Example sentences of "while [v-ing] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While accepting that smacking is universal , he believes there are better methods of teaching children what is acceptable or unacceptable behaviour . |
| 2 | A wise society is one that limits and controls our evil tendencies while encouraging and reinforcing our good desires . |
| 3 | If you find that you get ‘ lost ’ while knitting and transferring , mark the centre stitch which holds the three stitches by bringing a pusher from the blocking rail as a marker . |
| 4 | It is a feature of modern administration in medical care at any level , whether the team on the ward or the hospital board or any other body , that they assert and seek to defend what they see as a right to autonomy and self-government , while using and distributing to a greater or lesser extent public resources . |
| 5 | At a simple level , a London-based business executive working on corporate budgets could ask a colleague , perhaps in New York , to examine his spreadsheet analysis and , if necessary , add to it while seeing and talking to each other . |
| 6 | The dalang may perform for up to ten hours without a break , while singing and speaking in different voices for each of as many as 125 different shadow-puppet characters . |
| 7 | I juggle between putting on lucrative foreign language courses for the business world and at the same time offering a flexible service to the community , while maintaining and promoting tutors . |
| 8 | It is essential if we are to know how schools , teachers and pupils are progressing , highlighting areas of concern and problems , while praising and congratulating areas where good practice and work is being carried out . |
| 9 | One van is believed to have lost control while overtaking and smashed into the other . |
| 10 | We are always keen to support projects that offer social and economic benefits to the communities of Wales while protecting and enhancing the natural and built environments . |
| 11 | Police believe the two friends were attacked while sunbathing and raped and murdered before being dumped in the sea . |
| 12 | What will her reaction be when she knows that her bright boy , while patting and stroking her and kissing her brow and her blue lips , must have been laughing up his sleeve at her , and thinking what a clever boy he is to be able to live in her fine house and have a big say in her business , while at the same time running a mistress on the side . ’ |
| 13 | Many of the people who seek these kinds of help are those who , while living and working in ( apparently ) normal circumstances , find themselves crippled by unusually strong injunctions . |
| 14 | Have them by your side while writing and use them . |
| 15 | Thus the development of the laws of war has consisted of an effort to maintain and affirm certain basic principles , while developing and refining their specific application to the changes in methods of warfare and the continual and horrific increase in humanity 's capacity to destroy itself . |
| 16 | My plan provides insurance security for all Americans , while preserving and increasing the idea of choice . |
| 17 | By making a stand it is possible to hold the unit in position at a constant height above the worktop , while marking and drilling the holes , and then fixing the unit in place . |
| 18 | She instructed Lucien to be careful with his leg , and to exercise the rest of his body only while lying or sitting down for a while . |
| 19 | It was further moved and agreed that Members should stand while speaking and address the chair . " |
| 20 | Unlike DOS , Windows lets you get on with something else while sending or receiving a fax . |
| 21 | I have concentrated on the articles , ‘ Notes towards a Definition of Culture ’ , rather than the less tentatively titled Notes towards the Definition of Culture because the book , while refining and adding to the argument , occludes that argument 's clarity through continual divagation and a tendency to over-engage in discussion with Eliot 's own contemporaries , many now forgotten . |
| 22 | All the great hunters and stalkers — whether of white or brown skin — have had the ability to consciously or unconsciously ‘ close down ’ or quieten their mind and body , as well as to conceal their activity while stalking or awaiting their prey . |
| 23 | While observing and discussing relevant topics with the patient ( along the lines suggested in the résumé above ) , the nurse might bear in mind the following questions : |
| 24 | But I think my favourite quality was again the pearly translucence of the fibres , while mixing and laying on glazes . |
| 25 | She should perform well while running and reaching , but be docile enough for his family , including young children . |
| 26 | The court was told that Gambrill had climbed into the girl 's bunk bed while babysitting and tried to have sex with her . |
| 27 | I like to wear a lightweight windproof while travelling and trekking , only resorting to a waterproof when it is really wet . |
| 28 | A group of surfer clones at the bar tell a story of a mate who buried his ‘ hash ’ on a beach in Morocco , while travelling and surfing there , only to return to find someone had parked a VW Camper on the burial spot . |
| 29 | It may be wise , while retaining or regaining control , to trade under different names . |
| 30 | It should be noted that , while maiming or wounding are not justifiable for simple recaption of property , yet they may well become justifiable for another reason — self-defence . |