Example sentences of "while [prep] the [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While for the prophets the envisioned universal rule of God is an eschatological event , for the Psalmist the enthronement of Yahweh is ‘ a present reality experienced in the cultic ceremony ’ ( Klappert 1976 : Vol . |
| 2 | For the Council , the creation of the new institutions has greatly added to its work , while for the colleges the rigours of course submission and CNAA validation procedures have , in some cases , been traumatic . |
| 3 | While through the ice the crimson berries glow . |
| 4 | The grandchildren always bathed in her kitchen rather than at home , and she ‘ looked after our heads ’ for lice , while after the bath the blind grandfather ‘ used to tickle our backs with stick in front of fire . ’ |
| 5 | The ape that Alison makes of Absolon , the excluded potential lover ( 3389 ) , re-emerges as John the clerk after Alayn has jumped into bed with Malyne ( 4202 ) , while throughout the night the miller , with his skull " " piled as an ape " " ( 3935 ) is left in the same position . |
| 6 | A tiny lizard watched me with unblinking eyes from a rock beside the lagoon , while above the trees the red tin church roof shimmered bright in the sultry heat . |
| 7 | In many Hemiptera the wings are held together in flight by various small hooks or folds along the wing.margins ( Weber , 1930 ) while in the Psocoptera the costa of the hind wing is held by a spiny or hooked process of the node where the second cubital vein of the fore wing reaches the margin . |
| 8 | UK scientists have used special micro-encapsulated formulations to achieve greater stability of the pheromone in sunlight , while in the US the pheromone is released from short lengths of polythene capillary tubing or laminated chips , applied with a special sticker . |
| 9 | From the eighth century onward , there was a strong Christian presence in the northerly mountainous regions of Asturias , Cantabria and Galicia ; while in the south the caliphates flourished in Cordoba , Seville , Toledo and Granada . |
| 10 | In rural areas , employment opportunities are almost nil , while in the towns the numbers working in the informal sector have increased markedly . |
| 11 | So each square kilometre in New Zealand has just twelve people to support while in the UK the average density is 232 . |
| 12 | Among the Odonata all the legs are adapted for seizing and retaining the prey and are hardly ever used for locomotory purposes , while in the Bombyliidae the slender legs are used for alighting rather than walking . |
| 13 | He was silent for a moment , licking his lips , while in the background the sound of the Beatles blared out . |
| 14 | Kirsten proved a fine role model for the impressionable Rhodes throughout the tour , and while on the surface the pair could n't be more contrasting in appearance or temperament , there is no doubting that they shared the same total commitment to their game and country . |
| 15 | The Kleophrades Painter 's picture ( part , fig. 102 ) is on a similarly shaped field , between two concentric circles , but while on the cup the feet rest on the smaller circle , which encourages an explosive spread , the hydria-shoulder has the feet on the wider circle and the figures tend to lean together in more static pyramidal groupings . |
| 16 | To the north the Franks and Lombards threatened , while to the east the Vandals and Huns were carrying out attacks with the violence with which their names are now synonymous . |
| 17 | Heading along the well-trodden path a tarn , Llyn y Fan fawr , lies below , while to the east the distinctive summits of the Brecon Beacons loom . |
| 18 | Across the canyon rose Illimani 's triple summit , glinting in the dawn light and far grander than in our tiny photo , while to the right the untold delights of the Cordillera Real began to unfold . |
| 19 | The open left issues from the wraps at waist-level , close vertical folds hanging from the wrist , while over the rest the stuff lies in broad , smooth areas cut by a few sharp folds determined by the left knee . |
| 20 | NAM Chairman Roger Bryan felt it was very important to remember every effort made at fund-raising , while at the time the work might have seemed far removed from aviation preservation , this work was incremental in the success of the overall project . |