Example sentences of "as [adv] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether or not things could be otherwise in a radically different society , as things are , the conviction and punishment of an offender necessarily carries a moral , condemnatory message and is seen as so doing . |
| 2 | Thirty-three died , as apparently did passenger airships . |
| 3 | But , as already emphasised , the problem of meaning here as elsewhere does not reduce to the problem of criteria . |
| 4 | Molly and Judith frequently went visiting other girls in the community after dinner and as often as not did not come home for tea ; and , since Malka had married and left Cork , Judith spent even more Sundays out of the house . |
| 5 | Members leave their mallets here as often as not do they ? |
| 6 | He was always loyal and when we had a house maid who adored Basil and had little affection for his sisters and she used to stand up for him as hardly done by , he would have none of it , to my remembered satisfaction . |
| 7 | As swell waves or wind-driven waves run into shallow water the velocity and wave length both decrease , as also does the wave height at first , but when the ratio of depth to wave length falls below 0.06 the waves increase in height immediately prior to breaking ( Bird , 1968 ) . |
| 8 | The assessment in some places of the incomes head tenants received from subletting , while a valuable addition in itself , serves also to confuse the issue , as also do sporadic attempts to assign a value to the unexpired term of a lease . |
| 9 | He got to his feet and held out his hand , as also did Reginald , towards Elaine and , together they pulled her to her feet . |
| 10 | These showed , as also did his later buildings , remarkable delicacy and inventiveness , especially in their richly decorated interiors . |
| 11 | Samakkhi Tham performed particularly well in the Isarn , as also did Gen. Chaovalit Yongchaiyut 's New Aspiration Party and the Social Action Party . |
| 12 | Gundovald claimed to be a son of Chlothar I. Chlothar denied the claim , but his brother Childebert I at first accepted it , as also did Chlothar 's son Charibert I. Despite this support , Gundovald was rejected by Sigibert , another of Chlothar 's sons , so he went to Italy , where he was received by the Byzantine general , Narses , and from there to Constantinople . |
| 13 | To Mrs Rait 's yard-long list and all bakers and caterers , may be added this year two ‘ members of the general public ’ , as they described themselves , who volunteered , as also did some pupils of George Watson 's College through Roger Vandersteen , and the wife of an elder of Murrayfield Church ( they all made exemplary Indians ! ) . |
| 14 | Asserting ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) as true and ( 3 ) as false does not involve a contradiction . |
| 15 | They do n't look a bad colour as though do they ? |
| 16 | Blues too is commonly regarded as centrally to do with the expression of alienated subjectivity caught within oppressive social structures ; in a previous book ( Middle ton 1972 ) I argued that the effects of this are apparent in the musical form itself-in disjunctive structures , an immanently contradictory musical language and a commitment to ‘ authentic ’ self-expression — and I drew parallels with modernist art . |
| 17 | Also now that we 've got UNISON the one union I think they can help but I do think that 's what needs to be done , because they 're doing the same with the hospital as , as now doing with the pits even after the closure campaign . |
| 18 | They are also viewed by some observers as hostages for the future , parties in office being perceived as often doing the reverse of what was promised in their manifestos . |
| 19 | She regularly bent Minton 's ear with her problems and he in turn as regularly did take-offs of her doing this . |
| 20 | ‘ Since I 'm home , ’ she said , ‘ I may as well do my duty . |
| 21 | If Klepner 's gon na get his job he may as well do the spiel . |
| 22 | ‘ You might as well do Il trovatore in German , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Naturally , he said , ‘ Well , if you are doing one western you might as well do two . ’ |
| 24 | He walked me to the door with the kids in tow and said that we could all have a look inside , the kids as well , but even though I was shaking from head to toe , I said eventually , after we walked past the place at least four times , if I was going to do this I might as well do it on my own . |
| 25 | As the brigade would probably simply knock down your door , you could just as well do it yourself . |
| 26 | Jane , 41 , said : ‘ I told them , ‘ If you are going to swear you might as well do it properly ’ . |
| 27 | I do not believe , though many readers are convinced of it , that this is what finally attracts them , otherwise they might just as well do a crossword puzzle . |
| 28 | In fact you might as well do the last one as well . |
| 29 | But if my cousin wants to contemplate the mysteries of the unknown , then he may as well do it in the middle of a Ch'noze snowstorm . ’ |
| 30 | After all , if I was going to die anyway , it might as well do some good . |