Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun pl] [adv] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will see ‘ nation-states ’ and ‘ nations ’ or ethnic/linguistic groups primarily as retreating before , resisting , adapting to , being absorbed or dislocated by , the new supranational restructuring of the globe . |
| 2 | Governments must take measures to ensure that the deprived areas receive more in services than other areas both as regards buildings and equipment as well as staff . |
| 3 | Meeting informally on Jan. 21 in Dublin , the Irish capital , EC Foreign Ministers supported the Soviet Union 's call for the holding of a summit meeting of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) in 1990 rather than two years later as scheduled . |
| 4 | According to Lao National Radio on that day , the conference would " examine thoroughly the performance of each financial agency and locality ; evaluate correctly the achievements made by the financial sector over the past 15 years ; and assess the current economic and financial situation and remaining problems so as to find effective measures to open the way for socio-economic development with new mechanisms " . |
| 5 | The evidence from elsewhere in America and Britain is that exhibitors increasingly took the masses for granted and were always investing in better and better cinemas so as to hang on to the more respectable lower middle-class audience . |
| 6 | John 's advise is to garnish dishes liberally with chopped parsley , red cabbage and yellow peppers so as to reflect the Mardi Gras colours — green , gold and purple . |
| 7 | We would like to see it encompass these and other elements so as to allow every farmer in Wales an opportunity to volunteer a package of agri-environmental commitments drawn from a broad menu of approved activities , as the basis for a negotiated , long term , grant-aid agreement . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Leadership over human beings is exercised when persons with certain motives and purposes mobilize , in competition or conflict with others , institutional , political , psychological and other resources so as to arouse , engage and satisfy the motives of followers . ’ |