Example sentences of "[noun sg] while [art] [noun sg] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | The half-back may not take any action while the ball is still in the scrummage to convey to opponents that the ball is out . |
| 2 | The plaintiff thus recovers his goods without having to await the outcome of the action while the defendant is protected by the security given by the plaintiff . |
| 3 | Alternatively hold a rod or ruler across the neck while the tail is pulled . |
| 4 | I shall want one of the senior staff in each department while the search is going on . |
| 5 | When we would expect a feeling to be expressed to some extent by both partners but instead one person is quite overcome with emotion while the other is apparently untouched , we may assume that one carries and expresses the feeling for both . |
| 6 | The check and the escapement are mounted on the key while the hammer is not . |
| 7 | The child 's reaction changes according to whether or not the stranger appears abruptly through a doorway while the mother is out of the room , or whether mother and child are introduced to the stranger together ; whether the child is approached quickly , unsmilingly and is physically picked up , or whether the stranger hovers deferentially , smiling and offering a toy . |
| 8 | Yet it is not a case of chartered surveyors and suchlike touting for audit and similar instructions to fill a gap while the market is slow . |
| 9 | It will give good reliability in general , but it will not cope with variations in sweep speed while a code is being read . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Modifying current equipment enables them to minimise new capital outlay while the product is being launched and its success evaluated . |
| 12 | The major ones are : defence , ( the territorial army mentioned above ) ; terrorist capabilities ; complete destruction ( or Armageddon weapons ) such as nuclear weapons ; or ‘ First Strike ’ purposes , ( this is the school of thought which says a good strategic hit while the enemy is unaware , is the best way to start a war . ) |
| 13 | The person named in the order will have parental responsibility for the child while the order is in force . |
| 14 | The important feature is that the parents demonstrate their recognition of the good behaviour and praise the child while the chart is being filled in . |
| 15 | A small management group will remain to prepare and manage a reorganisation plan while the company is in bankruptcy court protection . |
| 16 | If you take your floppy disk out of the machine while the file is still on the screen , even if you have saved it , it is still open . |
| 17 | To begin with the user needs little if any re-training and certainly no real deign or layout skill while the software is a simple upgrade from existing word processing with the ability to dive page printers and incorporate simple graphics . |
| 18 | If you are given this task it is best to write the minutes up the same day or as soon as possible after the meeting while the discussion is still fresh in your mind . |
| 19 | Each effect patch is identified by a combination of bank number and patch LED ; the former appears in the ‘ value/bank ’ readout while the patch is indicated by the relevant pedal . |
| 20 | The small gamma probe used in our study has the added advantage that the patient is free to have a normal routine while the detector is worn . |
| 21 | What do you think everyone else is doing while the place is burning — ignoring you ? |
| 22 | It , too , is hauled into the picture while the fisherman is bargaining with the ‘ chef du barge ’ . |
| 23 | All the players walk around the room while the music is being played . |
| 24 | Never leave the head stationary in one place while the machine is switched on and producing steam . |
| 25 | Granted the potential meaning of to postulated above , these two general categories provide a clear illustration of Guillaume 's principle ( 1984 : 134 – 5 ) that actualizing a potential meaning is an operation of thought which takes place while the speaker is mentally constructing a sentence and which he intercepts when he has found the representation which he feels as adequate for what he wants to express . |
| 26 | But if I were to find such a change taking place while an animal is learning , unless the conditions for that change met all the subsequent criteria , I would be no further forward than the experiments of the 1960s that I criticized in the last chapter . |
| 27 | Recently , photographers have discovered , via the zoom lens , the aesthetic possibilities of putting a distant object into hard focus while the foreground is fuzzy . |
| 28 | At any point while the word is being spoken , the set of detectors which remain activated is known as the cohort . |
| 29 | The funds do not merely guarantee you will get the full rise in the index over the period you have chosen ; they also ensure you get the highest bid price that the fund achieves at any point while the investment is running . |
| 30 | If there is any file access failure while the list is being produced , the program execution is terminated with a similar message . |