Example sentences of "while [noun] is [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover while electronics is seen as a growth industry , it is in fact nationally a sector of ‘ jobless growth ’ . |
| 2 | ( 8 ) Triangular matrices — these are of two types : lower triangular , L , and upper triangular , U. L is characterised by a typical element having the property unc while U is characterised by |
| 3 | The ApT sites on either side of the central CG are cut less well than the other ApT sites , while cleavage is increased at the second ApT on the 3'-side . |
| 4 | While shelf-life is determined by the stability of the product , it is important not to lose sight of the fact that stability is made up of two distinct components . |
| 5 | An increase of the Fixed Satellite Service band is proposed between 3.5GHz and 3.6GHz while flexibility is called for in the existing bands for Fixed Satellite Service and the Broadcasting Satellite Service , particularly between 11GHz and 12GHz . |
| 6 | However , while Troilus is fantasizing about Cressida 's bed , men are fighting and killing each other on the field outside Troy . |
| 7 | Hewitt last week had a pot removed after suffering a suspected broken wrist in training , while Robinson is suffering from an ankle sprain . |
| 8 | And via a now explicit association with anality , especially sodomy , homosexuality becomes a paradigm of sterility and solipsism , while heterosexuality is regarded as the way back to a dynamic , creative encounter with the other : in the woman the man embraces ‘ all that is not himself ’ and from that embrace ‘ comes every new action ’ ( quoted in Delany , Nightmare , 79 ) . |
| 9 | Similarly , experts will talk about Persian carpets and Anatolian ( Turkish ) rugs , regardless of the fact that both countries produce items in all sizes , shapes and designs ; this is probably because Persia is most famous for its magnificent Court carpets , while Anatolia is viewed as the home of the prayer rug . |
| 10 | Orion has yet to make his entry ; we have lost Scorpius and Sagittarius , while Capella is rising in the north-east and Vega dropping in the north-west , though the other two members of the ‘ Summer Triangle ’ , Deneb and Altair , are still high . |
| 11 | He helps Pancks , whose landlord he is , to establish Mr Dorrit 's claim to his inheritance , and while Clennam is imprisoned in the Marshalsea he keeps an eye on his affairs ; Anastasia , his unprepossessing , middle-aged daughter , who cherishes the recollection of once having won an action for breach of promise . |
| 12 | While Solomon is posing as a German soldier , for example , he makes a botched attempt to surrender to the Russians that results in his inadvertently capturing their position — but the irony is passed over in so offhand a fashion that one barely notices it . |
| 13 | Excessive water break from a surface while water is draining from it . |
| 14 | While realism is criticized from a number of perspectives , and feminist theorists are critical of all the traditional approaches to global politics , the feminist critique of realism is particularly challenging . |
| 15 | While King is looking for a repeat performance , club officials are hoping for a repeat of Friday 's biggest gate of the season . |
| 16 | While King is looking for a repeat performance , club officials are hoping for a repeat of Friday 's biggest gate of the season . |
| 17 | Consumption is seen as households ' spending on goods and services which yield utility in the current period , while saving is defined as that part of disposable income which is not spent . |
| 18 | While Jamie is regarded in Hollywood as having the perfect body , Emma adopts a no-nonsense approach to acting that keeps the work flooding in . |
| 19 | In practice the polymer solution is held at a constant temperature while precipitant is added to the stirred solution . |
| 20 | While subsidence is maintained by sediment loading , the surrounding upland areas supplying sediment will rise isostatically through unloading . |
| 21 | National figures released by the Municipal Mutual Insurance company show that just £1.50 is spent per head each year on books for schoolchildren while £13.47 is spent on repairs . |
| 22 | WHILE Q IS AIMING FOR a young , hip and multi-racial clubbing audience , Victor Headley 's first novel Yardie went straight to the mainstream black audience . |
| 23 | It can also be recognized after etching , especially on a universal stage : dolomite remains at 30 µm , giving fourth- and fifth-order pinks and greens , while calcite is reduced to 10 µm or so , giving second- and third-order reds , blues and yellows ( Dickson , 1966 , p. 491 ) . |
| 24 | But while Clinton is bursting with energy now , what toll will the next four years take if he enters the White House ? |
| 25 | Finally , at the low end , Acorn spin-off , Advanced RISC Machines , seems set to battle it out with AT&T 's Hobbit RISC in the handheld computer market — ARM has been taken up for Apple 's Newton range , while Hobbit is expected to be the RISC target for Go Corp 's PenPoint operating system . |
| 26 | The term natural justice is used for that part of the spectrum which requires a relatively wide range of procedural checks , while fairness is used in those areas either where the nature of the decision-maker renders the term natural justice inappropriate or the set of safeguards tends towards the lower end of the spectrum . |
| 27 | Acceleration comes as the plates are made to overlap less , while deceleration is achieved by increasing the overlap . |
| 28 | All of this suggests that while love is centred on feelings for another person , feelings for the self are never absent . |
| 29 | While Microsoft is committed to a future custom version of NT that 's B2 secure , its plans for network security are not clear . |
| 30 | Later we come to our senses and see how , while Shakespeare is embalmed in academic papers on ‘ the logical limits of disintegration ’ , his linguistic spirit still animates and haunts the Disney-ravaged landscape of Hughes ' Crow and the metaphysical wilderness of Gaudete . |