Example sentences of "while [v-ing] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 " . |
| 4 | He itemised the steps by which East European Governments gained access to the free markets of West Europe , while denying the same freedom of access to West European manufacturers , and revealed how reciprocal trade deals negotiated with the multi-nationals resulted in unsuspecting third party EEC Governments being saddled with the import bill . |
| 5 | While keeping the same kind of security of tenure structure … it was made far weaker from the tenant 's point of view than under the 1977 Rent Act . |
| 6 | While tapping the same market , the chains approach the business customer in different ways . |
| 7 | BSL processing involves sequential and spatial codes , uses direct visual representation for its syntax while displaying the same complexity of meaning as English . |
| 8 | As your fitness improves you will find that your heart rate decreases while performing the same level of exercise . |
| 9 | We want to stay at the top level while doing the same things we did 40 years ago . |
| 10 | A certain amount of modification is desirable , which , while retaining the same amount of power and thrust , makes the movement fluid , not static . |
| 11 | Ten years later I discovered while watching the same film on TV that the shadow was n't part of the film after all : it was Um Al-Marhoom 's shadow [ Um Al-Marhoom is what we in the Middle East call the woman who is left without children after the death of her only son ] , trying to sell some boiled chickpeas to us children . |
| 12 | Sunday , while featuring the same diesel locos as the previous day , also boasted steam traction in the form of ex G.W.R. heavy freight No.2857 . |