Example sentences of "while [art] [noun sg] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the sparrow 's eye has double this density , while the buzzard 's retina contains an astounding 1 million per square millimetre . |
| 2 | was flashed to all mobile units across the city — with the added instruction that no attempt was to be made to stop the car while the driver 's life was being threatened . |
| 3 | The development of the use greatly enhanced the landowner 's freedom of action , while the crown 's rights of wardship , escheat and relief were lost . |
| 4 | The Highlanders were said to live on a diet of children , while the prince 's quartermaster put in a well-timed but no doubt inflated demand for the town to provide billets for 13,000 foot and , a more accurate figure , 300 horse . |
| 5 | During August , Russia 's Constitutional Court had come down on the side of Izvestiya and Yeltsin , while the Prosecutor 's Office and the Russian Federal Property Fund had unsuccessfully supported the Supreme Soviet . |
| 6 | While the trust 's portfolio is balanced evenly between quoted and unquoted investments , the management has adopted a cautious approach to valuing the unlisted holdings . |
| 7 | The area will not be open to vehicles while the road 's load-bearing capacity is assessed . |
| 8 | His German cavalry was first class , but sadly few in numbers , while the Duke 's English cavalrymen were mere fools on horseback ; expensive and touchy , prone to insanity , and utter strangers to discipline . |
| 9 | The mutton was abandoned on the table while the duke 's staff gathered about a map pinned to the dining room wall . |
| 10 | While the consultant 's review shows that all countries are planning to increase their investment in these competitive edge systems over the next five years , the UK 's present level of spending ( as a percentage of the total ) is behind that in the US and Japan , as it was five years ago . |
| 11 | It was n't catwalk modelling , it was a private showing ; all she had to do was stroll through the small showroom , mount a carpeted platform faced with mirrors , look elegant and disinterested while the sheikh 's wives made their selections . |
| 12 | On these rested the employers ' capacity to break any strike , while the union 's strength lay in its capacity to " picket out " the vessels and shipping offices concerned and to dry up the supply of blacklegs by intercepting the trains on which they arrived and by organizing the ports from which they had been recruited . |
| 13 | A spokesman from Cambridge University commented ‘ while the University 's buildings are in reasonable condition for their age , the maintenance staff have to work on emergency work and are not able to put time into other things . ’ |
| 14 | While the country 's heritage vanished at an ever-faster rate , our town centres would sprout cosmeticized precincts and flower boxes and hold congratulatory receptions . |
| 15 | After all , in France cut-price stores blossomed while the country 's economy was still growing strongly . |
| 16 | In 1990 around 58 per cent of exports went to EC countries and 74 per cent of imports came from the EC , while the country 's five EFTA partners accounted for only 7 per cent of trade . |
| 17 | While the country 's political leaders prepared for the next round of constitutional negotiations , the National Party ( NP ) government struggled to maintain its credibility as press reports revealed a series of corruption scandals and allegations against the South African Defence Force ( SADF ) and the South African Police ( SAP ) . |
| 18 | Meanwhile we have reached the ridiculous position where executive homes lie empty and unsold in suburbia while the country 's rural young and inner city poor remain unhoused . ’ |
| 19 | You just seem to do the job well while the boss 's eye is on you , but you do n't really care about genuine quality in what you do . |
| 20 | The fruits of diversification will be clear even to the most sceptical observers in another few years , they claim , when the company 's new subsidiaries will help Mercedes build still better cars while the company 's ability to throw resources into fast-growing high-tech areas will give it an edge in those markets . |
| 21 | In the US , profits for the full year were down to £83m from £155m , while the company 's activities in the rest of the world saw losses of £60m against £364m profits in 1990 . |
| 22 | For the future , Morton sees its salt business as a cash generator to fund other high growth areas , while the company 's biggest boost will come from airbags . |
| 23 | Performance Plastics , Plastics Additives and Ion Exchange Resins businesses struggled , while the company 's largest business , Polymer , Resins and Monomers , held up quite well . |
| 24 | But while the company 's management would not deny an element of luck , they would also point to a good deal of contingency planning that enabled them to react faster than anyone else to ILG 's collapse . |
| 25 | BICC 's core construction business scraped home with a 5% increase in operating profits while the company 's UK property arm saw £12m operating losses . |
| 26 | John Smith , senior vice-president , operations said that while the company 's goal was to return to profitability as soon as possible , ‘ for the remainder of 1992 we remain cautious about both revenues and profits due to the uncertainties in both the industry and worldwide economies . ’ |
| 27 | The girls had long ringlets of the deepest black that cascaded down their backs , while the boy 's hair , similarly black and lustrous , was tied in a ponytail at his neck . |
| 28 | While the Government 's plans to double spending on roads were at odds with its proclaimed conversion to green issues , Labour 's new policies recognised the need to drastically cut congestion and pollution from vehicle emissions . |
| 29 | Indeed , while the government 's White Paper The Health of the Nation is full of targets for the screening of breast and cervical cancer , of which it spends about £54 million each year , it contains no such targets for reducing cancer of the prostate gland . |
| 30 | Thus , while the Government 's scheme to purchase some 20,000 properties will help reduce the overhang of unsold properties , it is unlikely to provide a significant boost to the market as a whole . |