Example sentences of "while [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In part , of course , the problem was simply that the Soviet archives were inaccessible to western scholars , while during the Stalin era the documents and memoirs published in the Soviet Union were sparse and manifestly tendentious . |
| 2 | She ought , there and then , while with the Brownings , to have chosen that moment to outline her plan and ask for their co-operation . |
| 3 | The IIIrd and IVth Republics in France collapsed because of their chronic instability : the average life of a cabinet in the IVth Republic was less than seven months , while under the IIIrd Republic it had been nine . |
| 4 | For example in 1981 1,100 exploration wells were drilled in the USSR while in the USA 12,000 were drilled . |
| 5 | The UK recommendation for vitamin C is 30mg , while in the USA it is 60mg ; and if you drink or smoke , your need for vitamin C is increased , as explained on page 107 . |
| 6 | King Hussein ( who had made remarks while in the USA about being unable to understand why some leaders clung to power despite the suffering this caused to their people ) reportedly met with Jalal Talabani , leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan , in London in mid-September . |
| 7 | Fundamental analysis is also known as investment analysis in the UK , while in the USA it is known as financial analysis or securities analysis . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | We must , of course , take account of the differences between the practices of the UK 's Nuclear Installations Inspectorate ( NII ) and the NRC , and the differences between the countries ' electrical supply networks — the UK works with a 50 Hz alternating current , while in the US it is a 60 Hz system . |
| 10 | The British PWR will also have two 600 MW turbines while in the US they use a single 1200 MW turbine . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The business-to-business and consumer publishing sectors achieved big profit gains , while in the US , Cahners performed strongly in the medical and specialist consumer sectors . |
| 13 | TWO members of a Granada TV news team were robbed while in the US to film Laura before she and her parents left for home . |
| 14 | It is a tale full of interest , and it reveals an attitude to work and to the Service that makes pleasant reading ( unhappily some authors give the impression they had a less than fulfilling time while in the RAF ) . |
| 15 | By 1960 the average trade-in period of American cars was just over two years while in the London Times you could read an essay on the heartbreak of selling your loved and familiar car . |
| 16 | In many Sternorrhynchan Homoptera and higher Diptera , only the suboesophageal ganglion and a single compound thoracico-abdominal gang-lion are to be seen while in the Coccoidea , Aphidoidea and some Coleopteran larvae all the ventral ganglia ( including the suboesophageal ) are united in a single centre . |
| 17 | Labour 's share in the UK falls by area 3 , while in the Germany it rises by area 8 . |
| 18 | So each square kilometre in New Zealand has just twelve people to support while in the UK the average density is 232 . |
| 19 | Topham ( 1983 ) notes that in the USA state grants finance about a third of local public expenditure , while in the UK grants-in-aid account for about half the revenue of local authorities . |
| 20 | In Germany employers gain area 2 from the employment of migrant workers , while in the UK employers lose an amount equivalent to the areas 3 + 4 . |
| 21 | In the Mediterranean waves 9 m ( 30 ft ) high and 200 m ( 650 ft ) long have been reported , while in the North Sea , the Bering Sea , the Barents Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk waves 8 m ( 25 ft ) high and 150 m ( 500 ft ) long have been observed . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In England we can date its beginning with the passage , on 22 June 1822 , of the Ill-Treatment of Cattle Act , while in the United States we may point to the passage of anti-cruelty legislation by several of the states , beginning with New York in 1828 . |
| 24 | While in the United States the unfolding tale of corruption and mismanagement at the EPA has tended to focus on the usual mainstays of White House interference and ‘ sweet-heart ’ deals with past industrial employers , little attention has been paid to the Lysenkoist assaults of the Reagan administration on the EPA 's scientific integrity . |
| 25 | While in the United States in the 1890s he had been heavily influenced by the Populist and Democratic Parties ' assault on the Gold Standard . |
| 26 | B. C. Limb called at the Foreign Office , having obtained a visa while in the United States , and gave an extremely misleading account of developments in Korea . |
| 27 | In Britain , public expenditure ran at 44.6 per cent of GNP in 1983 , while in the United States this was 34.2 per cent . |
| 28 | The later movements in this symphony are more consistently successful , though the Beethovenian repeated-note fortissimos towards the end of the minuet could be ruder ; while in the Adagio , done with finesse and tenderness of line , the extraordinary nasal timbre of the muted trumpets never really tells — and the eerie sustained low C which should sound after the rest of the orchestra has stopped playing in bar 56 ( 4′43″ ) is quite inaudible here . |
| 29 | An American legal source said : ‘ Fans are going to have to show they are going to the US only for the soccer matches and provide evidence of a steady history of employment , and that they can support themselves while in the States . ’ |
| 30 | In the Kras the vines grew close to the ground , and the fields were tiny and defined by stone walls , while in the Po valley there seemed to be no walls at all . |