Example sentences of "whilst [v-ing] for the " in BNC.

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1 Although the quantitative approach raises its own problems of methodology and measurement in attempting to model complex behaviour , it can be useful in sharpening concepts , providing some common ground between different disciplines and isolating the effects of one particular variable whilst allowing for the influence of the others .
2 Animals , infants , and deviant adults are said to see , hear , smell and so on , in those special circumstances , where we feel impelled to mark the similarity of their behaviour to that of human beings situated likewise whilst allowing for the inability to describe what they perceive .
3 Whilst generalising for the sake of simplicity , the Commission does not believe that there is any essential conflict between these two categories .
4 Stories were told of whole communities sitting down and wailing the old tune whilst waiting for the slave masters to arrive and incarcerate their bodies and souls .
5 He 'd been staying at a bail hostel in Gloucester whilst waiting for the case to come to court .
6 First he had to sort out the embarrassed financial affairs of his brother John , which had been neglected by the latter whilst working for the Company .
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