Example sentences of "for [adj] [noun sg] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are the ex-Communist bosses and party officials who are managing to fix up jobs for each other while pushing others out of jobs they have held for years and onto the streets . |
| 2 | Some organisations stand for total deregulation while others emphasise the consumer . |
| 3 | The present concern for sport as polling day approaches is typical of how politicians are adept at using the subject for short-term gain while ignoring its long-term problems . |
| 4 | She thought of all the wretched women in the East End , and aye , in the West End too , not excluding her own maltreated self , and thought that at whatever cost she would carry out the task she had set herself — to find out how the under-privileged lived , and to strike a blow for suffering womanhood while she did so . |
| 5 | Order large Perrier and hiccup mournfully for half hour while fat bald man laments Nigel Lawson . |
| 6 | Surely only the most decadent of aristocrats would make a play for another woman while his wife was in the same room . |
| 7 | Too often it is exported for foreign exchange while poor people without the money to buy it or the land to grow it go hungry : South Asia still contains the majority of the world 's ‘ absolute poor ’ . |
| 8 | two pages of activities for before and after viewing plus further activities for detailed work while reviewing the episode in four sections |
| 9 | A second Gloucestershire social worker has been sacked for smoking cannabis while in charge of a group of youngsters on holiday in Devon . |
| 10 | A social worker who was sacked for smoking cannabis while in charge of a group of youngsters , has won his appeal against dismissal . |
| 11 | The uproar in the kitchen continued for some time while Nanny pressed his face against her coat and added her own voice to the tumult . |
| 12 | The three men stood together for some time while the long-faced sheep ambled around them , sometimes coming close to examine them but scuttering away at the slightest of their movements , sending a ripple of bells through the whole flock . |
| 13 | In the standard experiments the effect of arousal is to change the range of cues attended to by the subject , high arousal conditions thus show best memory for central information while in low arousal conditions subjects remember peripheral information best . |
| 14 | All the East European countries stressed their commitment to the construction of market economies which could eventually replace their existing centralized systems , and all appealed for increased assistance while changes were in progress . |
| 15 | Each brush has a heat-resistant handle with a rubber-neck grip for firm hold while you style . |
| 16 | Having first made sure that the master volume is well back , Decimax recommend that the ‘ acoustic correction ’ equaliser should be set for flat response while the desired sounds are assembled . |
| 17 | As Rushdie and recession deepen hostility to race equality legislation , few believe the new government will do more than seek greater managerial competence from the Commission for Racial Equality while encouraging those blacks who can be multicultural Tory role models . |
| 18 | Some strains of nematodes have a high propensity for arrested development while in others this is low . |
| 19 | In local government in Rome , Edmondo Angele , the councillor with responsibility for Heritage , was arrested for alleged extortion while negotiating a contract to improve the navigability of the Tiber ; a building firm called Gruppo Acqua grew from nothing in 1973 to become a multi-national which recently won a contract in Moscow to fight pollution . |
| 20 | £80 a week for temporary accommodation while a home is in the process of being sold . |
| 21 | SCOTVEC courses for beginners are on the basis of a half day per week for one year while the NWRAC Home Machine Knitting Course requires a full day per week for two years , or three if Part 2 is included . |
| 22 | We were perhaps closest in the two winters immediately after the first rebel tour to South Africa in 1982 , when we both signed to play for Western Province while serving our Test bans . |
| 23 | The toe and heel areas are double stitched for greater durability while lateral support straps give enhanced stability . |
| 24 | At this point regions with good transport links and a high quality workforce will be at a competitive advantage in bidding for inward investment while those who are content to ‘ regarder passer les trains ’ will suffer . |
| 25 | George McMillan , chairman of the district council , said that the budget would produce ‘ a measure of growth for next year while keeping the council within the Secretary of State 's capping limits . ’ |
| 26 | It 's called Dynamic Stiffness and , claim Prince , the principle is very simple ; the greater the dynamic force ( hard swing ) the stiffer the racket becomes for maximum power while the gentler the dynamic force ( soft swing ) the more relaxed the racket becomes for optional touch . |
| 27 | TAG creates a specific workshop programme for each production which offers pupils a platform for creative expression while investigating one man 's account of Scottish rural and town life and some of the issues that affected Scotland in the early part of the century . |
| 28 | Two of them ( slack resources and the creation of self-contained tasks ) work by reducing the need for information- processing while the remaining two ( investment in vertical systems ; creation of lateral relations ) aim to increase the organisation 's capacity for handling information . |