Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv] as [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No meaning ’ atheists tend to talk rather as A.J. Ayer talks in Language , Truth and Logic , as if there is no possibility of a Deity existing because there is no possibility of making sense of the word ‘ God ’ : |
| 2 | It was argued that , following the 1980- 1981 ‘ shake out ’ of inefficient producers , the composition of UK exports moved away from ‘ necessity ’ goods ( the demand for which tends to grow slowly as world income grows ) , towards ‘ luxuries ’ , whose demand grows relatively fast . |
| 3 | Also as usual , they began to talk differently as Mrs Bouverie approached , louder , more self-consciously , and the younger two , in their all-weather uniform of jeans , and bare feet thrust into stiletto-heeled shoes , put their cigarettes behind their backs . |
| 4 | The spa fad began to die just as iron ore was discovered on Teesside during the middle of the last century . |
| 5 | TOTTENHAM 'S uneasy boardroom truce is set to end today as Alan Sugar and Terry Venables rejoin battle in the High Court . |
| 6 | FURTHER signs emerged today that the property market is set to take off as fund managers prepare to increase their stakes in UK property companies . |
| 7 | It is remarkable that although concentrations of docosahexaenoic acid ( C22 : 6n3 ) also tend to decrease stepwise as disease activity increased , their mean concentrations never reach values below that of healthy controls . |
| 8 | Secrett to take over as FoE head |
| 9 | You can buy an inexpensive ‘ night light ’ which is either electronically triggered to come on as darkness falls or is battery-operated with a timer switch . |
| 10 | Business set to cash in as town hosts conference |