Sentence examples for chiefly while from inspiring English sources

Eça de Queirós, who wrote his portraits of strata of Portuguese society chiefly while living in England and France, treated figures of national life with realist irony and as part of a sweeping panorama.

"I paid attention chiefly while in the Legislature to laws for the reformation of primaries and of the civil service and endeavored to have a certain Judge Westbrook impeached, on the ground of corrupt collusion with Jay Gould and the prostitution of his high judicial office to serve the purpose of wealthy and unscrupulous stock gamblers, but was voted down," Roosevelt later recalled.

Chiefly, while disease status was confirmed, all exposures are self-reported, and we did not attempt to validate these exposures using medical or pharmacy records.

For example, there have been a number of puzzling discoveries: chiefly, while a protein is known to serve as a universal and essential factor in a fundamental biological process, its mutation, or gain or loss of function can yield a very specific outcome.

The problem is chiefly that while its Xbox and Office 365 business are growing quickly, like rival IBM, the traditional PC and hardware market remains a tough, tough game.

But when Ricciardi and Demos approached her about participating in "Making a Murderer" she declined, chiefly because, while her own experience with the criminal-justice system had led her to be wary of certitude, the filmmakers struck her as having already made up their minds.

In 1772, he wrote:When difficult cases occur, they are difficult chiefly because while we have them under consideration, all the reasons pro and con are not present to the mind at the same time … To get over this, my way is to divide half a sheet of paper by a line into two columns; writing over the one "Pro", and the other "Con".

When these difficult Cases occur, they are difficult chiefly because while we have them under Consideration all the Reasons pro and con are not present to the Mind at the same time; but sometimes one Set present themselves, and at other times another, the first being out of Sight.

Santo Tomás has become the busiest port of Guatemala, handling chiefly general cargo, while Puerto Barrios is limited to agricultural produce.

At least five songs on the album are driven chiefly by piano, while the track "Appels + Oranjes" contains only electronic instruments and Corgan's vocals.

While chiefly noted for being the oldest depiction of Stockholm in colour, it is arguably also the oldest Swedish landscape painting and the oldest depiction of sun dogs.