Example sentences of "[adv] as some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much as some people hate going to school , they will frequently be glad afterwards that they were made to do so . |
| 2 | The number of entrants was swelled by the servicemen who took part , ‘ volunteered ’ by their superior officers as a good way of keeping fit and in training , especially as some did it in their army boots . |
| 3 | All the additional effort to repair wind damage , and coping with the extra demands of old buildings in poor weather , did n't help to relieve the pressures , especially as some of the boys had been rather overexcited and badly behaved . |
| 4 | It is hard to resist the pressure to use them , especially as some nuclear-power generators have tied themselves into long-term reprocessing contracts . |
| 5 | Adding another five years to any possible sentence seems pointless , especially as some of those involved may already be serving that length of time . |
| 6 | Inherent competitive weakness in a state/local sector coalition may break down as some local firms seek advantage by alliance with foreigners . |
| 7 | I think any student going through higher education is getting something from it if they come in as some measure sceptical , in some measure critical , that they 're not prepared to take things at face value . |
| 8 | ‘ So as some of the luck 'll spill out on you when you 're asleep , ’ she said . |
| 9 | There are occasions , however , when this is not so as some noxious or offensive gases have very low threshold detection values , e.g. many of those malodorants associated with sewage treatment processes which include gases such as methyl mercaptan , ethyl mercaptan and dimethylamine . |
| 10 | There who are they on about three four three four three four to call it 's er a very public figure very public you 're bound to have heard of him you 've probably seen him as well I would have thought I would have thought so as some stage picture always in the paper there as well you know nice big swanky car too . |
| 11 | If it can be significantly talked about , it seems , then it is only as some kind of state , or situation , an ontological " event " perhaps , certainly not as an entity . |
| 12 | Perhaps one day the survivors could be brought together as some sort of retrospective exhibition — not impossible , especially if there is a will to mount such a show . |
| 13 | Finally as some transfers , in particular ‘ bulk ’ may be rather time consuming , the LIFESPAN Manager has the ability to restrict the elapsed time over which LIFESPAN RDBI runs . |
| 14 | Bruce Alexander thus plays the lycanthropic Ferdinand not as some howling lunatic but as a haunted , guilt-ridden creature . |
| 15 | It treated its subject not as some kind of jokey aberration , but as a normal if slightly unexpected development of the weird and wonderful adventure we call Life . |
| 16 | For those of us with non-pedigree black moggies which sprout a few white hairs , it is comforting to think of their special markings not as some kind of mongrel flaw but instead as a vital and valuable relic of earlier days in the feline history of Europe . |
| 17 | Suddenly , black movies became Malcolm X-rated and Richard Roundtree appeared , not as some hat-tipping descendant of Uncle Remus , but as Shaft , a dark avenger , unstoppable , sex-sharp , streetwise and as cool as a Harlem icebox in December . |
| 18 | She 'd agree to marry him as part of a partnership — not as some sort of meek , mild bride agreeing to graciously give her hand . ’ |
| 19 | They knew Richard Neville not as some hard-done-by humorist but as the author of the paperback Playpower which became the handbook of the international drop-outs and bemused pot-smoking youngsters , persuaded to believe that society was rotten , life was too tough and the odds too heavily stacked against them — the best thing to do was to drop out and bum around . |
| 20 | They will ‘ see ’ the woman who is crying as herself and not as some emotional ghost from the past . |
| 21 | It is , therefore , for the information of tutors ‘ old ’ and ‘ new ’ , as well as for students and members , that I now outline the education and examination system that the Institute wanted , not as it was , not as some may think it is , ( or should be ) , but as it is today . |
| 22 | But when anomalous cards were introduced , such as a red Ace of Spades , then , at first , nearly all subjects initially identified such cards incorrectly as some normal card . |
| 23 | Some people never have to use their back-ups , just as some people never need to claim on their insurance , but would you want to be uninsured ? |
| 24 | The girls insist that it is their fundamental right to wear their scarves at all times , just as some of their fellow students wear skullcaps or the cross . |
| 25 | Some familiarity with such a chart is part of the skill of being a biochemist , just as some knowledge of the anatomy and classification of animals is part of the skill of being a zoologist . |
| 26 | But just as some marriages can at times feel suffocating , so they may at others feel uncomfortably distant . |
| 27 | Just as some burrow systems are easier to work than others , some contain more rabbits than others . |
| 28 | She wore the spectacles , and now some fragment of her is inside my mind , just as some fragment of me is lodged in hers . |
| 29 | Zeros attacked Bellows just as some P–40s were trying to get airborne , many were shot down before they were able to take off . |
| 30 | It could be argued that just as some firms specialise in commercial work , other firms concentrate on criminal advocacy . |