Example sentences of "while search for " in BNC.

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1 While searching for prey , many dolphin species move in tight schools distributed over a large area , using sound to stay in contact and communicate with each other over significant distances .
2 A dolphin school will often divide up into subgroups while searching for food , which separate and spread out over a wide area of sea , still diving synchronously — evidence that they are probably in some form of acoustic contact .
3 While researching a book on the history of Arabia he was struck by the lack of early material , and while searching for place names of non-Arabic origin in a gazetteer recently produced in Riyadh , he found that nearly all the Biblical place names from the patriarchal period were concentrated in a small area of the Red Sea north of Yemen and far south of the traditional sites in Palestine .
4 During the day a Cant Z.501 flyingboat of the 184 a Squadriglia R.M. was also lost , apparently to Malta fighters , and probably while searching for the downed German aircrew ; the crew of this aircraft were rescued near the Sicilian coast .
5 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 .
6 For a few weeks , he drove a taxi while searching for a permanent appointment .
7 In 1868 Otto Wucherer found these microfilaria in the haematochylous urine of a Bahian patient in Salvador , Brazil , while searching for Schistosoma haematobium eggs .
8 The fishermen and their children have a habit of holding fish between their teeth to prevent their escape while searching for another .
9 While searching for the plants , I found many of the invertebrates .
10 She hesitated while searching for an answer that would not betray the fact that she longed to remain in Stella 's place but that she feared for her own emotional state .
11 The thieves have been forcing their way into the homes of elderly people , holding them down while searching for their savings .
12 But 70-year-old Mr Lowes , who unearthed the historic treasures while searching for lost tools on Home Farm , at Hoxne , Suffolk last November , is totally relaxed about the whole thing .
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