Example sentences of "while it is [adj] that [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Both are limiting laws , valid only for small strains or rates of strain , and while it is essential that conditions involving large stresses , leading to eventual mechanical failure , be studied , it is also important to examine the response to small mechanical stresses .
2 While it is apparent that members of an organisation will always be affected by a treaty concluded by the organisation in the sense that they can not act contrary to it , the controversial question was whether they could be formally bound by it .
3 While it is true that men 's consumption of bread and beer can vary , the quantity of these basic foodstuffs remains a tolerable , rough criterion of the size of a population .
4 While it is clear that politicians and zaibatsu groups were the object of a more aggressively nationalist movement in rural areas , there was also some strong anti-landlord sentiment .
5 While it is conceivable that bribes can be used to secure the sale of a better and cheaper product , the more general effect is to shift the balance of business away from the most efficient producer and in favour of the most corrupt producer .
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