Example sentences of "[adj] as we [verb] [adj] [noun] " 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 | Reasons for the thematic ill-formedness of the above extract will become clear as we explore various aspects of thematic organization . |
| 3 | ‘ We improved in as much as we won one game , ’ said North McQuay , secretary of the Irish Bowling Association and an international selector . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | As long as we stay this dose to the hole we have to keep the rocket thrust going . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Or , at least it is n't so long as we avoid that bit of road . ’ |
| 7 | We are humbled and brought low by them , but the spirit of man — and I now have to say woman — and the freedoms that we enjoy lie within our grasp as long as we hold this House . |
| 8 | ‘ As long as we take proper care of the children . ’ |
| 9 | But as long as we bear these limitations in mind we can , to some extent , assess the muscle of the political machine . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ As long as we understand each other on that score , fair enough . ’ |
| 13 | As long as we understand each other . |
| 14 | Both studies , however , are not strictly comparable as we used elemental diet for at least four weeks and had five day introduction cycles with reintroduction of once only identified foods whereas Alun-Jones et al used diet to symptomatic remission only , had a daily introduction programme without repeat exposure to suspect foods , and in one study used a high fibre diet in the control group . |
| 15 | And so whilst the popular perception of Harrogate will remain of it as being a very prosperous and pretty borough er with everything going for it , in fact there 's a very serious unemployment problem of structural er magnitude and we felt that the county structure plan had not acknowledged this erm special difficulty that Harrogate was facing , and had merely applied as we heard this morning the standard formula as it were to Harrogate , as it had to all the other local authority areas in the county . |
| 16 | This is n't always possible as we saw last year and as we have been reminded , that was not an easy decision and in fact it 's one of the reasons that we have n't put extra money into the primary schools this year . |
| 17 | If you enjoy penetrative sex and would like your partner to use a condom , his response might range from ‘ it interrupts making love ’ , ‘ it reduces my sensitivity ’ , or ‘ it is unnecessary as we trust each other ’ . |