Example sentences of "even while [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he observed in the report , if the Allies could ‘ plan for a better peace even while waging war , they will win together two victories which in truth are indivisible ’ . |
| 2 | Indeed , it will be seen that dare can express a sense very close to its meaning as a modal even while maintaining most of the syntactic characteristics of a full verb , in which case it is used with the bare form — eloquent proof that the use of one or the other version of the infinitive is conditioned by meaning and not by automatically operating syntactic rules . |
| 3 | Even while moving to the Left , trade-union activists remained hostile to Lenin 's fierce factionalism . |
| 4 | Even while discussing the sale of the cumbersome paper system outside the CAB the issue has always been disputed . |
| 5 | After redesigning from scratch the way it processed orders from customers , it has cut delivery times from 8-12 weeks to ‘ days ’ even while using 35% fewer people to do the job . |
| 6 | True enough , even while using Greek , the Jews remained only too often bilingual for their own consumption , but the extent of their apologetic production in Greek indicates that they aimed at Gentile readers . |
| 7 | As well as being appropriately dressed you should also be aware that you may have been noted even while looking at the agency 's window display . |
| 8 | And even while considering whether or not to remove it gently , she seemed to lack the power to do so . |
| 9 | The demands of party competition mean that alternative political leaderships will sustain the popular belief that full leadership control is feasible , even while impugning the current incumbents ' realization of this potential . |
| 10 | He cringed from that single revelation of himself and of his motive , even while knowing it was n't really true to his nature , that the instance had come , gone and never would return . |
| 11 | Any child watching will have learned that even geniuses need to practice ( Jimi riffed even while cooking breakfast ) but that talent can be undone by sex and drugs . |
| 12 | Even while speaking , he was shrinking , either in real terms or because he was being sucked into the distance ; darkness made it hard to differentiate . |
| 13 | But her acknowledgement of her feelings for him was still new , and even while wanting to be with him she felt nervous , terrified that by some small look or too-ready smile she might give away her feelings — that she did n't want to say that goodbye — and that to do so would break her heart . |
| 14 | Paradoxically , the widespread availability of part-time employment for women may enable them to remain in the labour market , even while providing substantial levels of care , whilst men appear more likely to have to choose between full-time employment and stopping work altogether ( see Green , 1988 , Table 2.9 ; Parker , 1992 ) . |
| 15 | Even while taking a catnap the animal 's ears are in operation . |
| 16 | Suzanne Moore rightly condemns Judge Rant 's reference to ‘ brute homosexual activity ’ , but she still reserves the right to consider other people 's consensual sexual choices distasteful and disgusting , even while rejecting the idea of criminalising them . |
| 17 | But , even while visualizing entering the cupboard , she had at the same time been fully aware that she was in a non-threatening situation ( lying in her own bed ) and so , once again , the subconscious mind had no need to send out those panic signals . |
| 18 | So too the yawning depths of the wave , even while threatening annihilation , hold out the promise of rebirth . |
| 19 | Wyllie came under closer scrutiny by the NZRFU for a variety of reasons — his unwillingness to have John Hart as an influential coaching partner , his inability to keep to selection announcement timetables and then his rather desperate efforts to have Mike Brewer , the one on-field forward whom Wyllie could rely on for solid advice , put into the team even while suffering a painful foot injury . |
| 20 | With the mellowing of harsh memories , Coleridge was able in middle age to speak of Boyer 's teaching as an ‘ inestimable advantage ’ , even while admitting that his old master 's severity still haunted his dreams . |
| 21 | Even while carrying out his duties in the county he continued his work as a lawyer for in 1578 , he was admitted a bencher . |
| 22 | Clarke explains his mysteries right into the ground , even while making his astronomical facts blossom . |
| 23 | It was beginning to seem as if neither of them was ever to achieve their heart 's desires , even while making a success of other aspects of their lives . |
| 24 | It has to be said , however , that some people continue their addiction to death even while making repeated attempts to follow the principles of the Anonymous Fellowship , yet still relapsing time and time again . |
| 25 | Doctors can convince trusting patients that they will get better even while giving them a course of pills which consist of little more than sugar and water . |
| 26 | But he does acknowledge , even while giving prayer priority , that " meditacion helpis " ( 7.119.5 ) . |
| 27 | The one , that , even while giving her a verbal warning about her work , he had handed her a very important file to work on — albeit only to ensure she had little time for anything else — must mean that he had received good reports on her ability . |
| 28 | Even while freeing its market at home , America found itself locked into the pernicious logic of government-to-government deals abroad . |
| 29 | Yet even while subdued to his pale room , |
| 30 | So it is worth bearing in mind , when considering the later reign of ‘ the Scot who was a Frenchwoman ’ , that the story of Albany frantically ‘ cramming ’ on Scottish chronicles on the ship which brought him from France is a good pointer to the attitude of a man who managed , with some success , to understand and deal with the domestic problems of Scotland , even while caught in the intolerable welter of shifting relations between France and England , with their rival demands for Scottish support . |