Example sentences of "while a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As four chapters will demonstrate , there are different places to find art criticism ; a monograph will afford the greatest opportunity for full critical treatment , while a brief newspaper article is most likely to omit one or more of the three helpful elements , perhaps through the writer 's assuming prior knowledge on the reader 's part . |
| 2 | As a book on a single subject , there is a good chance that the need for description will be reduced by extensive illustration , while a favourable judgement on the work has already been implied by the choice of the subject for a monograph . |
| 3 | In a catalogue raisonné an individual work is related primarily to other works by the artist , while a museum catalogue entry will extend to other contextual information and comparisons . |
| 4 | While a Western eye is familiar with the process of looking , as it were , through an image to what it represents or means , an Eastern critic looks also at the surface of a painting or a drawing , in which a poem or other calligraphic element may form an integral part of the work . |
| 5 | In the North , clergy dominate the catholic sector , while a protestant and loyalist culture predominates in the state schools — albeit with a developed secular and liberal aspect in many of them . |
| 6 | Some pubs have their ‘ cellars ’ on the ground floor while a few pubs , often in rural areas , keep their casks on or behind the bar and serve the beer by gravity from a tap in the tap hole . |
| 7 | Small numbers of aphids and other soft-bodied insects can be quickly rubbed off plants , while a forcible spray from a hose-pipe will disperse larger colonies , few of the insects surviving to climb back up the plant . |
| 8 | But , if an error of judgement or a bad decision has been made , the vital thing is to recognise that , admit it and take immediate action to break the chain of events while a safe course of action is still possible . |
| 9 | The immediate result is that alongside a few major clerics such as Runcie and Jenkins , we find that Stalker , Sampson , Anderton , Alderson , Newman , Imbert , Dear , Oxford , and Hermon are national personalities , while a second division of chief officers regularly proclaim on a range of subjects which at other times would lie outside the province of the police . |
| 10 | The United States and Australia have both hosted it 4 times each , while a total of 10 other countries have hosted the Federation Cup either once or twice . |
| 11 | In discussing the findings the author concludes that while a number of people do have cause to complain about their medical examination , these results indicate that only a small percentage have problems . |
| 12 | Survivals include the Cambrian Coast , radio signalled in 1988 , where Barmouth viaduct was after all repaired , the Central Wales where a decision was taken to rebuild the bridge which collapsed while a train was crossing it in high flood , and the Settle & Carlisle where the government perhaps surprisingly refused closure . |
| 13 | While a good proportion of the West Coast route could be raised from 100 to l25mph at reasonable cost , there are many locations where it is necessary to impose speed restrictions because of curvature and track geometry . |
| 14 | When children leave home , parents feel somewhat redundant , while a pet can enter our lives at any stage , providing hours of pleasure , love and immense fulfilment . |
| 15 | While a cad transfer file can describe objects with the accuracy of floating point numbers , a bit image file is restricted to a digitising process . |
| 16 | Thus some slow , desiccated waltzing and gentle leans have the quietude of an old couple on a dull mild day ; sequences of deft , steppy footwork and sharp edged leaps have the high spirits of blustery sunshine , while a duet of rhythmic fidgety gestures has the feel of a lifelong argument continued during a rainy afternoon . |
| 17 | I remember his telling us how the first time he encountered stress incontinence was as a young boy standing at the foot of the ladder while a little old country woman handed him down apples from the tree . |
| 18 | Under this system , the Maronites would hold the presidency and the leadership of the army while a Sunni Muslim would always hold the less important post of prime minister . |
| 19 | The Assistant Masters and Mistresses Association , representing about 131,000 teachers , estimates that about 7,500 teachers are not being paid incentive allowances worth £858 a year , while a further 900 are missing out on additional annual payments of £2,568 . |
| 20 | PRETORIA ( AFP ) — Three blacks sentenced to death on murder charges were hanged yesterday while a white man , condemned for rape , was granted a last-minute reprieve . |
| 21 | The last of eight special trains bringing 7,600 refugees from the West German embassy in Prague arrived to a warm welcome in Bavaria , while a train with more than 600 East Germans left Warsaw , also bound for West Germany . |
| 22 | My rich , dark Trappist practically knocked me for six at lunchtime , while a deep red cherry beer , Kriek , tasted like alcoholic cough mixture . |
| 23 | A modest pile of six or seven tomatoes costs about £10 or ten pence depending on your calculation , while a pound of meat easily wipes out a month 's salary . |
| 24 | Subsequently , Hearn has been threatened with an injunction , while a letter from the WPBSA 's solicitors awaits Doyle on his return from holiday . |
| 25 | They are conceived of as a last resort when all else fails , including a mandatory three-day cooling-off period and a further five days while a ‘ conciliation commission ’ will attempt to produce agreement between the parties . |
| 26 | An undergraduate met by chance on the campus walkway might be treated to one of his brilliant , spontaneous tutorials , the kind normally only dreamt about , while a group of colleagues over whose meeting he was to preside gazed at an empty chair . |
| 27 | While a lunatic fringe was organising a new party , leading conservatives such as Karoly Grosz , the outgoing General Secretary , and Janos Berecz , the former ideologist , were refusing to reveal their intentions . |
| 28 | This is a lucrative business , since the price of sponsoring a series such as Nescafe 's Network Pop Chart can approach £500,000 , while a one-hour programme reaching 70 per cent of independent local radio may cost around £20,000 , with three namechecks during the broadcast , and up to 10 in trailers . |
| 29 | While a good many artists and dealers have clearly been upset by Saatchi 's actions , no one feels absolutely confident about the motives behind them , and Saatchi himself absolutely declines to discuss his dealings , whether in art or business . |
| 30 | While a few policemen tried to the bitter end to avoid conversation with the field-worker , sufficient rapport was established over time for the majority to talk quite openly to her about what are highly sensitive and controversial topics in a Northern Ireland context . |