Example sentences of "whilst [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hunter would have gone further ; to him , ‘ embalming ’ meant a technique more sophisticated than that practised by the Egyptians , a technique ensuring perpetual preservation of the corpse 's remains , involving permanent chemical arrest of decomposition whilst allowing for a pre-mortem appearance . |
| 2 | Although the quantitative approach raises its own problems of methodology and measurement in attempting to model complex behaviour , it can be useful in sharpening concepts , providing some common ground between different disciplines and isolating the effects of one particular variable whilst allowing for the influence of the others . |
| 3 | Animals , infants , and deviant adults are said to see , hear , smell and so on , in those special circumstances , where we feel impelled to mark the similarity of their behaviour to that of human beings situated likewise whilst allowing for the inability to describe what they perceive . |
| 4 | Courts would be involved in pre-trial procedure much more actively than at present in attempting to keep the parties to proposed new timetables , whilst allowing for a realistic degree of relaxation by the court , and permitting the parties to vary particular time limits by agreement , subject always to the obligation to have the case ready for trial and set down within the overall timetable . |
| 5 | Whilst generalising for the sake of simplicity , the Commission does not believe that there is any essential conflict between these two categories . |
| 6 | She gained some 25lb ( 11kg ) in weight during pregnancy , half of which she lost whilst breast-feeding for six months . |
| 7 | John runs all year for fun and whilst training for this special event he was running between 5–20 miles a day . |
| 8 | An excellent overview of organisational communication research written specifically with reference to the external organisational environment appears in a valuable compendium Handbook of organizational communication — a volume that in this context I am not ashamed to admit that I came across just by chance in a bookshop whilst looking for something completely different ! |
| 9 | Those who are working as agency or casual workers " involuntarily " , whilst looking for a more permanent job , are also , by definition , not interested in building up long-term relationships with their employers . |
| 10 | In such circumstances , it seemed surprising that the Report should recommend the repeal of the Obscene Publications Act and consequent decriminalisation of all forms of publication other than those narrowly defined as causing actual harm to performers , whilst urging for films , and films alone , the continuation of an administrative system of prior restraint . |
| 11 | Whilst waiting for her divorce , Henrietta moved with Norman to rooms in Belsize Park . |
| 12 | Three girls lost two weeks for talking in the medicine queue whilst waiting for doses . |
| 13 | Stories were told of whole communities sitting down and wailing the old tune whilst waiting for the slave masters to arrive and incarcerate their bodies and souls . |
| 14 | He 'd been staying at a bail hostel in Gloucester whilst waiting for the case to come to court . |
| 15 | In any event , the Treaty itself envisages extra-Community inter-governmental co-operation in certain areas , whilst providing for Community action which will not involve all the Member States — though it does contain some welcome institutional reforms , a number of which reflect the case law of the European Court . |
| 16 | Nah , what Id like to see is Batts join in one of these PONCEY opposition dances … do a few wiggles … stroke a few hands … then PUNCH the bastards in the head , and maybe pick up any teeth and casually toss these aside one by one whilst running for his early shower … |
| 17 | They use their tails to grip branches whilst reaching for food , mostly ripened fruit . |
| 18 | This is the main modus operandi of the teachers ' professional associations ( unions ) : to work to decrease demands by fending them off , whilst campaigning for more ( external ) resources . |
| 19 | First he had to sort out the embarrassed financial affairs of his brother John , which had been neglected by the latter whilst working for the Company . |