Example sentences of "[noun] as [pron] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this is where the second proposal is , that , there is again confusion between having a joint pol erm , a , erm , a joint policy group at chief officer level , and J C P T , and that again those should as it were combined , but that the arrangement could be s could be erm , kept as small and tight to encourage effective action as you move into joint commissioning , and that is bringing your budget alongside that of the Health Authority , and would be the best way to get erm , the best leverage on services that you can across that divide . |
| 2 | Furthermore , while linguistics has certainly been useful to the study of rhythm as it has to all aspects of poetry , there has been an unfortunate tendency to suppose that the language of verse is itself rhythmic . |
| 3 | It becomes an important part of tactics on upwind legs as you get to higher standards . |
| 4 | Expressions used in this subsection and in the said Act of 1959 have the same meanings in this subsection as they have in that Act . |
| 5 | In her portrait of Medea — or Medee as she becomes in this staging of the original French version — this is what she uses consistently . |
| 6 | In her portrait of Medea — or Medee as she becomes in this staging of the original French version — this is what she uses consistently . |
| 7 | This applies as much to business organizations as it does to public sector organizations . |
| 8 | The lack of any hard eclipse at high frequencies suggests that the eclipse is due to scattering or absorption of the radio waves as they pass through ionized matter surrounding the companion star . |
| 9 | There was something like an appeal in his eyes as we gazed at each other . |
| 10 | ‘ You were — er — you were just joking earlier , on the dance-floor — were n't you ? ’ she murmured , not daring to raise her eyes as she toyed with some of the pink salmon mayonnaise on her plate . |
| 11 | The camera focuses on Lancaster 's eyes as he takes in this tableau of hyperactive sleaze . |
| 12 | As a result with good control of working capital , our cash flow overall was virtually the same as in the previous year in spite of the significant profit collapse and although there may be some further redundancies this year , I do n't expect them to be in any way on the same scale as during nineteen ninety two and the important thing is that we now have costs in line with the lower level of revenue as we look into nineteen ninety three . |
| 13 | Police cars and the police helicopter later trailed the man 's getaway car as he drove at high speed down the M6 and M56 . |
| 14 | Police cars and the police helicopter later trailed the man 's getaway car as he drove at high speed down the M6 and M56 . |
| 15 | thank heavens for Gloucester rugby club … they won at the weekend … well it was more a walkover as they ran in forty two points against Newport . |
| 16 | I could with ease place my arm on the roof as I stood by one of them in the road . |
| 17 | Official recognition of the importance of the cliff , in danger of eroding away , will give campaigners added weight as they press for greater coastal protection measures . |
| 18 | The beginnings examined are interestingly compared with those featuring in films , whereas the exploration of middles and ends includes a study on theme patterning in " popstyling " , characterisation as it emerges from fictional discourse , and a functional typology of dialogue ( which is interesting , but unfortunately inadequately substantiated in terms of textual evidence ) in " actionbooks " . |
| 19 | You try to thumb a lift from the cars as they approach from either direction , sweeping you with their headlights . |
| 20 | A colleague from Christian Aid phoned me from Addis Ababa last night and he reported what had happened in the Red Sea port of Assab on Saturday which was when 15 trucks and trailers were loaded each with 22 tons of U N grain and there was a little ceremony as they left at 12 noon for Desai . |
| 21 | After buying me lunch in a new concrete hotel called , romantically , The Interflora , she drove me back at high Skoda speed through the centre of town — choke full out , engine howling in second gear as we skidded across wet cobblestones , clipping kerbs and narrowly avoiding the numerous potholes and dug-up sections where slow attempts were being made to repair the water mains , shattered by the minus-twenty-five February temperatures . |
| 22 | Instead of leaving Deanein the reserves as he did with rocky he 'll keep him in the firsts and he 'll come good . |
| 23 | Neither had any inkling of Gooch 's worries as he reported for two days pre-tour training at Lilleshall in each of the weeks leading up to Christmas . |
| 24 | The rationale of the putting-out system was that it enabled the merchant capitalist to draw on only as much labour as he needed at any given condition of the market . |
| 25 | Each morning he would rise and make the fire to warm the house and , when the rest of the family came downstairs , we would find him in his armchair , elbows propped on spread knees and braces straining against vested shoulders as they heaved with suppressed coughing . |
| 26 | A black , beady eye caught the light as it moved on short , powerful legs and toes , and as it crossed the clearing it paused for one brief moment to utter a shrill and prolonged , ‘ Kee … wee … | . ’ |
| 27 | Early recognition as I say of mental illness in an employee and early treatment is better for both the company and the employee . |
| 28 | It does not mean , however , that he should not exercise his franchise and vote as he wishes at local government elections , but he should not be a party man otherwise his advice might be regarded as being tainted and the council as a whole , in the end , would cease to have confidence in his advice . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't think you know yourself , ’ he teased gently , his eyes on the curve of her lips as they trembled with intense emotion . |
| 30 | The call up the stairs made her compress her lips as she called on all her reserves of courage to face the ordeal ahead of her . |