Example sentences of "as [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Politically the post-1945 world has not been unified , but bi- polar , and organised round two superpowers which may just be describable as jumbo-sized nations , but certainly not as parts of an international state system of the 19th-century or pre-1939 type . |
| 2 | Maude Stanley was only expressing a truism , as far as respectable society was concerned , when she advised that in starting a club ‘ discipline and order are the first requisites ’ . |
| 3 | It is possible to catalogue a chorus of social self-congratulation , as respectable commentators recount the positive achievement of tranquillity since the days of their youth , as the very epitome of social progress . |
| 4 | Kang proposed that the two states should acquire separate UN membership as a temporary measure until such time as Korean reunification was achieved . |
| 5 | As pungent smoke was blown into her face , Diana 's eyes went red and watery . |
| 6 | This has been particularly marked in production as multinational corporations organize their processes on a worldwide scale and ‘ source ’ parts for their finished products from factories , workshops and even domestic labour [ ’ putting-out' or ‘ homeworkers ' ] linked in an international network . |
| 7 | Small and medium-sized firms as well as multinational corporations interact in UK manufacturing , and manufacturing firms interact with financial institutions and other enterprises in the growing service sector . |
| 8 | Finding the foreign exchange to pay for permissions may be difficult , especially as multinational publishers often change high prices for the use of material . |
| 9 | Make up the pinch pleats as Interlined Curtains , leaving a tiny space on either side of the pleats ( fig. 38 ) . |
| 10 | The capacity of the mature human individual to run through whole sets of possible scenarios as imagined responses to a problem situation or as a means to achieve a goal so far existent only in thought , is the secret of human ascendancy . |
| 11 | A spare pair of stockings or tights should always be handy as nothing looks so unattractive as laddered tights . |
| 12 | As far as awful games go this one takes some beating . |
| 13 | It follows from what has been said so far that , as stable norms can be observed through analysis of linguistic patterns , change in progress will show up as violations of the expected ‘ normal ’ patterns . |
| 14 | Born in Herefordshire but living at Naunton in Gloucestershire Scu hit the top as stable jockey to David Nicholson before forming a devastating partnership with Martin Pipe . |
| 15 | One may think of similarly structured expressions within one category — differing only in lexical items — as stable sub-assemblies with an independent communicative value of their own . |
| 16 | The Harmsworth family interests , chiefly derived from the brothers Alfred and Harold , Lords Northcliffe and Rothermere , and trading as Associated Newspapers , had seven evenings and a major interest in four others ( as well as managing , but not owning , a twelfth ) . |
| 17 | More than 20 developers from Sun 's technical staff are teaming with Oracle developers to enhance and localise the Oracle Applications products , as well as associated technologies to improve the efficiency of Sun 's worldwide manufacturing operations , implement the integration of Sun 's Open Look graphical user interface with all components of Oracle 's product suite , and optimise Oracle7 for Sun 's new multiprocessor servers and produce applications that can be sold to Sun 's customers as well . |
| 18 | The deal provides for Nichimen to distribute in Japan Transtech 's 80860-based TRAM-TTM 110 parallel processor board , as well as associated Transputer software such as compilers . |
| 19 | As associated reality is the regressive character of prison conditions . |
| 20 | It also plans to combine the core with its own customisable signal processors to create highly integrated and differentiated signal processing systems for such applications as cellular products and hard disk drives . |
| 21 | Filtration can be a problem as bubble-nesting gouramis need relatively calm water to build in and anabantoid fry are very small and could disappear if the filter is too powerful . |
| 22 | The speaker has available to him the full range of ‘ voice quality ’ effects ( as well as facial expression , postural and gestural systems ) . |
| 23 | Carson knew better than to use the Mercedes as in-town transport-traffic and parking problems made a car into a liability during the daytime . |
| 24 | When you come to harmonize these can then be treated either as chromatic appoggiaturas ( or non-modulating substitution notes ) , or as modulating accidentals . |
| 25 | Many can also be grown as tall specimens , winding stems around a stout pole or tripod to create a pillar of blossom . |
| 26 | SHORT men are twice as likely as tall men to have heart attacks in middle age , according to a new study by the British Heart Foundation , writes Liz Hunt . |
| 27 | Follow all instructions on the packages as insulating material can be toxic . |
| 28 | Make in the same way as potted crab . |
| 29 | The obese , even the mildly chubby , sometimes regard slim people as veritable paragons of virtue when it comes to food . |
| 30 | For instance ‘ Turkish baths ’ properly should be described as Islamic baths since they have no special link with Turkey . |