Example sentences of "while holding [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While holding no important posts within the party and often dismissed as little more than a colourless clerk of little talent by Mao 's colleagues , he distinguished himself as a devoted and tireless servant both of Mao and his new wife Jiang Qing — qualities that would later prove far more important than any formal title . |
| 2 | Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif , while holding a reception in the team 's honour at Islamabad , urged the entire nation to follow the disciplined dedication of the cricketers in all walks of life . |
| 3 | For a really cheap and cheerful gathering of friends you could do worse than invest in a fondue set and a plastic tablecloth and let everyone sit around dipping their bread into the cheese fondue , while holding a glass of nice wine in the other hand . |
| 4 | ( a ) The correct way to stand while holding a camcorder if no additional support is available ; ( b ) shows how to ‘ pre-swing ’ before starting to take a pan-shot ; ( c ) lean against walls , trees or whatever is available ; ( d ) rest your elbows on car-roofs or low walls for extra steadiness . |
| 5 | Before he was murdered on 24 March 1980 , Romero made two fundamental statements : he declared that the church supported the legitimate right to insurrectional violence against a dictatorship in August 1979 and , only a day before he was shot dead while holding a mass in San Salvador , he called on members of the army and security forces to refrain from shooting if it ran contrary to their conscience . |
| 6 | He opens three cans deftly with a penknife and pours the lot — mushroom soup , wieners , white beans — into a pot which he places on the fire while holding a small flashlight in his mouth . |
| 7 | Singh , while holding a Green Card , was not a full US citizen and might simply have been released as a gesture . |
| 8 | The four men had been convicted in August of illegal assembly while holding a public meeting in Dodoma , the designated administrative capital 400 km west of Dar es Salaam , as part of a recruitment drive for the Democratic Party . |
| 9 | And , while holding a conversation with her client , she was also listening to the voice of her broker , relaying prices from the floor of the Metal Exchange in Plantation House through the loudspeaker on the wall above her desk . |
| 10 | He kept writing while holding a job as store 's manager at Ampleforth and still finds time to sit down at his word processor . |
| 11 | The uninscribed tombstone from Murrell Hill is of some interest since it shows in relief a mother dressed in a tunic and seated in an upright chair , while holding an opened fan in her right hand . |
| 12 | You must put a growl in your own voice when reprimanding the pup , while holding the loose skin on the neck . |
| 13 | Discographer Brian Rust recalls playing one side of a record while holding the other in his hand , and he also adds that the cardboard formed the best blotting-paper imaginable ! |
| 14 | A TRIED and true method of removing a spider from a bath is to trap the creature inside a glass and then slide a postcard over the open end while holding the glass against the side of the bath . |
| 15 | Despite retiring while holding the lead , Riccardo Patrese kept his runner-up spot in the championship but Schumacher overtook Senna to claim third place on the points table , an impressive achievement at the end of his first full season . |
| 16 | Starting with the leading edges , push the loose rear section forwards in its sleeve with one hand while holding the tubular end of the joining ferrule in the other . |
| 17 | Frame the shot in the viewfinder , and gently press the camera button to start the shot while holding the picture steady . |
| 18 | They 'd seen Aqib working away with his finger-nails while holding the ball in his other hand with the seam crosswise . |
| 19 | Intraperitoneal injections are given while holding the animal as in Figure lb on its back with the head slightly down . |
| 20 | Subcutaneous injections can be in the scruff of the neck close to the handler 's thumb while holding the mouse firmly on a surface that it can grasp . |
| 21 | He was also physician in nervous diseases at the National Hospital , Queen Square , from 1868 to 1902 , while holding the chair of medicine at UCH from 1887 to 1898 . |
| 22 | In 1826 Dunlop entered the Canada Company with John Galt [ q.v. ] , helped found Guelph , then founded Goderich , where he made his home while holding the post of warden of the forest . |
| 23 | A well completion allows the oil to flow from the reservoir and into the well bore while holding the reservoir sand in place . |