Example sentences of "while at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bridgend did score a good try through Gareth Thomas from a tapped penalty , while at the other end Jones should really have kicked a second penalty after Jenkins had been penalised for treading heavily on Yendle . |
| 2 | While at the other extreme the Christ on the cross was not the Son of God who had made his peace , who had just sighed , ‘ All is accomplished , ’ but the still-human man whose body was racked in agony . |
| 3 | At one end of the spectrum of aims and aspirations stood the need to turn out adaptable workers , suitable for a developing labour-market ; while at the other end there was the desire to educate young people for their role as adults in the evolving mass democracy . |
| 4 | It is encouraging to see so much attention paid to the development of youth cricket with articles on the Essex Colts , the Indoor School , Kwik Cricket and the Essex Schools Cricket Association , while at the other end of the scale , there is an insight into the Essex Over-50 XI . |
| 5 | Thatched cottages cluster round the harbour while at the other end of the wide sandy beach Somerwest World offers a complete range of entertainment to holidaymakers and day visitors . |
| 6 | while at the other end its tail swayed |
| 7 | The Uranus-Neptune conjunction of February 2 , August 20 and October 24 indicates that at one end of the scale your dreams can at last come true , while at the other your illusions will be shattered . |
| 8 | Senna , on around £10 million a year , is at the top of the driver 's pay league , while at the other end there is not shortage of hustlers , pulling sponsorship deals of their own to buy seats with less wealthy teams . |
| 9 | The biggest job losses were in the semi-skilled operator groups , while at the other end of the skill and status spectrum , jobs for technicians , managers , scientists and engineers increased markedly . |
| 10 | One extreme assumption was that demand would mirror the demographic decline , while at the other extreme there would only be a shallow decline in demand due to increases in both the proportions of school leavers wanting to advance their education and in the number of mature entrants . |
| 11 | According to the mid-year estimates the ‘ remoter , largely rural districts ’ experienced their highest rates of net immigration between 1971 and 1974 , while at the other end of the national urban hierarchy London 's rate of net migration loss peaked as early as 1970/71 ( Champion , 1981b ; Britton , 1986 ) . |
| 12 | A large number of places , particularly the smaller cities and towns of southern England , have been on the receiving end of all three major migration streams , while at the other extreme the large cities , particularly those in northern England and Scotland ( the ‘ urban north ’ ) , have acted as the main reservoir from which these flows have been drawn . |
| 13 | Father Crispin and Master Buckingham were also visible , while at the other end of the table were Lady Maude and Benedicta , between them the young nobleman who had made his intentions so blatantly obvious earlier in the day . |
| 14 | Jewellery replied quickly and Amison and Plant were forced to take on extra defensive duties while at the other end , captain Tony Elkin , brother Kevin and Paul Moran were well in control for Barlaston . |
| 15 | ‘ Walk A is the longest and hardest option covering eight miles and a 3,000 feet ascent while at the other end of the scale a D class walk would cover the same distance but ascend just 1,500 feet . ’ |
| 16 | At one extreme the mighty Severn powers its way to the Bristol Channel , while at the other a Yorkshire brook gurgles across moorland . |
| 17 | At one end the Council may approve a proposed course on the basis of the documents submitted by the College and without a visit to it , while at the other end the Council may consider a proposed course in full detail as at present . |
| 18 | At one extreme there is the abstract tax theorist who analyses with great sophistication the introduction of subtle variations on ‘ ( 1-t ) ’ into his or her equations , while at the other there are those applying the percentage of an academic 's book purchase price that is tax-deductible . |
| 19 | At the front , two high curved windows gave a view of the square garden while at the rear one huge expanse of glass looked out over a stone wall with three niches , each containing a marble statue ; Venus , naked , one hand delicately shielding the mons Veneris , one pointing at her left nipple , a second female figure , half robed and wearing a wreath of flowers and , between them , Apollo with his lyre , laurel-crowned . |
| 20 | While at the current time the main focus of this work has been to better assess need through localities , work is being undertaken to identify ways in which budgets could be allocated to localities and purchasing carried out at the local level . |
| 21 | The Etruscans and Europe ’ , the major exhibition on both the Etruscan culture and its later influence on European art , was visited by over 330,000 people while at the Grand Palais from 19 September to 4 January . |
| 22 | Spacious stage sets and mythological allusions are the order of the day at Mostini Bastille , which is showing oils and watercolours by the Venezuelan artist Alexandra Poleo , while at the Delsol-Innocenzi Jean-Marc Haroutiounian pokes fun at contemporary pomposity with a series of minute impromptu landscapes on canvas and , in complete contrast , two enormous works painted in scrupulous detail and framed in velvet : a homage to trashy chinoiserie . |
| 23 | A thirteenth century Cistercian doorway survives from the Klóšter Hradiště ( near Mnichovo Hradiště ) , now part of the walls of a modern building , while at the Benedictine Monastery at Sázava , which stands above the river of the same name , a tributary of the Vltava , the Gothic church was never completed and only part of the nave exists . |
| 24 | While at the British Council , which he joined in 1946 , he was responsible for the recording of Shakespeare 's plays , under the direction of George Rylands . |
| 25 | ‘ There could be a problem with conflicts of interest at the top , ’ she says , ‘ while at the bottom end of the scale there is a question about experience and back up . ’ |
| 26 | Kevin McAllister 's header from a right-wing McGivern cross gave Marshall problems , while at the opposite end Creaney took advantage of a huge kick-out which bounced over John Hughes , to send a lob inches over . |
| 27 | In the centre was Biisk , an ostrog on the Biya river , built in 1718 and later enlarged into a fortress , while at the opposite end lay Ust-Kamenogorsk , established in 1720 . |
| 28 | The southern Pennines offer the shapely cone of Lose Hill ( 476m ) and the sharp poke of Win Hill ( 462m ) : two elegant sentinels that overlook the entrance to the Edale Valley : while at the northern end of the Pennines is Pen-y-ghent ( 694m ) which looks like the prow of a great ship when seem from Ribblesdale . |
| 29 | At the Mediterranean end , the inhabitants on either side of it are Catalans and very aware of the historical and linguistic bonds which transcend the national frontier ; while at the northern , Atlantic end they are Basques , similarly aware of their distinctiveness as a people . |
| 30 | At the Church centre , helpers prepared their attractive spring posies , while at the Methodist Church Hall ( left ) , Claire Carrig ( 6 ) and Matthew Carrig ( 4 ) found time to pop outside the hall and practise handing a posy of primroses , daffodils , rosemary and foliage to their mother , Kathy . |