Example sentences of "while at the [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I AM surprised to see that the England Colts selectors have included A. Jackson in the squad of 25 and also on training weekends , while at the present he is banned from playing for stamping . |
| 2 | At one extreme it can mean a particular , rigidly constrained , language dependent structure , while at the other it can simply mean that subroutines or procedures are used . |
| 3 | At one extreme you may wish to ignore all advice and to pioneer your own stretch of water , while at the other you could simply follow a successful fisherman , wait for him to leave his swim and then cast a bait exactly where he did . |
| 4 | As regards external mediation efforts , the European Community ( EC ) moved to the imposition of sanctions on Yugoslavia , while at the UN there was increasingly urgent consideration of a mission by peacekeeping forces . |
| 5 | In the first , it is ‘ gentle ’ and the poet describes the ‘ kind old sun ’ as wise , while at the end he says ‘ fatuous sunbeams ’ — fatuous being ‘ silly ’ or ‘ imbecile ’ . |
| 6 | While at the Soane he edited and wrote a commentary on two small books in the museum , The Notebook and Account Book of Nicholas Stone , Master Mason to James I and Charles I ( Walpole Society , vol. vii , 1919 ) , which he illustrated with photographs of that sculptor 's monuments taken during numerous journeys devoted to studying Stone 's work . |
| 7 | While at the hostel they could get a free pass to visit any cinema or theatre so a decent life was possible on the half pay rehearsal salary . |