Example sentences of "while [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be possible , while accepting the underlying general principle , to argue against its applicability to nuclear weapons : for instance , by saying that a nuclear bomb is not a chemical weapon as such , the poison gas being a mere incidental by-product ; or to go back to the fundamental prohibition of ‘ weapons that cause unnecessary suffering ’ and argue that the suffering caused by a nuclear weapon is not disproportionate to its military effectiveness . |
| 2 | In some countries the dairy producers have taken a comparable line , and manage to live profitably while accepting the growing evidence against high-fat diets in general and saturates in particular . |
| 3 | He had thus made the point , while accepting the royal candidate , that the power of confirmation ( which was increasingly insisted upon ) lay with the pope alone . |
| 4 | Above all , the notes need to be spot on while allowing the overall rhythm to flow smoothly . |
| 5 | Ceauşescu 's double-game of continuing to recognize Israel while courting the Arab states paid dividends in his relations with the Western democracies . |
| 6 | If the patient can get into the kneeling position and then balance on one knee while bringing the other leg forward , so that he can lever himself onto a chair , he will feel confident that he can always get up , even if he is alone at home . |
| 7 | One hopes they will escape the fate of the farmers who cried ‘ wolf ’ while eating the fatted calves of subsidy or it will be hard to gain credibility during real hardship . |
| 8 | The karateka then pivots halfway round on the ball of the left foot , while rotating the entire body forward . |
| 9 | While disinfecting the soiled area is obviously to be recommended , you need to be careful in your choice of disinfectant . |
| 10 | Our part in this ‘ controlling puritan attack ’ consisted of making the occasional arrest , while pursuing the unquantifiable social role which filled most of our time . |
| 11 | Balcha was a Gurage by origin ; as a boy he had been wounded and castrated in one of the many battles which Menelik had fought while subduing the southern tribes . |
| 12 | There is no central viewing point ; the canvases may be arranged in any number of combinations , creating new sequences and configurations , while suggesting the infinite possible readings within an image ; ‘ further disrupting the comfortable viewing space ’ . |
| 13 | So , from any of these you can ‘ have a go ’ at windsurfing for the odd day or two while enjoying the good food and good company of the Houseparty . |
| 14 | Depth of shade is also important , since a number of species , while enjoying the limited sunlight filtered through trees with an open branch system , are unable to cope with the dense shade cast by evergreens . |
| 15 | In a way each admired the other 's skill at living , while enjoying the odd false step . |
| 16 | WHILE ENJOYING the high quality of play by England during the recent New Zealand tour and latterly the World Cup , and appreciating the fitness they displayed , I could n't help but wonder about the current medical practices being used to prepare players for matches while still injured . |
| 17 | The need is to push up Curve A over the guerrilla and terrorist bands , as shown by the arrow , while maintaining the current effectiveness of the nuclear deterrent , as represented by the pillar . |
| 18 | Hickson take pride in their ability to solve technical problems quickly while maintaining the highest safety standards . |
| 19 | Structural and decorative work was undertaken to create the best in modern working environment while maintaining the traditional ambience of this ‘ grand old Bank ’ and its numerous objects d'art . |
| 20 | In the Junior School we are determined to keep pace with current thought and practice identified in the recent national initiatives while maintaining the traditional standards of excellence which parents rightly expect of George Heriot 's . |
| 21 | Speaker K's contribution ‘ picks up ’ the past time element , moving closer to speaker J's time while maintaining the personal reference in my father , who also did work ( stonemason ) comparable to J's ( bricklayer ) and received money for this work . |
| 22 | If last year 's congressional deliberations are any guide , R&D should recoup some of the losses in programmes unpopular with the White House , and defence wo n't get everything the Pentagon would like — in effect , lopping off the extreme fluctuations while maintaining the basic thrust of the White House economic philosophy . |
| 23 | To this the Queen returned a gracious reply which while maintaining the full impartiality of the Crown encouraged me to continue to do my best to serve her as her First Minister . |
| 24 | This lays down a general statutory objective of making provision for new or better ways of providing legal services and a wider choice of person providing them , while maintaining the proper and efficient administration of justice . |
| 25 | It is here that the polymer scientist needs to manipulate the cross-link and backbone structure , while maintaining the same water content , to limit deformation under eyelid load to around 5 per cent , with good elastic recovery . |
| 26 | There is also an upgrade to the SuperSparc ( Viking ) chip for the Sparcserver 600MP Series of multiprocessing servers , doubling the performance ceiling of these systems while maintaining the same range of price points . |
| 27 | He exhibits a number of adjectives which differ in precisely the way required while maintaining the same or essentially the same lexical value ( we modify his examples slightly where it is possible to do so without damage to his case , so as to make the distinction sharper ) : ( 19 ) visible stars vs stars visible the only navigable rivers vs the only rivers navigable a handy tool vs are your tools handy ? guilty people vs people guilty As it happens , the examples which Bolinger uses employ words which can make the distinction a rather subtle one , with perhaps the exception of visible stars ( a group recognized astronomically ) beside stars visible ; but it is quite easy to produce further instances which seem to confirm his view : ( 20 ) a complaining visitor vs a visitor complaining the eligible bachelor vs the bachelor eligible In other cases , the divergence of lexical value between the two positions may be greater but still with the characteristic value for the former , and the occasion value for the latter : ( 21 ) the responsible man vs the man responsible a sorry sight vs the girl is sorry He notes that the acceptability of an adjective in pre-adjunct position may apparently depend on whether or not it can be regarded as indicating a relatively enduring characteristic of what is expressed by the noun , as in : ( 22 ) the faint girl vs the girl is faint an asleep man vs a man asleep This possibility of course depends not only on the adjective itself but also on the nature of the noun being qualified , so that " when one scratches one 's head the result is not *a scratched head but when one scores a glass surface the result is a scratched surface " . |
| 28 | Fundamental to the whole process was the transference to colleges of the maximum responsibility for course development and assessment , while maintaining the important framework of national comparability . |
| 29 | Rejecting realism as a literary form , the nouveaux romanciers are still prepared to adopt the mimetic impetus , while jettisoning the conventional devices of plot , character and linear chronology . |
| 30 | Nor does it contemplate the knock-on consequences for Labour ministers of attempting to implement their programme while rebuilding the governmental machine . |