Example sentences of "while on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is pressed while on the first input field of a line , then the cursor will be placed on the last input field of the previous line . |
| 2 | Furthermore , if it is pressed while on the first input field of the first line of a scrolled area , then it has the same effect as EXIT SCROLLED AREA BACKWARDS , described below . |
| 3 | For one thing , as Jardine points out , while on the one hand the shift of wealth to the mercantile classes was leading to the break-up of the dress code , and enabling the socially mobile to appropriate , for purposes of inclusion , what were supposed to be signs of their exclusion , it was also the case that those who had ‘ arrived ’ socially often wanted to enforce the code against those who had not . |
| 4 | One of the oddities of Foucault 's work is that it seems riven by an internal tension — for example , as peter Dews notes , while on the one hand Foucault lays claims to a form of objectivity in his archaeology , and eschews interpretation in favour of ‘ intelligibility ’ , on the other hand throughout his life he was also prone to endorse a Nietzschean insistence on the interminability of interpretation . |
| 5 | While on the one hand claiming to recognise the theoretical problems inherent in classifying cultural features and the possibility of interpreting otherwise , New Historicist writing tends to produce very organised , well-constructed and argued cases for a small number of Renaissance cultural features . |
| 6 | While on the one hand Simon Duke describes the British commitment as " perhaps the most important … made by one first-class power to another " , he also notes the unique importance of Britain — especially before the development of inter-continental aircraft and rockets — in American grand strategy in Europe . |
| 7 | It 's a very striking book because while on the one hand he admires the Bolsheviks very greatly for the hope that they have given to man , for the feeling that they have given to the world that new potentialities are there to be realized if only we had enough courage , yet on the other hand , even at that point , he was acutely conscious that the Bolsheviks ' attitude towards the equality of power was leading them in a fatal direction , and long before Stalinism began to take shape , he described in advance what he expected to come . |
| 8 | I could not finish them until after Dana had left for the States , when I would sit day after day beside my desk , trying to write , while on the other side of Avondale Buildings the children screamed and shrieked in the playground . |
| 9 | The lights of Alcatraz stood out like a ship in the bay , while on the other side shone the twinkling lights of Berkeley . |
| 10 | On one side of the membrane is a solution of ascorbic acid ( a reducing agent ) while on the other side is a ferric chloride solution , which is an oxidising agent . |
| 11 | Four out of five graffiti in male lavatories had a sexual theme , while on the other side of the wall only one in four of those created by women dealt with overt sexual subjects ; love and romance seemed to be their principal occupation . |
| 12 | In Britain , especially , the political ideas of trade union leaders in recent decades have been very confused ; on one side , most of them have continued to proclaim their general support for the Labour Party , and thus for the idea of a socialist society , however vaguely conceived , while on the other side , many of them have accepted in fact the principles of a market economy in the emphasis which they place upon ‘ free collective bargaining ’ . |
| 13 | Employers know that ‘ insiders ’ will not co-operate with any undercutting ‘ outsiders ’ if they employ them , while on the other side of the market would-be undercutting outsiders can expect to be ‘ harassed ’ by insiders if they are successful in gaining employment . |
| 14 | But , indeed , the whole general effect is to divorce Resident Tutors from the WEA ; the Resident Tutor would be excluded from urban areas , while on the other hand the WEA would be to say the least of it extremely circumscribed in rural areas . |
| 15 | While on the other hand , it attacked the idea that ‘ the irregular , half-informed , capricious voice of popular favouritism ’ should have any say in the outcome of the competition . |
| 16 | The local structure is governed by chemical forces , while on the other hand the long-range order reflects the way structural units on the local scale pack together to form a three-dimensional solid . |
| 17 | ‘ On the one hand , it was supposed to be BCCI 's auditor , while on the other hand , it was earning huge fees from other parts of BCCI as management consultants . ’ |
| 18 | With one hand people are placing children while on the other hand they are still encouraging the natural parents to think there 's some chance of having them back ! |
| 19 | On the one hand , the Daily Mirror story had the important ingredient of television stars and the alleged exploitation of children in their front-page exclusive story , headlined Stars in Child Porn Probe , while on the other hand , more routinely , there are the very brief items in the local newspapers where the local police use the newspaper like a bulletin board to warn the local neighbourhood about a local nuisance who insists upon exposing himself . |
| 20 | Pale shades reflect light , opening out small areas , while on the other hand , dark , rich tones will absorb light to make a room look smaller . |
| 21 | Considerable physical migration took place — mostly , but not entirely , caused by the activities of the Russians — and some peoples were reduced in numbers almost to vanishing point , while on the other hand at least one new ethno-cultural group was formed . |
| 22 | Increased longevity results in increased dependency in old age , while on the other hand , increased investment in health has been accompanied not by falling but by rising rates of sickness absenteeism from work . |
| 23 | Short 's paper demonstrates , on the one hand , the possibility , and indeed the necessity , of extending the scope of descriptive categories to a diverse range of text types , while on the other hand it stresses the need to refine our understanding of the conventions and expectations that are specific to each individual type of discourse . |
| 24 | He feels the amount of money a lot of young people have to spend on drink is one cause , while on the other hand , unemployment and social deprivation are factors for others . |
| 25 | On the first measure the poor were becoming poorer , while on the second measure they were becoming richer , though not to ine same extent as the rich . |
| 26 | For example , the quotation begins on C minor , while on the fifth beat in bar 2 there is a straightforward chord of D9 . |
| 27 | Despite Gorbachev 's comments the crackdown in Vilnius continued on Jan. 23 with the seizure of the central newsprint depot , while on the following day troops in armoured cars opened fire on road traffic outside Vilnius , injuring one person . |
| 28 | The open fields hemmed in the town along its entire northern side , while on the southern side Burghley Park and the farmlands of the Cecils offered not an acre for expansion . |
| 29 | A hawthorn hedge divided them on the left from the field belonging to Upmeadow Farm , while on the right-hand side their territory was bounded by a swift little stream . |
| 30 | The official exchange rate of US$1.00=0.56 roubles would continue to exist , but was rendered largely meaningless ( tourists already enjoyed a special rate of US$1.00=5.60 roubles , while on the black market the rate was around US$1.00=20 roubles ) . |