Example sentences of "[verb] as [pers pn] [be] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most confusingly named as it is a stork not an ibis . |
| 2 | This may have been a difficult question for some to answer as it was an assessment of their own abilities . |
| 3 | The 412 Squadron badge depicts a " falcon volant " , selected as it is a bird indigenous to all parts of Canada . |
| 4 | In 1656 the inhabitants of West Ardsley petitioned the justices of the West Riding , requesting the fair to be abolished as it was a nuisance and Wakefield Market now met their needs . |
| 5 | This problem is not so common with the bell and pad as it is the alarm doing the waking of the child and the child is already wet . |
| 6 | Again one could draw as it were a sort of a picture of erm one 's true self as a sort of largish lump , er much of which was the body and then within this smaller portion which is the soul , and within that a still smaller portion which is the mind , and then in all of us there is present to us the one , and we 're told that we ought to think about our body , that it is not our true self . |
| 7 | The park has caravan and camping sites available for visitors but you need to book as it is a Bank Holiday weekend . |
| 8 | One sees the beginnings of a serious criticism of the very basis of The Lord of the Rings here : the author appears to have presented a set of rules and then observed them only partially , reserving as it were the right to exceptions and miracles . |
| 9 | ‘ We regard it as a very satisfactory half year , bearing in mind that the world 's economies are not quite as clear cut as they were a year ago . |
| 10 | ‘ We regard it as a very satisfactory half year , bearing in mind that the world 's economies are not quite as clear cut as they were a year ago . |
| 11 | In general terms , ‘ size ’ of particles is not readily defined as it is a measure of the dimensions which best describe a specific group of particles . |
| 12 | ‘ That 's not much , ’ said Dolly , ‘ you can do mine for tuppence , we 'll ask 'im to pay as I 'm a bit 'ard-up meself . ’ |
| 13 | Big'uns do have to test as they are an Orc Mob . |
| 14 | This was rejected as it was a case of continuing trespass which continued as long as the buttresses were on the land . |
| 15 | Flora is also entitled to notice as she is a party to pending relevant proceedings . |
| 16 | In chapter nine of The Form Rolle uses this Jesus prayer to recapitulate the whole progress in love he has so far described — it becomes as it were the tool which shapes and conveys his understanding of redemption : The prose is orchestrated to a climax . |
| 17 | Kenneth has a list of questions to ask as a result of his reading , but the Dr has to admit that the subject is a highly complex one and that his knowledge is limited as he is a G.P. and not a specialist on the subject . |
| 18 | And I think that 's where the danger comes as it 's a sort of acceptable thing to say ! |
| 19 | The helium-3 is what Palmer was trying to produce as it was the presence of this gas in the atmosphere that had stimulated his idea in the first place , but detecting it would not be easy . |