Example sentences of "while [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Berkeley 's desire to support non-sceptical common sense , while accepting from the philosophers something common sense would not , gives an awkward complexity to what he says . |
| 2 | The document suggested that every school has a common aim , that of helping children ‘ to meet the basic academic and social demands of adult life ’ while allowing for the unique differences that exist between child and child . |
| 3 | However , most of the literature does not satisfactorily account for the simultaneous determination of wages and membership while allowing for the interaction between the free rider problem and workers ' tastes . |
| 4 | India supports the Kabul government , much to the annoyance of Pakistan and most western countries ; but while allowing for the mischievous nature of Mr Gandhi 's remark , they suspect that it is no more than the truth . |
| 5 | Gregory sees her as the prime mover in this , while allowing for the importance of divine intervention in Clovis 's victory against the Alamans . |
| 6 | Our assistance breaks that barrier while allowing for the funds to come back to the Network when the company steps up production and is earning a return on its investment . |
| 7 | Louis , a sportsman and only child , was struck while jogging at the edge of the road . |
| 8 | Louis , an all-round sportsman and only child , was struck while jogging at the edge of the road on 13 July . |
| 9 | Peter was one of three Palace players to have won 14 full International caps while registered with the club , and Palace fans will always wish him well in his career for both club and country . |
| 10 | The task of mission , while depending on the empowering and guidance of the Holy Spirit , also requires human planning . |
| 11 | But this poses a dilemma for the vigneron because the vine , once pruned , is at its most vulnerable to frost , while to wait for the danger of frost to subside would be to waste the vine 's limited and precious energy : the decision of when to prune can prove an expensive one . |
| 12 | Kington 's river trip was eight days on a slow boat in the company of U Thien San , who guided the writer on matters like whether it is customary to talk while eating with the Burmese , and whether the monk sharing their cabin was really a spy . |
| 13 | I encountered an old lady of a more awkward sort while canvassing for the Tory candidate in Crosby — a by-election subsequently won for the SDP by Shirley Williams . |
| 14 | However , I found that my arm rested quite comfortably along the 44mm-thick body , allowing relaxed fingerstyle playing while resting on the neck-side of the pickup . |
| 15 | Doctors have been concerned that requests for repeated medical examinations , while justified for the purposes of forensic evidence , might be detrimental to their primary responsibility for the child 's health and well-being . |
| 16 | Note that in practice Silver and Knitmaster chunky and double knit machines should NOT be set to tuck while knitting with the ribber . |
| 17 | Rediscovering and making heroes of overlooked Old Mistresses does n't challenge the exclusivity of art history , the way it masquerades as a specialism — so it talks only about form and sources , influences and patrons — while collaborating with the class of owners and dealers in art as rich people 's commodities because it never talks about social conditions of race , class , gender or sexuality . |
| 18 | In particular , the boys drift into and out of minor delinquencies while hanging around the streets in groups looking for something to do , as the following extract from his study illustrates . |
| 19 | The government 's aim was to keep the budget deficit to within 3 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) , or GD 60,000,000 , while building on the achievements of the 1985-90 economic recovery plan ( ERP — see p. 35110 ) . |
| 20 | The bar-room whose porch I was leaning on , while gazing at the street , was surrounded by cameras , lighting and film crew . |
| 21 | Hands are also important in body language , usually to provide points of emphasis , while shaping with the hands the object being discussed , or an event , or signalling directions . |
| 22 | Miss Whiplash was in fact dressed up in thigh boots and a tightly-laced bodysuit while seeing to the likes of you in her torture chamber . |
| 23 | The citizens were literally waiting to seize the disembarking troops and bear them off to their homes for lavish entertainment , while singing on the quayside was the ample figure of Perla Siedle Gibson , ‘ The Lady in White ’ . |
| 24 | This Airacomet is significant to the Museum in that she actually flew from March while assigned to the 420th Base Unit , Continental Air Command , during that Unit 's posting to March Field in late 1945 . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , while regarded by the vast majority of members as good , proper and for the immediate and ultimate improvement of professional standards , the concept was challenged on a number of points , though these challenges were directed against the logistics of the proposal rather than the philosophy . |
| 26 | Where courses are offered at only one teaching centre , it would be possible to make significant progress by initially devolving responsibility for assessment only to the college , while maintaining for the time being central control of the course content . |
| 27 | Tory MP for Gosport , Hants , Peter Viggers , who nearly drowned yesterday when he fell overboard into The Solent near The Needles while competing in the Isle of Wight Round the Island yacht race . |
| 28 | Either way , the meaty hunk of French boeuf , who we rate as the screen 's answer to Ian Botham , seems considerably ill at ease as a father trying to fend off the local romeos from his daughter while holidaying on the enchanted island . |
| 29 | Why else should I still be yearning after a man whom I knew to be a murderer while shrinking from the innocent Syl whose only crime was that I found him unattractive ? |
| 30 | Specific offline requests from LIFESPAN users are included while checking for the limit having been reached . ) |