Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [to-vb] [adv] as [noun] " in BNC.

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1 One can not really believe that the whole of the world is going to go on maximizing production of agricultural produce , when — I much is already destined to end up as mountains of grain , or butter , or meat — or lakes of wine or olive oil .
2 It is remarkable that although concentrations of docosahexaenoic acid ( C22 : 6n3 ) also tend to decrease stepwise as disease activity increased , their mean concentrations never reach values below that of healthy controls .
3 You can buy an inexpensive ‘ night light ’ which is either electronically triggered to come on as darkness falls or is battery-operated with a timer switch .
4 They were not legally entitled to do so as teenagers and various factors may trigger their desire to find their birth parents at this stage .
5 The animal did not even trouble to look up as Mungo passed ; probably feeling , as he did , that this part of the day was best enjoyed alone .
6 Whenever hard water is heated or evaporated , scale immediately begins to build up as calcium and magnesium ions precipitate out of solution into a crust forming solid .
7 Hahnemann therefore had to move frequently as restrictions on his practice were imposed in one town after another , but despite this he lectured for a time on homoeopathy in the University of Leipzig and he had a large band of influential patrons and supporters as well as a number of able and gifted pupils .
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