Example sentences of "while [noun pl] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Compact discs can store data too , and act as a superb archiving medium for large databases , while videodiscs give instant access to thousands of high-quality photographic images on one 14-inch disc . |
| 2 | Their first objective would be to capture quick-firing 20mm and 40mm guns around these positions : secondly , they would hold perimeter bridges leading to the south and west sides of the submarine basin and the dry-dock while others gave close protection to the demolition parties . |
| 3 | Some employers introduced ‘ speed-up ’ for their factory hands , resulting in less work for homeworkers , while others gave the best paying work to their indoor hands and gave out only the inferior grades of work which required the most time spent on it to houses where the inspectors were unlikely to penetrate . |
| 4 | Some ways in which the nobility profited from war were more acceptable to the mores of the age than others , some more or less guaranteed reward , while others gave opportunity to gamble for high profits . |
| 5 | It 's not always easy to compare like with like , as some makers give pto power at rated ( =maximum governed ) engine rpm while others give it the revs equivalent to unc shaft speed(s) . |
| 6 | In his later years there was a tendency to treat Wordsworth as a venerable sage : there is too much sentimental piety about some descriptions , while others give the impression of a strange , and slightly dotty , old man of the mountains . |
| 7 | Marshal Pétain has traced in our history pages some of which remain luminous while others give rise to interpretations that still conflict and arouse lively passions . |
| 8 | X-cells respond to standing contrast with a sustained response that persists as long as the stimulus is present , while Y-cells give a transient response that fades during the course of the stimulus presentation . |