows accepted Windows methods whilst retaining a strong individual identity , which is no bad thing , and shows that not all Windows applications need to be clones of each other . |
| 4 | This being the case it was seen as essential to set a financial qualification for the franchise that would give the vote to " decent " farmers and shopkeepers whilst excluding the lower social orders who might use their votes to plunder the public purse for their own advantage . |
| 5 | And a gentleman who I think was Chinese had an accident with some plates whilst serving a meal , and finished up by giving me a kiss ! |
| 6 | Some religious have moved into smaller communities whilst carrying the responsibility for caring for their own elderly and sick brothers and sisters . |
| 7 | What it does reflect is the willingness of the British government to increase the chances of criminalizing poor , oppressed , and sometimes inadequate individuals whilst leaving the rich corporate executive free to operate within and outside the law . |
| 8 | The Doctor was standing on one hand now , and juggling five different balls whilst singing a medley of songs by Abba . |
| 9 | Russell Reynolds has achieved the highest fee income in the British market through adapting to the British way of doing things whilst retaining an American approach to marketing and business development ; it has achieved the former as effectively as Spencer Stuart and the latter as profitably as Korn/Ferry , to produce a combination more successful than either . |
| 10 | Both the JCT standard form 1980 and the JCT intermediate form introduced novel procedures to overcome these problems whilst leaving the employer with some influence in the appointment of specialists . |
| 11 | It is also common for regiments to have differently coloured cuffs , sleeves , or other minor details whilst retaining the overall colour of their state . |
| 12 | However , even in nominally constant-density flows it may be possible to introduce density differences which are large enough to allow the use of one of these techniques whilst keeping the internal Froude number high enough for the flow to be unaffected . |
| 13 | Rabbinical writers , whether orthodox or reform , uphold a tradition of not causing distress to living creatures whilst supporting the eating of meat and the role of the schochet or ritual slaughterer in its preparation . |
| 14 | because of the isolation of the various departments whilst preparing the budgets , there was little co-ordination , and little prioritisation of bids for new expenditure , and no attempt to assess the overall impact of the individual estimates of the departments . |
| 15 | By whatever means it has been achieved , however , the end result is one of a system of streets that permits access to essential users whilst maintaining an atmosphere of serenity and charm . |
| 16 | Whilst , over the years , there has been a considerable amount of work on costing such flows , a more important question from the point of view of planning is the fact that the home ( exporting ) authority is compulsorily required to pay for such flows whilst having no control over them ( Brazier , 1986 & 1987 ; Mullen , 1986 ) . |
| 17 | Using this method the idling current can be limited to very low values whilst maintaining the large voltage and current swings required to drive a loudspeaker . |
| 18 | The existence of significant economies of scale within the economy also means that the standard theorems of welfare economics on the efficiency of a market economy no longer apply , and additional mechanisms must be designed for achieving the advantages of increasing returns whilst avoiding the disadvantages of the exploitation of market power which large organisations may possess . |
| 19 | She 's been in Malta since February 1968 when she was impounded by the Airport Authorities whilst wearing the spurious registration 5T-TAF and carrying a cargo of aircraft tyres with the suspected destination of Biafra . |
| 20 | Sensitivity to the family , and to the needs of individual members of it , allied with the confidence to tackle issues whilst maintaining an impartial stance , is the task the counsellor has to fulfil . |
| 21 | Midway between Valehouse and Hadfield , class 47 's 47200/146 pick their way through the weeds whilst returning the demolition train to Manchester . |
| 22 | It is the solution that offers the best balance between advantages and disadvantages — the animals gain the greatest degree of mutual protection from predators whilst sacrificing the least in terms of their ability to find food in the inhospitable terrain . |
| 23 | It reflects the devotion of a whole community in caring for others whilst enjoying a community spirit that is the ‘ the Sing ’ . ’ |
| 24 | This fascinating play shows the aftermath of this unexpected death and its effect on three remarkable women whilst taking a respectful yet gently mocking look at psychoanalysis . |
| 25 | Morris men began dancing round the maypole as the tension relaxed and the climber , the laddermen , the ropemen and the polemaster had their well-earned pints whilst contemplating a job well done . |
| 26 | My Lords whilst thanking the Noble Baroness the Minister for that reply , would she not agree that when they get into hospital the accident case or the emerg emergency case , they 've probably been sent there by a doctor and that there they should th therefore be handled , but what the associations are concerned about , particularly the Royal College of Nursing , the B M A and Unison is that emergency and accident cases are put in corridors on trolleys and this ought not to be th a situation which can be tolerated . |