Example sentences of "[verb] as they [verb] [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 | Throttles opened wide , the engines roared as they regained flying speed , the Vimy skimmed the waves so close that the spray beat underneath the wings . |
| 4 | Newman nodded as they passed one dwelling . |
| 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 | ‘ Call in anytime , ’ the hospitable ladies further invited as they rallied reluctant dogs and piled into the car to go and collect the men . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A learning technique in which individuals perform a series of sequential actions and say what they are doing as they perform each action . |
| 9 | But what we need to do as well , is to listen wha to what the churches are saying as they address these issues . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Big words like ‘ ambulance ’ and ‘ elephant ’ are easily learned as they have readily-recognized shapes . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ This is our little guest cottage , ’ she announced as they mounted some steps on to a wide , spacious veranda which ran the length of the property . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Thus , Sprinter units working out of Derby depot , covering as they did stopping services on routes spread out as far as Leeds , Manchester , Cambridge , Aberystwyth , Pwllheli , Holyhead , Scarborough , Skegness and Cleethorpes , actually achieved annual mileages in excess of 100,000 miles per year , practically double that achieved by the older DMUs . |