Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Partly because , in spite of his professed indifference to the outside world , it nevertheless rankled with Franco that his regime was excluded from all the most important international circles , and he knew that it would continue to be blackballed for as long as it could be accused of denying the Spanish people free choice . |
| 2 | Cavity treatment should be delayed for as long as possible to allow the injected solution to remain in contact with blood and other body fluids and care to avoid spillage should be exercised when carrying out drainage . |
| 3 | It 's nice no to be forgotten about as well . |
| 4 | He tapped in the code , then waited , knowing the signal was being scrambled through as many as a dozen sub-routes before it got to its destination . |
| 5 | Your Board is confident that the plan for restructuring the Group will result in a more streamlined , flexible and dynamic organisation and it is intended that it be carried through as fast as possible . |
| 6 | Oh you hear it , it 's rung for as much as twenty minutes while I 've been walking round . |
| 7 | Campaigners , backed by Ms Eagle , say the landing stage could be repaired for as little as £1.5 million instead of the £10 million being quoted by Merseytravel . |
| 8 | The earliest industrial sites are now often looked after as carefully as those of abbeys and castles . |
| 9 | Erm they can then feel that their family 's being looked after as well , so it helps them not to worry about that side of it . |
| 10 | In reality there are no pat answers , for each situation has its distinctive cultural milieu and must , therefore , be approached with as open a mind as we can achieve . |
| 11 | Right at the end a glass pavilion had been built for concerts and parties , and Gran said people had come from as far away as Lancaster . |
| 12 | The proportions of each age group selected into grammar schools varied from as little as 15 per cent in some parts of the country to as much as 40 per cent in others . |
| 13 | The sarcophagus can be decorated in as much detail as you like , and could be painted quite elaborately . |
| 14 | These two sets of rules , though distinct , must not be looked upon as two co-ordinate and independent systems . |
| 15 | The job was looked upon as glamorous and attracted some deb-types . |
| 16 | Cuckoo adaptations to manipulate the behaviour of foster-parents can be looked upon as extended phenotypic action at a distance by cuckoo genes . |
| 17 | At worst it was looked upon as evil and at best no more than a utilitarian pest-destroyer . |
| 18 | Punch regularly indicated the ‘ mildness of magistrates ’ and the ‘ luxurious ’ convenience of a ‘ snug cell in prison ’ which ‘ unless the Government interfere to make the living less luxurious … will be popularly looked upon as one of the most comfortable ways of spending life ’ . |
| 19 | The English education system is a narrowing down , rather than a broadening out : disciplines outside one 's own are not looked upon as worthwhile or potentially interesting , but as completely outside one 's own sphere of practice ; subject specialization reveals ‘ difference from ’ rather than ‘ communality with ’ . |
| 20 | The outdoor adventures are looked upon as fun and relaxation , although I must say they pay their way . ’ |
| 21 | In most of the provinces … the natives used to copy one another so effectively that they could be looked upon as all identical … |
| 22 | Any modules which are common to different projects should be included in as many packages as required . |
| 23 | Sightings have been reported from as far as France and the Netherlands . |
| 24 | During the Gulf War , hotel occupancy rates dropped to as little as 30 per cent in some areas , well under the average 60 per cent occupancy in the first two months of a normal year . |
| 25 | A radiograph of the chest was reported on as normal ( figure ) . |
| 26 | There was considerable substance in the complaints of Labour that national insurance added to as well as diminished the burdens of poorer workers . |
| 27 | He had come on as sub just as Tottenham began to turn the tide against an Everton side who had torn them apart in the first half . |
| 28 | " Meanings " are neither equated with speakers ' intentions , nor with recipients ' interpretations ; both are looked on as mental entities which are of little interest as long as they do not " materialize " in interaction . |
| 29 | Traditionally , phonemes were supposed not to overlap in their allophones , so that the only plosives that could have allophones with bilabial place of articulation were and ; this restriction is no longer looked on as so important . |
| 30 | No matter how poor the programming , if these dishes had been as glossy and futuristic as compact discs , say , then they might have caught on as rapidly as , well , CDs themselves . |