Example sentences of "and while the [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And while the improvements helped somewhat , Air Force planners must have realised that the combination of poor flight stability , lower than anticipated speed and range limitations would place the Airacomet at serious risk if ever sent to engage enemy aircraft . |
| 2 | Usually , there is no communication between the two until the last minute , and then a long-winded procedure begins in which the empty listed building must be offered to every other part of the organization ( most of which self-evidently will not want it ) ; and while the papers sit in in-trays the repair bill escalates into hundreds of thousands of pounds . |
| 3 | Young couples strolled with their arms round each other , pausing now and then to kiss ; older couples stopped to greet friends and while the women talked their husbands stood by looking foolishly amiable . |
| 4 | Ronald Parker of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has proposed that the CIT be built on a remote site rather than in Princeton town since it will use radioactive tritium , and while the amounts pose no threat , nonetheless people will protest and this could delay approval : best be realistic and avoid potential trouble at the outset . |
| 5 | While the schemes are voluntary , in the sense that LEAs are not obliged to mount them and pupils are not compulsorily involved , and while the programmes demonstrate the variety that is to be expected from vigorous local initiatives , the significance of TVEI is unmistakable . |
| 6 | The lie of every feather is indicated , and while the plates give great aesthetic pleasure , their object was to help identify birds hit by a collector . |
| 7 | And while the Pitts-buggers went wild with delight , Uncle Mick went wild with frustration , and started to remonstrate with the biggest of the pack . |
| 8 | We climbed far enough to find some specimens of the Mount Cook lily ( which is n't a lily at all , but a giant buttercup found only at altitude in this part of the South Island ) , and while the others rested I went across to investigate a steep track up a snow-filled gully . |
| 9 | Because while from the safety of our historical vantage point we may doubt whether this kind of incident was anything more than an isolated occurrence , and while the details leave room to quibble about the gravity of the wounding cases , to commentators at the turn of the century here was a sure sign that something dangerously new was afoot , which had come all-too-terribly alive in the person of the ‘ Hooligan ’ . |
| 10 | We were delighted to be on land again , and while the men looked for a river or a lake , I walked for about a kilometre away from the beach . |
| 11 | During pilgrim rushes , surging , struggling crowds filled the platforms and the waiting halls , and while the masses changed from one train to another the station was a Babel . |
| 12 | The portfolio has always been a nervous holder of Pentos paper , and while the shares have been traded successfully over the years , no fortunes have been made . |