Example sentences of "while a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , while a ruling of the executive is helpful in determining a particular course of action , it is nevertheless possible that the ruling could be reversed subsequently by the application of the other party to the takeover or , possibly , an aggrieved shareholder . |
| 2 | He saw Amaranth pinned in a corner by a tiny man who was waving a piece of paper under her nose , while a bevy of journalists tried to attract her attention . |
| 3 | Most of the canvas is blown by the wind n the fore and middle grounds , while a strip of distant but finely detailed farmhouses , trees and human paraphenalia grips the top of the canvas . |
| 4 | Thus an ivory statue of Athena Alea from the famous sanctuary at Tegea in the Greek Peloponnese was set at the entrance to his Forum , while a tusk of the Calydonian boar — no doubt correctly labelled — passed into the emperor 's bone collection . |
| 5 | The bailiff of Teigh , servant to Thomas Sherrard , Esq. , was styled husbandman despite owning personal estate to the tune of £30 , while a retainer of Sir John Digby worked as a barber in Oakham . |
| 6 | During this period , acts of aggression and domination came to be identified symbolically with the agents of disease and death , while a state of internal tranquillity , equality and individual autonomy came to be identified with the agents of health and growth . |
| 7 | He 's forgotten those few minutes already , she thought resentfully while a state of depression began to grip her . |
| 8 | While a lack of entry qualifications did not rank as the most important reason overall for not doing a course , the 14% who did need entry qualifications may suggest that some of the non-enrollers had insufficient information about the courses they were applying to and , consequently , applied to courses for which they had insufficient entry qualifications . |
| 9 | He had devised a purely verbal test of his daughters ' love , and while a devotee of Practical Criticism could soon have told him what was wrong with Goneril and Regan from their speeches alone , there was apparently no way in which he could discriminate them from Cordelia . |
| 10 | In general , an increase in eurobond yields decreases eurobond issuance , while a steepening of the yield curve leads to an increase in issuance , as does a decline in the dollar/Swiss franc bond differential in the case of US dollar bonds . |
| 11 | In thirteenth century Venice , such men would have been flogged and branded on the forehead , while a law of the Hanseatic League in the fifteenth and sixteenth century had provided that any sailor who deserted the master of his ship in time of danger would have had his ears slit ! |
| 12 | The fourth centenary of the birth of the great seventeenth-century printmaker and draughtsman Jacques Callot was celebrated in his home town of Nancy earlier this year while a selection of his prints was also shown at the National Gallery of Washington . |
| 13 | While a system of retention ratios is certainly a ‘ second-best ’ , it is clearly preferable to a system of administrative allocation according to ‘ priorities ’ . |
| 14 | Finally , it should be noted that while a system of guide-lines might be expected to reduce disparity in sentencing , there is no guarantee that it would reduce the overall level of punitiveness . |
| 15 | Small boys used them as goal-posts , while a trail of adults crouched behind them among baked piles of excrement . |
| 16 | A young doe can , in fact , conceive her first litter at only four months , while a doe of breeding maturity in February can be expected to produce four or even five litters before the autumn . |
| 17 | Ilyas ( Bursal , Ahmed Pasa ) succeeded Molla Husrev as kadi of Edirne in 855/1451 , while a run of documents signed by Candarli Ibrahim Pasa b . |
| 18 | If B replies no he is inviting A to tell him , while a response of no could be taken to mean that he does not know and is not expecting to be told . |
| 19 | Inside , the polished teak floor is strewn with hilltribe rugs , while a couple of antique carved teak cabinets house an extensive collection of Meo silver jewellery and Sukhothai pots , and the walls are hung with more rugs interspersed with modern paintings . |
| 20 | When he re-emerged , the others had adjourned to the kitchen , where Ronni was helping Agnese arrange stuffed salami slices on a plate , while a couple of young girls , specially recruited from the neighbourhood , busily chopped and whipped and blended , and Filippo polished a mountain of crystal glasses . |
| 21 | That may be so , but while a quarter of the public does not have complete confidence in the police that code can not be said to be working . |
| 22 | While a quarter of men wash their cars once a week , fewer than one in five women carry out the chore . |
| 23 | About two thirds of the men but less than half of the women answered " yes " to the question , " Do you think that young men should have some sexual experience before marriage ? " — a slightly larger figure than that of those claiming such experience — while a quarter of the men and half of the women replied , " no " . |
| 24 | While a quarter of women were overweight , 40pc of men were too heavy . |
| 25 | While a quarter of women were overweight , 40pc of men were too heavy . |
| 26 | The reason I make this point is that while a retired architect may be covered by the PI policy of the firm he has left , that cover will only extend to the work he was involved with while a member of that practice . |
| 27 | They then endure buckets of water thrown at them while a member of Cullercoats Club sings the Grace Darling song ! |
| 28 | While a member of the Ba'ath Party , Saddam manoeuvred within it to gain control , and had no qualms about his methods . |
| 29 | Ten more receive similar help in Colombia and three in Pakistan , while a member of the Rome office successfully applied and studied for an MBA in industrial management . |
| 30 | She 's accused of taking money while a co-trustee of the Worcester Kurdish Refugee Association . |