Example sentences of "while [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has recently been appointed Associate Director of the Royal National Theatre , while maintaining his work for Cheek by Jowl . |
| 2 | Pope John Paul II paid his second visit to Brazil on Oct 12-21 , visiting 10 cities , and appealing for social justice for native peoples , landless peasants and street children , while maintaining his strictures against birth control and divorce . |
| 3 | The US State Department , while reaffirming its support for Mobutu remaining in power during the period of transition to democracy , also accused him of undermining the reform process and warned against further military attacks on peaceful protesters . |
| 4 | As she was already walking , she did more work in standing than she otherwise would have , to promote the feeling of taking weight through her left leg while keeping her spasticity under control . |
| 5 | The NUS has put forward counter proposals which it believes meet the Government 's central criteria of enhanced financial control of union activities , while securing their funding through college associations . |
| 6 | ‘ Stay here for long enough and you 'll soon learn , ’ Lucy assured her while containing her amusement with difficulty . |
| 7 | In 1940 he joined the staff of the director of scientific research in the Ministry of Supply , as chief adviser to the controller of chemical research , while retaining his duties as government chemist . |
| 8 | Lendl has never found it difficult to look sullen , and while blaming his lack of form on the fact that this was his first match indoors since the final of the Nabisco Masters in New York last December , lack of motivation was perhaps a greater factor . |
| 9 | While increasing its yields in chip manufacturing , NEC plans to mount a cost-cutting campaign in its semiconductor plants , including overseas plants such as NEC Semiconductors UK in Scotland , from next March . |
| 10 | This gave both parties greater flexibility , while increasing their dependence on money . |
| 11 | Joseph 's lodge was at the north of the camp , and one of his wives was cut down by a bullet while carrying her daughter to safety . |
| 12 | Kane turns on Reynolds with some acute criticism of his stance , and Reynolds — while fighting his corner with conviction — is good enough to admit the limits of his aesthetic . |
| 13 | They abandoned the concept of several lines of dug-outs and instead relied on machine-guns in strongpoints , while husbanding their troops for counter-attack . |
| 14 | Roberts usually spoke favourably of the development of the army , while recognising its deficiencies in equipment . |
| 15 | Even while freeing its market at home , America found itself locked into the pernicious logic of government-to-government deals abroad . |