Example sentences of "while still [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we saw modern Marxists have reworked their theory to account for these changes while still maintaining the centrality of Marx 's original insights . |
| 2 | A true friend would not do anything that would enable the disease to continue but would instead take the difficult and risky path of totally confronting it , while still loving the sufferer , despite all the harshness that the disease will cause the sufferer to throw in return . |
| 3 | .. while still watching the crater , I noticed a small cloud pass out , followed two seconds later by a considerable cloud . |
| 4 | The treatment plinths are usually electrically operated , so that the physiotherapist can adjust the height easily while still supporting the patient , when necessary . |
| 5 | As previously explained , this will put the throttle servo into a preset position while still allowing the pitch to be controlled by the throttle stick . |
| 6 | While still using the mirror he tried not to tense his neck muscles , nor to depress his larynx , nor to make the gasping sounds . |
| 7 | He can begin to analyse the distinctive features of communicative interactions while still using the language of the mentalist . |
| 8 | Sealants Adhesives and Coatings also had to have the paint , originally designed for use on military truck exteriors , adjusted to provide a satisfactory finish on the composite while still meeting the MoD 's demanding DEF-STAN 80–41 criterion . |
| 9 | The reports of the political correspondents , who had all faxed their copy while still sober the evening before were generally downbeat . |
| 10 | Therefore , either the acoustic-phonetic component must reduce the phoneme graph depth further while still guaranteeing the inclusion of the target phoneme in all successive vertical slots in the graph — but it would be optimistic to suggest that this will be possible in the foreseeable future — or else , lexical and post-lexical processing must be enriched to constrain further the alternative number of derived word strings . |
| 11 | The landowner has the advantage of receiving a cash sum while still enjoying the possession of his land , but generally he does not have the security of knowing that the transaction will proceed . |
| 12 | A meeting between the new Soviet Foreign Affairs Minister , Boris Pankin , and the Foreign Ministers of 11 republics ( all except Georgia of the remaining 12 , following the independence of the Baltic states ) had also agreed to seek UN membership for each republic , while still preserving the status of the Soviet Union on the Security Council . |
| 13 | The author then surveys the current state of the art of zeolite synthesis and transformation , and shows how it is possible to ring the changes among the component atoms of zeolites — the silicon and oxygen parts of the polymeric framework and the counterbalancing metal ions can all be changed for other elements while still preserving the topology that is the characteristic feature of a zeolite . |
| 14 | Accepted procedural rules appear to be that the person selected must have the support of a majority in the House of Commons ( if need be , after a new general election ) , and that the Monarch must ‘ secure the strongest Government in the minimum time ’ while still observing the need for public impartiality . |
| 15 | Shopping around for a top-up will allow the best price while still keeping the cutlery service in the same style . |
| 16 | For instance , it 's possible to bend the strings behind the slide , using the end joint on your first finger like a kind of mechanical lever , while still keeping the slide and the vibrato completely in tune . |
| 17 | Zizzo plays the Concerto well enough , capturing the atmosphere of Broadway effectively , while still relating the work to its classical roots ( natural son of Rachmaninov in places ) , and the orchestra , clearly happier in this idiom than int he Overture , provides fine support . |
| 18 | … it seems that to pick £600 as a threshold for life governors because of the provisions of Gift Aid is to ignore a less brutal and therefore more acceptable way of achieving Life Governor status while still enabling the Institution to recover income tax . |
| 19 | He particularly looks forward to the new community centre being built and , with a personal interest in sport , is keen that while still remaining a play area , the football field is developed and used for more formal games . |
| 20 | He coped quite well as manager while still captaining the team . ’ |
| 21 | If an old person is admitted to local authority residential care while still having a house to sell , some of the value of the property when sold may be claimed back by the authority in retrospective residential charges . |