Example sentences of "[adj] as [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a dado rail you would hang all of one type first , but we did n't do this as we needed both pieces wet so we could cut right through the overlap point with a sharp knife and remove both pieces of waste to leave a perfect butt joint . |
| 2 | I felt sad about this as I have several friends from my Salford days in Hong Kong , but I understand a decision to carry out this action has been put off for some time , so perhaps it was a regrettable necessity . |
| 3 | Within a few years he could have looked almost as menacing as he did six months ago . |
| 4 | Reasons for the thematic ill-formedness of the above extract will become clear as we explore various aspects of thematic organization . |
| 5 | It is certainly possible that the distinctions between different types of variable drawn by Dressler and Wodak and by Kerswill will turn out to be methodologically important in as much as they yield new insights into the principles underlying patterns of variation and processes of change . |
| 6 | The paradox is that social representation theorists must search for those aspects of socially shared beliefs which would not classify as social representations , just as much as they study social representations . |
| 7 | Stereotyped deviant behaviour is inevitably a social phenomenon , and concerns us almost as much as it does social psychologists or psychiatrists . |
| 8 | The market distrusts people businesses almost as much as it distrusts American companies with their main share listings in London . |
| 9 | The reason for this is that the money you receive back at the end of the year will not go as far or buy as much as it did 12 months earlier . |
| 10 | The choice of the right level at which to study a phenomenon is as important a strategic decision in biology as is the choice of the right organism or the appropriate control experiment , and it affects present-day research just as much as it did twenty years ago . |
| 11 | As much as I hate comparative reviews — I can never really justify deifying one package at the expense of several other perfectly good packages — WSWIN has facilities that I find to be very attractive and useful . |
| 12 | Two dolphins joined in the fun , their tumbling , lithe bodies clearly visible as they weaved sparkling trails of fire at high speed under our bows . |
| 13 | In two instances the ratios in the survey might not be typical as they included large tracts of common grazing . |
| 14 | No I 've nothing , any palpitations , nothing , I feel as fit as I did twenty years ago . |
| 15 | His eyes were coldly hostile as he traced small circles in the air with it across the table from her . |
| 16 | He says neither of us is really a trained gardener … we 're very lucky as we have two experts trained at Kew and Wisbech who live locally and tell us what to do . |
| 17 | COOK 'S NOTE : This vinaigrette is unusual as it has equal quantities of vinegar and oil . |
| 18 | Detailed ultrasound scanning has been shown to be cost effective as it detects most cases of Down 's syndrome as well as other life threatening conditions . |
| 19 | All the more dispirited as they entered Blue Horizons , they discovered that somehow Joe 's dabs , bought with enthusiasm this morning to prepare for luncheon , failed to seem so attractive . |
| 20 | I mean I think the , I , I think it can effect this , but not that materially erm there are many as you know different provinces round the world and what happens in the C I S is , is obviously very important for the Middle East and so erm it will have an impact . |
| 21 | Because that glitzy little bit of apparent nonsense is not a novel at all ; but a condensed version of the Real Life Story of Miss Pat Booth , who at 45 still looks as good as she did 20 years ago , and has found fame , fortune and happiness , all wrapped up in a very glossy package indeed . |
| 22 | Although Stephen 's trips to the mills became less frequent as he appointed capable managers , the farms on the estate and the timber business still took a great deal of his life and Tamar found that time hung heavily . |
| 23 | ‘ Some hoped to be saved by going ; others did n't care if they were damned so long as they found new fields for profit and adventure . |
| 24 | But as long as we bear these limitations in mind we can , to some extent , assess the muscle of the political machine . |
| 25 | ‘ Opt-out parents lead to drop-out children : and as long as we have unfulfilled youngsters , we are breeding a new generation of unfulfilled adults , ’ he said . |
| 26 | Opt-out parents lead to drop-out children : and as long as we have unfulfilled youngsters , we are breeding a new generation of unfulfilled adults . ’ |
| 27 | Disliking the Tories more than he disliked Labour , he declared that on the defeat of Baldwin 's Government in the new Parliament , the King should ask MacDonald to form an administration , which he and his fellow Liberals would keep in office as long as it avoided extremist policies . |
| 28 | You can substitute any name you like in place of PENGUIN , as long as it has eight letters or less , but do choose something safe . |
| 29 | But I know enough about myself to know that as long as I get eight hours sleep I 'm alright ’ . |
| 30 | Both places had latches and as long as I got ten yards ' start on him , I could slam the door shut and slip my half clothes-peg under the latch — I always carried a half clothes-peg for the purpose — and no matter how much he blasphemed and kicked at the door he could n't get in . |