Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] while [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In more sophisticated tests two stimuli may be used , one probing the centre of the receptive field while the other explores the surrounding region to detect the presence of antagonistic effects from the surrounding region . |
| 2 | He strode away towards the arched lane while the sound of chatter and laughter behind him gradually faded . |
| 3 | The rising ‘ middle class technocratic ’ element in the party could believe this to mean that Labour would support modern managerial private industry while the left could imagine it meant the nationalisation of profitable growth industries in the name of state-sponsored technological advance . |
| 4 | I shall want one of the senior staff in each department while the search is going on . |
| 5 | We spent five days moored in this inlet while the barge was unloaded . |
| 6 | In Sinhala areas most Ceylon Tamils were of high caste while a majority of Indian Tamils were of low caste . |
| 7 | Passenger pleasure comes from the outstandingly comfortable seats in a beautifully crafted cabin while the driver enjoys excellent control , great visibility and a superb instrument layout . |
| 8 | Between 1909 and 1911 Hill attended evening classes at the Architectural Association while a pupil of William Flockhart . |
| 9 | This device should more accurately be described as a freewheel , the intent of which is to allow the blades to rotate at high speed while the motor is idling or stopped . |
| 10 | An E minor when it should have been an E major brings the rehearsal to yet another halt while the suspect note is cordially argued over by the boys in the band . |
| 11 | However , the elected members were chosen by an electoral college dominated by the chiefs and the clear intention was to provide political training for the chiefs and the so-called intelligentsia while the Governor retained all power . |
| 12 | Hopefully , sometime zoos will become unnecessary as a nature reserve but this is an unrealistic aim while the hunting and destruction of habitat continues . |
| 13 | A number of projects have been successful in which the supply of inputs and the marketing of the product are managed on a commercial basis while the bulk of production comes from small farmers . |
| 14 | But it 's not a simple process , the ewes can reject the lambs , so she 's held in this restraint while the lamb is introduced , giving it a chance to suckle and allowing the mother to get used to it . |
| 15 | Highbury 's capacity will be heavily cut this season while the North Bank is closed as part of a £22m redevelopment scheme . |
| 16 | He climbed back into bed , laying the cello on the right-hand pillow , which was more practical since the telephone was on the left-hand side , and read some music while the child went on going through the numbers in the telephone directory . |
| 17 | Measuring the directions of the Earth 's magnetic field provides the basis of an electronic compass while the strength of the field says much about solar activity — a factor important to HF radio propagation . |
| 18 | Measuring the direction of the Earth 's magnetic field provides the basis of an electronic compass while the strength of the field says much about solar activity , a factor important to HF radio propagation . |
| 19 | One patient was a man aged 58 of British descent while the other was of Libyan Jewish origin . |
| 20 | The study found the food industry was the UK 's strongest asset while the aerospace and automotive industries under-performed in every area measured . |
| 21 | Ah , this is the life , no doubt , another cup while the coffee 's hot and fresh , toast some more . |
| 22 | She shielded the flame with a cool slim hand while the tobacco caught , then threw back her head and blew out a small stream of smoke . |
| 23 | Using the numerous hollows and small rises unnoticed to untrained soldiers on a bare hillside , Turton and his men once lay hidden in this deadground while the Japanese moving to encircle them passed by , leaving the Australian patrol to come off the hill at nightfall . |
| 24 | Early educational reforms , designed to promote Gaelic language and culture , did nothing to expand scientific training while the notion of ‘ scientific progress ’ had little appeal to the leaders of a self-consciously Catholic culture . |
| 25 | Another pause while a note was made . |
| 26 | The fourth centenary of the birth of the great seventeenth-century printmaker and draughtsman Jacques Callot was celebrated in his home town of Nancy earlier this year while a selection of his prints was also shown at the National Gallery of Washington . |
| 27 | It is time for the magazine to go — what company can justify wasting a reputed £250,000 on a glossy front while a recession is going on ? |
| 28 | Yet others say that the dependant refused to allow them to go away and would not receive help from another source while the carer was receiving treatment . |
| 29 | Those in the lower group of six would play a total of 36 matches with the first two teams keeping their place in the Premier Division while the rest would be relegated in 1994 . |
| 30 | Multiple-section filters are analysed in the following chapter while the topic of active filters is broached in chapter 10 . |