Example sentences of "while [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To pan a camcorder smoothly , hold it normally while rotating your body from the hips to mimic the action of a pan-and-tilt head on a tripod . |
| 2 | Clayton continued working in the darkroom while pursuing his goal of becoming a photographer . |
| 3 | A hegemonal class may be more or less ingenious at furthering its political interest while maintaining its position in the power bloc ; the working class may make better or worse use of a revolutionary situation . |
| 4 | By announcing America 's ‘ preparedness ’ to intervene in the European conflict , while maintaining her neutrality between the combatants , Wilson had emerged as the main hope for peace in Europe . |
| 5 | He has recently been appointed Associate Director of the Royal National Theatre , while maintaining his work for Cheek by Jowl . |
| 6 | Formed in the milieu of Chartism and Owenite ‘ Halls of Science ’ , he remained a man of the extreme left who returned late in life to a militant support of land nationalisation and even socialism , while maintaining his belief in those other characteristic theories of heterodox and plebeian ideology , phrenology and spiritualism ( see p. 319 below ) . |
| 7 | We have reacted to the uncertainties of recessionary pressures by reducing our cost base while maintaining our quest for improved productivity and quality . |
| 8 | We are operating with fewer layers of management ; and we have reduced overhead and indirect positions by some 50,000 , while maintaining our tradition of full employment . ’ |
| 9 | The US State Department , while reaffirming its support for Mobutu remaining in power during the period of transition to democracy , also accused him of undermining the reform process and warned against further military attacks on peaceful protesters . |
| 10 | Russia , on the other hand , accepted the principle while denying its application to its own subject peoples . |
| 11 | The following evening he was shot dead while walking his dog along the wharf here . |
| 12 | WHILE trimming its expenditure by £200,000 mainly by reducing staff bills Sedgefield District Council refuses to cut a penny from its chairman 's hospitality allowance . |
| 13 | As she was already walking , she did more work in standing than she otherwise would have , to promote the feeling of taking weight through her left leg while keeping her spasticity under control . |
| 14 | I got up , staggered to the window and , while keeping my head below the level of the sill , attempted to close it . |
| 15 | The chemists encouraged people to have fun in the sun while protecting their skin from the harsh rays which can prove dangerous . |
| 16 | He leans back against the wall , seeing his face in the cracked , diamond-shaped mirror and he sifts through his thoughts , trying to hold back the vitriol while searching his face for yet more mutations . |
| 17 | Comparisons with the 1914–18 career of Monty should be viewed with the knowledge that this outstanding man was gravely wounded while leading his platoon of the Royal Warwicks early in the conflict and this slowed his promotion considerably . |
| 18 | Another victim of the household siren was a Colorado man who was ensnared while cleaning his car in his underpants . |
| 19 | Looking for the mound from where he stormed the Irish town while researching her biography of Cromwell , she asked a local priest for directions . |
| 20 | The NUS has put forward counter proposals which it believes meet the Government 's central criteria of enhanced financial control of union activities , while securing their funding through college associations . |
| 21 | Uamhas brings the hill to life through the many tales enacted on its flanks every year by its jumble of human pilgrims , while lamenting their effect on its future . |
| 22 | If not , consider how it might be adjusted to different categories of student while preserving its efficacy as a means of encouraging orientation within a discourse . |
| 23 | In doing so we will create the opportunity to deliver an individual service to our members through instant response and while improving our service to the members we will also improve our recruitment potential . |
| 24 | And through them all does there not run a consistency of effort to strengthen the ties of monastic life , to bring back those in error , to wait patiently for better times , while occupying his time with theological work , with preaching and counselling the erring , for whom he displays an affectionate concern — even for the king . |
| 25 | Antonio 's father , Pedro ( Biro ) Custodio , was informed of his son 's death while reporting his kidnapping to the military barracks the next morning . |
| 26 | The difference was that when constructing a plot she was able to invent clues that would subtly direct her readers in the direction of the guilty person while strewing their path with red herrings . |
| 27 | ‘ Stay here for long enough and you 'll soon learn , ’ Lucy assured her while containing her amusement with difficulty . |
| 28 | He wants to visit them all , while minimising his time on the road . |
| 29 | The Faverolles factory responded to this challenge and continued to break production records , while played their part with large increases in muesli , crunchy and pillow tonnages for the continental market . |
| 30 | The Congress announced after 10 days of debate that " while emphasizing its adherence to Libyan penal and procedural laws the General People 's Committee [ equivalent to a Council of Ministers ] do not object to the investigation and trial being carried out through the committee of seven constituted by the Arab League [ see p. 38883 ] or through the United Nations before a just and fair court to be agreed on " . |