Example sentences of "while [verb] [conj] there [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the same it is useful here to set up a paradigm of the profitability calculation against which to assess the prospects for investment planning , while accepting that there is considerable scope for variation in the actual calculations performed by particular enterprises . |
| 2 | While stating that there was now " no reason why non-nuclear-powered vessels can not call here " , he said that he had no immediate plansfor such a visit . |
| 3 | We can not sit idly by and watch Yugoslavia tear itself to pieces , watch people being killed in vast numbers , and watch the wonderful archaeological and architectural gems being destroyed , while saying that there is nothing that we can do . |
| 4 | We have now looked at the general patterns and trends of first degree courses , while acknowledging that there are manifold variations in detail . |
| 5 | While acknowledging that there were some schools which had built up a good range of resources and had successfully integrated their school library with the teaching and learning taking place in the school , it appeared at this time that many demonstrated one or all of the following basic problems : |
| 6 | Here , in the natural sciences , despite the complex patterns that exist at the research level , it still seems appropriate to use the broad categories identified by Comte and embodied in the nomenclature of undergraduate degrees — the physical , the chemical , the biological — while recognizing that there are gradations between these ( physical chemistry , biochemistry ) and foci and links within and across them ( geology , biophysics , physiology or ecology ) . |
| 7 | While recognising that there are educational advantages in using such machines , the board is anxious to prevent candidates with advanced calculators from having an unfair advantage over contemporaries with less sophisticated machines . |