Example sentences of "and while it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relationism situates both the form and content of knowledge in relation to its social context and while it avoids a reduction to the social basis of knowledge leaves no space for even a quasi-transcendental truth . |
| 2 | I mustered the courage for a go at hot foil printing , and while it looked easy when done by a pro , I have a feeling Klondyke wo n't be offering me a job on the strength of my efforts . |
| 3 | The fertilized egg , now known as a zygote , continues to move along the Fallopian tube towards the uterus , and while it does so , divides once or twice a day . |
| 4 | Life is a little easier under DOS , the TSRs have shrunk in size but are still pretty big , and while it does work under DOS , elegance is n't a word that springs to mind . |
| 5 | Paul Johnson 's production is a masterwork of clarity and while it does n't quite haul itself up to the avant-garde peaks of Celtic Frost , it hammers off at enough tangents to cover almost all the bases . |
| 6 | Paul Johnson 's production is a masterwork of clarity and while it does n't quite haul itself up to the avant-garde peaks of Celtic Frost , it hammers off at enough tangents to cover almost all the bases . |
| 7 | Like Rolle , Hilton sees prayer as the primary activity , recognising it as a state of consciousness which enables man to receive the gift of God ; and while it does not cause it to be given , nevertheless prayer is a way in which such grace comes ( c.24 ) He sharpens a constant awareness of two modes of activity in the inner life : that of conscious effort , and that of an effortless creative power of love and understanding which is sometimes experienced and believed by the mystics to be the work of God in man . |
| 8 | Although officially part of the Liverpool Festival of Comedy and while it does boast many a funny line , Potter 's piece also has its sad side . |
| 9 | While the consultation paper claims that ‘ the legislation should leave full scope for professional judgement ’ and while it insists that the law will provide a framework , ‘ not a straitjacket ’ , there are many who will see the legislation as the culmination of a strategy to whip teachers into line . |
| 10 | Of course the system is expensive and while it saves paperwork it does not appear to reduce registration times as such . |
| 11 | What the set most lacks is the always recognizable quality of élan , and while it deserves investigation by Debussyans , it can not earn unqualified acceptance . |
| 12 | And while it supports common languages well , its compilers lack the maturity of Unix compilers . |
| 13 | And while it cost Leeds 750,000 to re-sign Scott Sellars — a player who left Elland Road for Blackburn for around 35,000 — Collins says : ‘ Wilkinson is no fool . |
| 14 | In rainforest regions , deforestation is the major agent of environmental change and while it has obvious localised effects , especially in relation to soil erosion and soil degradation , there is growing concern that such large-scale destruction of biomass may have implications for climatic change ( section 5.3.1 ) . |
| 15 | And while it has doubtless occurred to the company 's editors that such a policy goes some way to covering their asses in the event of attack by ‘ patriotic ’ critics , the benefit to the viewer is no less valuable for that . |
| 16 | Most theories of rhythm have concentrated on metre and metricality , and while it has long been recognised that the rhythms of the spoken language give variety to what occurs within a given metre , the functioning of these rhythms in poetry has never been adequately investigated . |
| 17 | With great difficulty I obtained a copy of this document and while it stated that ‘ public servants should not reveal the opinions and attitudes of colleagues as to the government business with which they have been concerned ’ , another section said quite clearly that a reasonable timescale for a public servant 's silence would be ‘ fifteen years or for the service life of the adviser , whichever is the longer ’ . |
| 18 | For a while it worked ( there was redemption ) ; and while it worked he and I were one , on the banks of the Vistula . |
| 19 | The first modern systematic inquiry into the Institution 's general educational policy was undertaken by the Healing Committee in 1939 , and while it proved to be the forerunner of the Watson ( 1950 ) , Wells ( 1960 ) , Eve ( 1967 ) and Brett-Jones ( 1978 ) reports , it reflected the attitude of the period by confining its recommendations to relatively detailed matters of the examination system and syllabuses . |
| 20 | ‘ With over 300 covers it was probably too big as a fish restaurant and while it stayed successful for some time as The Chicago Meatpackers , the area around it , in the West End of London , has changed in two major ways . |
| 21 | However , the basis for drawing the graph depends on many uncertainties and is very fragile , and while it shows the potential contribution of die studies and studies of output to our understanding of ancient economies , it is far from certain that it is historically accurate . |
| 22 | The movement had grown in a climate of free enterprise , and while it remained relatively small it did not appear to threaten the capitalist market or private business . |
| 23 | Nynex Corp 's Nynex CableComms unit has bought three of the eight UK cable television companies that Pacific Telesis Group Inc 's PacTel Cable UK Ltd put on the market last June ( CI No 1,943 ) : Nynex has taken the Greater Manchester , Bolton and Derby franchises and while it did not disclose terms , says it plans to invest £1,000m over the next five to six years to provide local telecommunications networks in its British franchise areas ; the companies it acquired are in franchise areas where it already operates . |
| 24 | And while it did , the diggers stood idle and the construction crews drank tea in The Wife 's Legs . |