Example sentences of "[adj] as they [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tentative price was £8,000 and Oceanic Airways of Australia were interested as they operated 10 Monospar four-seaters . |
| 2 | The distant forest became obscured by a misty darkness which closed in round them , broken by the odd pinprick of light as they passed some hamlet or village . |
| 3 | They are expensive and share many of the disadvantages of hypochlorites although they are more acceptable as they have little smell or taste . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In two instances the ratios in the survey might not be typical as they included large tracts of common grazing . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | What possible justification can there be for that , given the fact the actions are reasonable as they stay this year . |
| 10 | As long as they get some exposure to written language , most learners will acquire at least a modicum of literacy . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | The birds hatched in an incubator can then be hand-reared or given back to their parents , who will rear any number of chicks as long as they have enough food . |
| 13 | The mosquitoes and the noise of the guns were not as important as they seemed several days ago . |
| 14 | TrueType fonts can also be faster as they have better access to the computer 's memory . |
| 15 | They also exert a fascination very much of their own as they slither round circuses and brush through old city gates , flashing arcs of lightning as they switch tracks on winter nights . |
| 16 | In particular , there was a striking morphological appearance in five infected livers in which the hepatocytes became progressively enlarged and distorted as they accumulated huge amounts of hepatitis B surface and core antigens ( HBsAg , HBcAg ) . |
| 17 | With many hand shakes and introductions , the candidates and their leader met as many people as possible as they visited each department . |
| 18 | They were silent as they undressed each other , their movements slow and sensual . |
| 19 | Mark claims that all the people were astonished as they witnessed this contest between good and evil . |