Example sentences of "[noun pl] while [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | They have applied double standards by funding favourably a few pupils in CTCs and grant-maintained schools while denying most schools the funds that they need . |
2 | Le Monde , one of the country 's most profitable publishing concerns producing special supplements and books while printing other publications , has invested a sum conservatively estimated at not less than Fr350m in a state-of-the-art printing press . |
3 | A zoo , park , or some other attractive open-air venue will provide you with lots of photographic opportunities while keeping other members of the party happily occupied . |
4 | It was rather as though Attlee or Macmillan had spent post-war autumn holidays at Saratoga Springs while eschewing any contact with the United Nations in New York . |
5 | In the 1920s a team of British geologists discovered hot springs while surveying northern India and the seismic faults around the Himalayas . |
6 | Any move which can save young lives while teaching irresponsible parents a lesson is fine by me . |
7 | ( George 's conviction made him the first high-ranking member of the CIA ever to be convicted of felony offences while conducting official duties . ) |
8 | This sought to improve productivity and market performance in existing areas while developing new products and highly defined derivatives and more flexible patterns of work organization . |
9 | I am in favour of that , but that is different from setting up international agencies whose legislation and ideas may have devastating effects on industries in western countries while leaving eastern countries to carry on processes over which the rest of us have no control . |
10 | Mode 2 ( 'partitioned workload' ) was slightly more sophisticated and enabled both processors to support their respective users and applications while providing mutual back-up . |
11 | The government accused Czechoslovakia ( which represented Cuba 's diplomatic interests in the United States ) of " hypocritical inconsistency " — sheltering asylum seekers while requesting official protection to deal with the " consequences " of such an action , and additionally claimed that the episode was aimed at causing embarrassment in the run-up to the July 26 celebrations . |
12 | The new systems replace Dell 's existing line of 80486 desktops and are priced lower than their predecessors while offering improved performance and such features as integrated Local Bus video , ability to be upgraded to Intel Corp 's Pentium chip , and embedded system diagnostics . |
13 | They ate pasta , the Substitute continuing to ask rapid questions while winding rapid forkfuls , his eyes always fixed on the Captain 's . |
14 | There is the potential for several wards to share ideas and to develop broader understanding of each others ' specialisms and problems while building valuable resources in the form of teaching aids and expertise . |
15 | The 12-step method is being increasingly criticised for its extreme focus on individuals and their problems while ignoring wider issues . |
16 | In the same circumstances the shooting man would move on to the next burrow with his remaining ferrets while keeping one eye open to watch for the emergence to the surface of any of the muzzled ferrets he had left behind . |
17 | To be introduced over a two-year period , the reform had as its main aim the reduction of income tax rates while increasing indirect taxes , and tightening rules on the taxation of capital gains without altering the overall tax burden . |
18 | An integrated farm development plan in an LFA could incorporate agricultural development of vegetation types of little consequence in nature conservation terms while stipulating traditional forms of management of nature conservation features . |
19 | If society as a whole does not pay , women pay — by being penniless dependants while working full time . |
20 | So the question is ‘ merely ’ one of engineering : can we replicate these extreme conditions and create controlled nuclear fusion reactions while using less energy than at present ? |
21 | Hains allegedly took mouldings of existing works to fake minor artists while using original casts for Rodins . |
22 | The authors add that by about this age , ‘ Stable structures have replaced earlier instabilities and can now be used in the service of new cognitive skills while keeping sexual drive components in greater isolation . ’ |
23 | Brand of the Year was awarded for our long term policy of providing modern stores and innovative products while retaining traditional values . |
24 | Distribution — Setting up agency agreements while avoiding possible conflicts of interest ; drafting franchise agreements as an alternative distribution method . |
25 | Next , he says , SBUs may well form alliances outside the corporate group to obtain the same benefits as could be obtained by internal linkages while retaining more control over their situation . |
26 | It freezes salaries and wages while allowing most prices to rise . |
27 | But it is also attractive , just as Ron Hubbard 's dianetics or Wilhelm Reich 's orgone theories are attractive , because it seems capable of grasping great truths while casting orthodox science in the role of the lame and purblind also-ran . |
28 | She split up with her husband some months ago and is now struggling to cope with two young children while facing continual abuse . |
29 | Five reported increased symptoms while taking porcine insuline ( three autonomic , one neuroglycopenic , and one both ) . |
30 | Some leased part of their own tenements while renting additional land . |