Example sentences of "[conj] as the [noun] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A disadvantage of the microscope aid is that as the magnification increases the size of the lens has to decrease , owing to the weight and expense of high-powered lenses , and this results again in a smaller field of view . |
| 2 | In fact technically I ought to have someone else here as well , but I thought that as the sergeant knew the facts of the enquiry ( in fact he was instrumental in getting the information we 'd like to question you about ) , it would keep it in the family so to speak if he acted as my amanuensis , that 's the word , is n't it , Sergeant Pascoe ? ’ |
| 3 | A linear temperature dependence for χ 1 is also predicted of the general form , which suggests that as the temperature increases the solvating power of the liquid should increase . |
| 4 | Johnson returned , and as the ladies left the table , Johnson , a man who ‘ insisted that politeness was of great consequence in society ’ , stood . |
| 5 | It was true ; it was cooler on the island , and as the afternoon progressed the temperature was likely to drop even more . |
| 6 | At high levels of constraint the compromise pocket forms and as the level increases the pocket spreads . |
| 7 | The book begins to date immediately as new drugs come out and as the authorities amend the list of banned substances from time to time . |
| 8 | As it was , with two glasses of champagne inside her , and as the mannequins displayed the latest fashions from Paris and London , she felt she was once more in heaven , even more so two hours or so later as Mr O'Hara 's chief assistants wrapped up the final choices : dresses , gowns and lingerie made of georgette , and flowered taffetas , moires , silks and satins , subtle lamés , artificial marocain and crêpe de Chine , in colours of white or pastel blue , cerise , pearl-grey , oyster and of course rose-opaline . |
| 9 | Now we 've just said there needs to be some level somewhere if you 're right down this end of the curve here you 're either asleep or dead so there 's some peak performance at some level of anxiety or arousal and as the anxiety increases the performance drops off . |
| 10 | The imploding discs of cosmic matter are rotating , and as the pressure increases the rotation speeds up like a flywheel , ultimately flinging matter out into space . |
| 11 | Now he had drawn level with the fire , and as the villagers caught the air of his song he was quickly rewarded with the sound of their voices — men , women and children — lifted in unison . |
| 12 | The Report was due at the end of July , and as the summer advanced the mounting drain on the insolvent unemployment insurance fund made the issue still more critical . |
| 13 | Some ( or all ) of the materials of the mantle melted and as the temperatures rose the upper boundary of the partially melted material also rose , and by about 3800 Ma ago was sufficiently shallow to provide surface lava through the mare basins which were weak points in the crust . |
| 14 | Police blockades forced them to proceed on foot , and as the march approached the border the following day it came under fire from the security forces . |
| 15 | And as the meal progressed the atmosphere between them lightened . |
| 16 | Later , she found herself in the front passenger seat of a comfortable grey Rover , and as the car negotiated the twists and turns of the mountainous road she stole side-glances at Silas 's profile . |
| 17 | From an early stage the atmosphere was electric , and as the match progressed the Irish players were caught up on one big roller coaster of unrivalled passion and emotion . |
| 18 | From an early stage the atmosphere was electric , and as the match progressed the Irish players were caught up on one big -ENG roller coaster of unrivalled passion and emotion . |
| 19 | Laid on the table , it looked very small and pathetic , and as the children approached the smaller one said accusingly , ‘ He 's dead . |
| 20 | The blue patch of sky had long since disappeared and as the light faded the snow took on a fluorescent glow . |
| 21 | In practice many poor law unions did not strictly enforce the workhouse test , and as the years passed the elderly and the sick were increasingly given outdoor relief . |
| 22 | Sadly the real contents of the phial will have to remain a mystery as the Roman Catholic church adamantly refuses to open the phial for scientific investigation , but as the Archbishop performed the rite last year and said ‘ … no chemist has yet been able to reproduce this phenomenon ’ , the Italian chemists were chuckling . |
| 23 | But as the judge quashed the indictment , the men were re-arrested in the dock and four other charges were brought : recruiting persons for training in sabotage and guerrilla warfare for the purpose of violent revolution , conspiring to aid foreign military units when they invaded the republic , furthering the aims of communism and soliciting and receiving funds for these purposes from several countries . |
| 24 | At low frequencies Brownian motion can relieve the deformation caused by the stress before the next cycle takes place , but as the frequency increases the conformational change begins to lag behind the stress and energy is not only dissipated but stored as well . |
| 25 | But as the shit hit the fans , Mark made sure the writ hit EMI . |
| 26 | But as the afternoon progressed the tide gradually turned in England 's favour , and former British Youth champion Warren Bennett secured their crucial point when he defeated Richard Dinsdale by two holes . |
| 27 | The King and his politicians were usually on good enough terms to avoid these extreme steps but as the decades passed the King found he was sharing more of his power with Parliament . |
| 28 | But as the discharge rises the costs of pollution rise sharply . |
| 29 | At the time most reports gave casualty figures of about 200 dead , 800 wounded , but as the month progressed the estimates of the number of dead increased to 800 . |
| 30 | But as the UN announced the talks , planned for the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa , Angolan government troops fought their way towards the besieged central city of Huambo . |