Example sentences of "as [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the trees , so large now as to enclose this garden , excluding the sight of other houses , so that but for the complex of railway lines it might have been in the country , were in late summer leaf . |
| 2 | These trends continued in a broadly similar pattern over the Heath years ( continuing decline of manual employment in manufacturing and expansion of the salariat accompanied by continuing social mobility ) so perhaps one can understand the revival of the Liberal Party ( with its relative lack of symbolic ‘ class ’ connections , and lack of political ‘ dogmatism ’ ) as reflecting this trend ‘ de-alignment ’ as well as the conjuncture of 1974 . |
| 3 | A crucial turning point was the Dunkirk experience of July 1940 : this sharing of danger led to a ‘ rearrangement of values ’ among the governing class , such that henceforth they accepted the need for universal social services as reflecting this ‘ pooling of national resources and sharing of risks ’ . |
| 4 | As well as using this guide and learning from practical experience , an important way of improving our service is for us to continue to be knowledgeable about the broader theory and practice of our work . |
| 5 | But in case we should be so facile as to see this as a Grimes leitmotif in the Wagnerian sense explicitly rejected by Britten , we must notice the somewhat complex history of the theme after its first full appearance , as well as the fact that almost every theme in the opera ( apart from the non-recurring tunes of some , but not all , of the individual songs ) could be called a " Grimes " leitmotif , which would leave us where we began . |
| 6 | Indeed I would place this alongside his two solo Schumann recordings , the 1972 Chopin Etudes , and the classic Stravinsky Three Movements /Prokoviev Seventh Sonata disc as representing this prodigiously gifted artist at his most consistently inspired . |
| 7 | ‘ Then , if you would also remain here for a few moments , Madame Ash , perhaps Madame Craig would be so kind as to come this way ? ’ |
| 8 | I varied the days and the times of my visits so as to catch this resourceful woman at her different occupations , for example making the wild boar and hind sausages , for which she was renowned in the neighbourhood , and the tarts filled with medlars that grew against the wall of her stable . |
| 9 | It often works , though once in London when I so far forgot myself as to try this ploy , I was rewarded by a grimace of fascinating sarcasm ! |
| 10 | As well as implying this criticism of classical economy , Marx 's attitude suggests a new approach to the construction of a social theory . |
| 11 | The range also includes a number of items suitable for a formal tank , as featured this month . |
| 12 | As promised this July , Fujitsu Ltd has released its new VPP500 series of vector parallel processors — claiming them to be the most powerful supercomputers in the world . |
| 13 | Interestingly , the exhibition identifies two paintings in particular as possessing this quality of intimacy : William Nicholson 's and Victor Pasmore 's portraits of their respective in which the intimacy of the marital relationship , it is supposed , finds direct pictorial expression in the paintings themselves . |
| 14 | Since prosopagnosia has been associated with right hemisphere damage on purely clinical grounds ( Hécaen and Angelergues , 1962 ; Warrington and James , 1967 ; but see Cole and Perez-Cruet , 1964 ) it is reasonable to interpret the post-mortem findings as confirming this association . |
| 15 | The literary context in our culture creates a situation where relevance may be achieved in alternative ways , so as to constitute this " openness ' for criticism . |
| 16 | And sometimes as well as going this way we actually need to go in this way too , to actually get it out . |
| 17 | On the other , workers wanted more control , believing this would help them plan better , and court orders were seen as providing this . |
| 18 | The point is that an equation can be interpreted as stating this : given each of a number of possible extents to which specified things possess certain different general properties , it is then the case , despite accompanying conditions and events , that another specified thing would still possess another general property to one of a number of possible extents . |
| 19 | It is suggested that in the context of a monogamous union , adultery was elevated to the status of a sin ( or indeed a crime ) and grounds for divorce so as to reinforce this concept of marriage and , in the absence of birth control , to prevent the social ‘ untidiness ’ caused by the production of children not the product of a couple married to each other , with all the inheritance and support complications which could follow . |
| 20 | The rail unions should be putting their own demands in such a way as to reinforce this campaign ; but they have not done so . |
| 21 | As regards this latter class of contracts , the Infants ' Relief Act 1874 very much altered the law . |
| 22 | Would a European consensus emerge his summer that is more ‘ liberal ’ as regards this case , we will consider amending the UK position without delay . ’ |
| 23 | This is a pretty lonely spot , As regards this side of the road , looking towards mine . |
| 24 | Is increasing industrial concentration an obstacle rather than an opportunity as regards this socialist objective ? |
| 25 | talk you know there was the Notts County Council on the erm gully problems that we get in , is it possible to write to the County Council to ask them what sort of maintenance programme they 're going to give us now , as regards this cos I 've not seen this wagon going round so frequently as it used to . |
| 26 | Since we see no reason to treat the other modals or the other uses of could , would or will any differently as regards this aspect of their meaning , we propose therefore that both the modals and the infinitive which follows them express potentialities . |
| 27 | Erm but there will be a new set of tutorials provided for you because I think there 's a general recognition that you 've been very badly treated indeed er as regards this erm and they 're likely to be run by me in term three , okay ? |
| 28 | Anyone who has got as far as saying this , has already thrown the first proposition overboard , because if it is ‘ the responsibility of management to do everything possible to keep prices stable or reduce prices ’ , then we would not need a commission to tell us that managements which raise prices are falling down on their responsibility . |
| 29 | As well as strengthening this connection , it is hoped that other links can be made with US buyers during the trade show . |
| 30 | Do not disguise your intentions in order to achieve your own ends as doing this only feeds the negativity within you . |