Example sentences of "[verb] as [pron] [vb base] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modern school buildings make as much use as possible of natural light , incorporating as they do large windows . |
| 2 | Fresh herbs , and green leafy vegetables , such as spinach and ‘ greens ’ , are also recommended as they contain anti-fungal agents . |
| 3 | At Carnival Cruise Lines we do not have any minimum age limits as we judge each person on his or her ability and personality . |
| 4 | Productivity increases as we spend more time and energy , but only up to a critical point . |
| 5 | Firstly , fibre-rich foods are more filling and thus satisfying , though of course they take more work to consume as they require more chewing . |
| 6 | Miron 's tentative conclusion is that older staff may become less concerned about teaching as they develop other priorities ; but it is equally possible that students are responding more similarly , and more favourably , to lecturers who are more like themselves . |
| 7 | He 's holding his hand out to me , yelling at me , but I 'm stuck there , terrified , screaming , and I do n't know what to do , ca n't think what to do , even while he 's yelling at me to help him , come out to him , get a branch , but I 'm petrified at the thought of setting foot on that white , treacherous surface and I ca n't imagine finding a branch , ca n't think what to do as I look one way towards the tall trees above the hidden gorge and the other along the shore of the loch towards the boat-house but there are no branches , there 's only snow everywhere , and then Andy stops struggling and slips under the whiteness . |
| 8 | Experience the brilliant cinematic graphics and gameplay as you help nuclear physicist Lester Chaykin , transported by a freak accident to another world , find his way home . |
| 9 | I 'm sure you feel as I do that openness is the best policy in these affairs . |
| 10 | A learning technique in which individuals perform a series of sequential actions and say what they are doing as they perform each action . |
| 11 | But what we need to do as well , is to listen wha to what the churches are saying as they address these issues . |
| 12 | The only noise one hears at Edgware Road this morning is that of embittered commuters stomping away from locked gates and cursing as they plan alternative routes . |
| 13 | Big words like ‘ ambulance ’ and ‘ elephant ’ are easily learned as they have readily-recognized shapes . |
| 14 | The happiness and general enthusiasm that children of all types experience in the first years of primary school evaporate as they become adolescent ant move into the secondary school . |
| 15 | If this is accepted then odours per se , destroying as they do any feeling of well-being , the enjoyment of food and home , are prejudicial to health and adequate legal measures ought to be available to ensure their control . |
| 16 | The cognate degree holders , i.e. those with degrees in building or civil engineering , present no notable challenge , offering as they do subject attainment closely allied to that normally required . |
| 17 | His claims are certain to escalate into a big political scandal , following as they do new evidence linking Mrs Mandela to the murder of a prominent Soweto doctor . |
| 18 | I hope it works as I admire any attempt to bring a book more awareness . |