Example sentences of "while [noun] [vb past] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | But while Whitehall changed from organizing public expenditure on an annual basis to a five-year rolling programme , the House of Commons was still authorizing expenditure on the old twelve-month pattern . |
| 2 | They went swiftly into operation , scrambling for seats on planes and pillows in resorts , while shops reordered from importers as their stocks of ski equipment sold out . |
| 3 | Down from £12.8m in 1990 to £7.9m last year , while turnover fell from £120m to £113m . |
| 4 | Both men guffawed at the remark , while Frankie looked from one grinning face to the other . |
| 5 | Instead it stood staring bemusedly at its assailants while blood dribbled from its jaws onto the grass . |
| 6 | In 1991 , 722,000 tonnes were exported and last year 668,000 , while imports rose from 55,896 to 93,000 tonnes . |
| 7 | His career should have reached its climax in the great Franco-Scottish chateaux of Fonthill ( 1849 ) for the Duke of Westminster and Buchanan ( 1851–53 ) for the Duke of Montrose , but the first was built only in a much reduced and quite different form while Buchanan suffered from the late substitution of plate glass for the mullioned windows which were an indispensable element of his style . |
| 8 | Further east , Yurganysh had a settlement of corn merchants near the station ; Kurgan was important for butter and grain ; Omsk for meat , hides , and grain ; while timber came from any number of sources . |
| 9 | At secondary level , enrolments have declined steadily since the beginning of the 1980s , while drop-outs rose from a low of 9.5 per cent in 1976 to 16.3 per cent in 1987 and repetition from 5.3 per cent in 1975 to a high of 13.5 per cent in 1985 . |
| 10 | Dusan Vrto kicked off the line from Ian Ferguson 's shot , while Mathers saved from Hateley and Trevor Steven . |
| 11 | Dusan Vrto kicked off the line from Ian Ferguson 's shot , while Mathers saved from Hateley and Trevor |
| 12 | Then the picture that will go into the Windsor archives was taken — while Charles disappeared from the historic scene , nattering . |
| 13 | While ministers abstained from recommending measures aimed at stabilizing exchange rates [ see pp. 38314 ; 38555 ; 38601 ] , they agreed " to monitor market developments " and to co-operate to develop " favourable conditions for stable exchange markets " . |
| 14 | Ratners , the jewellery chain attempting to re-establish its former prominence , jumped to first place from seventh in April , while BT slipped from the top slot to No 7 . |