Example sentences of "[adv prt] as [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet these , finally , have to be set down as complications of the market process , and not as factors which override it . |
| 2 | Only recently we have heard of the mushroom factory near Eye in Suffolk having to close down as mushrooms could be brought in cheaper from Ireland . |
| 3 | Again her heart is represented by the mechanism from an old lift : she goes up and down as others will her . |
| 4 | This means that your monthly payments are the same for 12 months at a time , unlike the standard variable rate , which goes up and down as base rates change . |
| 5 | Arsenal could also have had a penalty when Campbell went crashing down as Forrest challenged him in the box for a Wright through-pass , but the referee dismissed their claims . |
| 6 | Said Gooch : ‘ Alec has never let England down as wicketkeeper , but he has not maintained his batting form when doing it . |
| 7 | Pavel Zhikarev , who stood down as chairman after 25 years at Sberbank , laid the foundations for the changes that lie ahead . |
| 8 | Chief executive Gerald Ratner stood down as chairman last week , and was replaced by former Coats Viyella deputy chairman Jim McAdam . |
| 9 | The National Security Court was abolished and President Mohammed Siyad Barre was obliged to stand down as chairman of the ruling Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party ( SRSP ) , the constitution preventing him from holding both posts . |
| 10 | Earlier , on July 12 , Saibou had announced that he would stand down as chairman of the National Movement for a Development Society ( the sole party until the legalization of opposition parties in March ) , saying that he had decided to place himself above party politics . |
| 11 | However , catalysts have been proved to reduce air pollution by 75 per cent at any speed , and consequently the car industry has had to back down as EEC legislation has pushed for their adoption in member states . |
| 12 | Clerk let down as firm goes into receivership |
| 13 | Beginning with Frank directing removal vans and other vehicles , with inevitable results , it soon sees the couple 's home of seconds earlier fall down as Frank disappears round the corner in the removal lorry . |
| 14 | This intensity of family and kinship connections does , of necessity , break down as Pakistanis move to Britain . |
| 15 | However , Gen. José Dante Caridi , who had stood down as Army Chief of Staff after the rebellion , immediately denied the existence of any such deal ( as did his successor , Gen. Francisco Gassino , who warned that he would respond firmly to any further mutinies ) and accused Seineldin of excessive nationalism and fundamentalism and of being involved in a group of Army conspirators which had been in existence for 25 years . |
| 16 | Of course , in addition to the bony structures in the limb — which are first laid down as cartilage and only later replaced by bone — there are muscles and tendons whose pattern is more complex . |
| 17 | The man jabs his left ski down as Odd-Knut goes by , gets the ski between dog and trace and is hauled over and forwards . |
| 18 | Sparks and droplets of flaming oil rained down as Withel reached out with both gauntleted hands and grabbed Rincewind 's neck , forcing him down . |
| 19 | He strolled over to the window , lit his cigar , stared down as plain-clothes policemen hurried across the courtyard one storey below . |
| 20 | It 's almost certain that he will also be asked to continue as Ulster captain , and with the likelihood of Michael Bradley standing down as Ireland 's leader , McBride could be the man to step into the Munsterman 's boots . |
| 21 | Time seemed to slow down as Christine fell into the executive transporter bay . |
| 22 | He fired twice and Julie threw herself down as bullets ploughed into the kitchen table . |
| 23 | With the issue resolved , Roh stepped down as DLP president on Aug. 25 in order to allow Kim Young Sam to take over the leadership prior to the presidential elections . |
| 24 | The rumbling of conversation gradually died down as DI Frank Gregson got to his feet . |
| 25 | ‘ A large number of properties have been closed down as landlords pull out because they can not afford to upgrade them , ’ she said . |
| 26 | Mark Gill missed an early flick for Stockton who immediately went a goal down as Billingham counter attacked and took the lead through Tim Johnson . |
| 27 | Wilson , more respectfully treated at Lord 's , where he recently stood down as MCC coach , than in his native county , offered Carrick wise counsel when the youngster replaced him in the Yorkshire side . |
| 28 | I had you down as bone-meal actually , come the day . |
| 29 | He was off-balance , his defences down as Ward drew back his right arm and slammed that gloved hand straight into the sallow face . |
| 30 | Staff at the BBC seemed far from happy with the outcome , but the belief was that the row will die down as management concentrates on the market-oriented reforms being ushered in . |