Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [vb pp] [subord] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is perhaps instructive to look in some detail at one accident report to see if the question as to why it happened was answered as well as the question of what happened . |
| 2 | But in fact it was the docking crew as a whole who were at fault , because the platform 's progress towards the support cradle should have been halted as soon as it passed completely through the field , so that earthing and other safety procedures could be instigated . |
| 3 | If the razor was on top of the heap , he would have been cut as soon as he touched it . |
| 4 | She says that warnings should have been given as soon as the terrorists made their threats . |
| 5 | At a very early stage of growth , the embryos of a fish , a reptile and a mammal may be virtually indistinguishable , but their development proceeds in different directions and the class to which they will belong is defined as soon as they start to acquire more specialized features . |
| 6 | It answered the question he had asked himself and told him that the bones of a very young child had been found as well as those of a young woman . |