Example sentences of "while [verb] for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | India supports the Kabul government , much to the annoyance of Pakistan and most western countries ; but while allowing for the mischievous nature of Mr Gandhi 's remark , they suspect that it is no more than the truth . |
2 | The document suggested that every school has a common aim , that of helping children ‘ to meet the basic academic and social demands of adult life ’ while allowing for the unique differences that exist between child and child . |
3 | I encountered an old lady of a more awkward sort while canvassing for the Tory candidate in Crosby — a by-election subsequently won for the SDP by Shirley Williams . |
4 | As there is still a marked shortage of UK accountants with language abilities , it could be wise to take a crash course while searching for a new job . |
5 | For a few weeks , he drove a taxi while searching for a permanent appointment . |
6 | The manager 's problem tonight is to find a replacement for the injured Brian O'Neil , while looking for a wholehearted performance against a side whose manager , Simon Stainrod , is as relaxed as Brady is uncomfortable . |
7 | The Howard Beach outrage , when a young black man was killed while looking for a public phone in an Italian neighbourhood , provided much of the inspiration for Spike Lee 's Do The Right Thing . |
8 | Should treatment be withheld and the available donor organs donated to ‘ more suitable ’ patients or should such ill patients be actively treated while waiting for a suitable donor organ , thus leading to a potential increase in the number of stable patients likely to deteriorate while awaiting ‘ elective ’ transplantation ? |
9 | The young composer practises his scales while waiting for a big break . |
10 | According to Le Monde of Nov. 22 the number of asylum seekers ( who came especially from eastern Europe ) had risen to 1,700 per month , and a new law to speed the processing of asylum applications stipulated that these should be processed within two months , after which an applicant recognized as a refugee could take up provisional residence while waiting for a definitive decision . |
11 | Another bomb fell and he was back in the gutter beside Peregrine , convinced that anything was preferable to being killed while waiting for an improbable train . |
12 | While waiting for the great day we watched nearly every match of the 1990 World Cup , particularly the progress of England and Ireland in the early rounds . |
13 | Other topics might include moving from practice into industry , part-time working or going back to work full time while caring for a young family . |
14 | Latterly the USSR appeared to have reverted to its traditional support for Iraq , while calling for a negotiated settlement at the earliest opportunity . |
15 | Multivariate proportional hazard regression was used to analyse the relation between waist-hip ratio and probability of conception per cycle while controlling for the above variables . |
16 | The opponents at Hampden in October were Rangers , against whom , while working for the other half of the Old Firm , Aitken spent many years being either revered or reviled . |
17 | My knowledge of chyluria progressed while working for the senior physician of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases . |