Example sentences of "as [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As became poetry of a new civilisation , it was socially conscious as well as spiritual , incisive as well as whimsical ; as the following demonstrates ( Let Us Compare Mythologies , pp69 ) : |
| 2 | Librarians in colleges of education , as befitted people closely in touch with the professional education of teachers , made considerable advances in the integration of the teaching and administrative roles of their collections and their staffs , and increasingly regarded a wide range of teaching commitments as being suitable to them . |
| 3 | Thus , while the state attempted to monopolize such discussion as took place — for example when the ‘ neutral ’ forum for discussion at the VEC seminar was turned by the authorities into a reassurance session — this was resisted locally by successful intervention and contestation at the VEC seminar both by an outside speaker and by DUC activists , and by forcing the issue back on the table for discussion at the local authority level . |
| 4 | As absolutism took hold in the seventeenth century , many traditional assemblies of estates fell into abeyance , and the gradual evolution of such an assembly into a modern parliament , as took place in England , was the exception rather than the rule in early modern Europe . |
| 5 | The Righteous Brothers popped in for a swifty , as did Twin Peaks star Sherilyn Fenn . |
| 6 | The Righteous Brothers popped in for a swifty , as did Twin Peaks star Sherilyn Fenn . |
| 7 | The test certainly covers , and therefore condemns unequivocally , the American dropping of nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ; it does , however , not deal as absolutely as did Pope John in Pacem in Terris with all possible aspects of modern war or even with every possible use of nuclear weapons . |
| 8 | Alan eventually obtained a first-class honours degree , as did Paul , whom I quote again : |
| 9 | John Lydon — the punk nomenclature had been banished for good — remained contracted to Virgin with his new group , Public Image Ltd ( PIL ) , as did Paul Cook and Steve Jones , who recorded briefly under the name the Bollock Brothers . |
| 10 | It would become the fulcrum around which Williams ' political career was built , for as a scholar and teacher he recognised , as did Aristotle , that education is politics . |
| 11 | On the other hand , what are the ethical problems involved in deceiving volunteers , as did Milgram , or hospital doctors , as did Rosenhan , just for the sake of avoiding the problem of their behaving differently because they knew what the experiment was about ? |
| 12 | Two Cabinet vacancies , caused by the late August resignations of the Education and Higher Education Minister Lalith Athulathmudali , a leading UNP dissident , and of Labour Minister G. N. Premachandra , remained unfilled , as did vacancies at Minister of State level . |
| 13 | The resolution was backed by the USA , most Western countries , the Soviet Union , India and Japan ; Kuwait and Egypt broke Arab ranks and abstained , as did China . |
| 14 | Italy announced it had recalled its ambassador to Romania for consultations , as did East Germany , condemning the ‘ brutal action of the Romanian state power against peaceful citizens demonstrating to assert their elementary human rights ’ . |
| 15 | It lends itself quite suitably to the UK sporting scene which is populated by many black sportsmen growing up in broken homes , settling on the side of the mother and eventually seeing the father as an anathema , as did Repton heavyweight Ray Tabi : |
| 16 | The respondents , not surprisingly , took the view , as did B. & C. itself , that serious questions have to be investigated concerning the conduct of Atlantic 's business before and after the acquisition and as to the representations made to B. & C. prior to the acquisition . |
| 17 | He wrote love-letters for his less literate friends , as did William Lovett growing up in a fishing village at the other end of England . |
| 18 | Grady slipped with a 75 but made the cut , as did Roger Davis with a splendid 68 to retrieve his position after a first round of 77 . |
| 19 | Educators might argue , as did Alexander Graham Bell , that although sign language could be a vehicle for thought it was not the ‘ right ’ vehicle , nor did it produce the ‘ right thoughts ’ . |
| 20 | Brandon hit the woodwork through Steve Houlden , as did Carl Black for Shildon . |
| 21 | The eclecticism of the mid-nineteenth-century architects was of two types : either they applied different styles to different buildings , as did Burn or the Barrys , or they applied motifs derived from different styles to the same building and so produced an original design . |
| 22 | In Cookstown , the SDLP 's Patsy McGlone won his first council seat as did Mrs Anne McCrea , wife of DUP MP the Rev William McCrea . |
| 23 | Ukraine agreed on Nov. 6 to sign the Treaty on Economic Community [ see p. 38537 ] , after heated debate in the republic 's Supreme Soviet , as did Moldava , leaving only Azerbaijan and Georgia as non-signatories . |
| 24 | Kelly seemed to be everywhere and got the praise of all the commentators , as did Whelan . |
| 25 | LOOK TO WHERE the river meets the sea and you will find , as did Kubla Khan , a place to build your ‘ stately pleasure dome ’ . |
| 26 | Schools were kept closed because their caretakers stayed away , as did cleaners , cooks , and deliverers of fuel . |
| 27 | Glaxo sold its factory , as did Gresham Lion , and its successor , Dowty , which could not make the business succeed , sold to the Taiwanese . |
| 28 | Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and wife Madeleine , below , dropped in as did King Constantine of Greece and Lady Thatcher . |
| 29 | Italy signed the agreement in November 1990 [ see p. 37870 ] , as did Spain and Portugal in June 1991 [ see p. 38297 ] . |
| 30 | Yanto laughed again as did Sheila , who had also been watching the old man 's antics . |