Sentence examples for the observer that while from inspiring English sources

Beverley Hughes, the Children's Minister, told The Observer that while the government would not change the rules governing access to children, rather than assuming the mother was always the prime carer the courts should recognise that modern fathers were increasingly involved in raising their children.

But a Portuguese police source cautioned The Observer that while tests on the samples, carried out at Britain's leading forensic lab, had shown a 'match' with Madeleine, the material was so degraded that only 15 of 20 DNA 'markers' could be compared.

Bazalgette told the Observer that, while the council is already correcting the extent of the historical London imbalance, the real danger is repeated cuts to local authority budgets – the biggest source of arts funds in the country – which threaten to halve the income of regional arts.

And one of the most striking aspects of the furore over the sale of tapes of police interrogation of Fred West to a film company was disgust at the idea that the subject should be dramatised (West's son Stephen told the Observer that while a documentary-type film would be acceptable, a film "with actors and stuff" would be horrible).

A senior figure in the Labour party told the Observer that while Miliband and those around him had previously called for the party to re-engage with ideas and let a thousand flowers bloom, "it would seem some people don't want a thousand flowers to bloom, hence this Damian Mcbriefingyle briefing".

Twigg told the Observer that he had come to accept that while the BSF programme had done some good things, it had its faults.

Nick Cohen, writing in the Observer, argued that while "no modern novelist is better at charting the precariousness of middle-class life", Coe was "trying to have it both ways" by writing a political comedy rather than a true satire.

Kitty Empire of The Observer wrote that while most R&B ballads are woeful, "Cold Case Love" "at least has the wit to sustain a plot".

To many observers, that suggests that while he understands the political necessity of improving services, he's not entirely sure how to do it.

Michael Coveney of The Observer, while writing that "A Clockwork Orange 2004" was better than the Royal Shakespeare's production of "Carrie" but "only just," praised Phil Daniels, who plays Alex, for his "spidery, energetic" performance.

■ In an interview with the Observer, Burnham conceded that while it was "possible" for Corbyn to win the 2020 election, the party would have a much better chance with him.