Example sentences of "[adv] as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Sir Richard Arkwright and Company mill at Cromford , a familiar sight to travellers along the main Derby-Buxton-Manchester road , only ceased spinning in November 1991 — latterly as part of the Coates Viyella group . |
| 2 | Peter has been with BP for over 20 years , the last 5½ at Sullom Voe , latterly as production superintendent at the terminal . |
| 3 | Not only were various articles stolen , but a clay statue was smashed , presumably as part of a search for valuables . |
| 4 | Presumably as part of his attempt to rule Kent , Cenwulf gave the abbey of St Augustine 's Canterbury to his relative Cunred and the nunnery of Minster-in-Thanet to his daughter Cwenthryth . |
| 5 | The fire had died to cold ashes , but I felt my way to where I had seen a candlestick , left ready on the mantelpiece , presumably as insurance against just this event . |
| 6 | That energy must go somewhere , presumably as radiation . |
| 7 | Haughey on Nov. 13 appointed John Wilson , currently Minister for the Marine , additionally as Deputy Prime Minister , while Haughey himself temporarily retained the Defence portfolio . |
| 8 | The loose grouping , which has only met on two occasions , is known unofficially as HOG , the Hilton Object Group , after its inaugural meeting at the Boston Hilton last year . |
| 9 | After twenty years ' teaching at Goldsmiths ' College in South London , mostly as head of fine art , Jon Thompson has been headhunted by the Jan Van Eyck Academy in Maastricht . |
| 10 | Where they had been was raw earth , smothered with the rubbish and dust of bombardment , and pitted with curious mounds and recesses which Nicholas recognised only slowly as rank upon rank of recent , random , haphazard graves . |
| 11 | The foundations of modern archaeology were laid down in the 17th century , and throughout the 17th and 18th centuries emphasis was put on the recording of archaeological monuments , initially as part of general topographical works , but eventually as part of a study of the monuments themselves . |
| 12 | Large areas of island are covered with thick deposits of black volcanic ash , known locally as picon . |
| 13 | Complex derivatives of phenols , chlorinated and compounded with an anionic base , have been used widely as glassware agents in the licensed trades until the advent of bisguanides . |
| 14 | Only with the passage of time did the two channels come to be seen widely as part of a single public service system . |
| 15 | Former Civic Forum chairman and federal Finance Minister Vaclav Klaus was elected overwhelmingly as chairman of the new party . |
| 16 | River blindness — known medically as onchocerciasis — is one of the most important causes of blindness in rural areas of West Africa . |
| 17 | Depressed moods are the most difficult moods for dieting , and such is the mood-lifting effect of exercise that it is even being used medically as part of the treatment for depression . |
| 18 | If we do not use them they tend to degenerate , a process known medically as disuse atrophy . |
| 19 | All right as name of café , but no more . |
| 20 | They had checked similar seats that had been subjected to the rough and tumble of Metropolitan Police life , and ones that had supported over 70,000 miles , and they were all right as rain . |
| 21 | Jake took him off me , kept him for a week , then brought him back , right as rain . |
| 22 | Once , twice , three times until , yes , it goes and opens its eyes and gets right up , right as rain — ; |
| 23 | ‘ All right , my dear , ’ he murmured , ‘ we 'll have you right as rain in a moment . |
| 24 | ‘ Right as rain , Dick love . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ In the pink , tickety-boo , right as rain and ready for action . |
| 26 | The baby came out of it right as rain . |
| 27 | Vowels are recognized most effectively as part of the pattern and rhythm of the whole sentence . |
| 28 | Only then will the necessary biocides and corrosion inhibitors be able to work effectively as part of a continuous water treatment programme , which is supplied and monitored by Rentokil 's service . |
| 29 | A study was undertaken by one of the authors in 1977 to investigate how trade exhibitions could be used more effectively as part of a communications programme , and the summary of the results of this study forms the remainder of this section ( Lancaster and Baron , 1977 ) . |
| 30 | We we heard just now from the the County Council , that they have looked at Hambleton 's district wide local plan , looked at the constraints in that back to Hambleton effectively as housing requirement . |