Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] [adv] as [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the past few decades , the world 's demand for tin has fallen dramatically as packagers have reduced the thickness of the metal in tinplate or have turned to other materials for their containers , aluminium for instance . |
| 2 | This rate of loss tends to slow down as weight goes down and the metabolism adjusts , to some degree , to dieting . |
| 3 | Its circulation had grown enormously as immigrants flooded into Tollemarche , and it had expanded into the shops which flanked it on either side . |
| 4 | By Oct. 17 rioting had broken out as people protested at the authorities ' slow response . |
| 5 | The sun had broken through as Erika went to the bus-stop and by the time she had reached school it was quite warm , this pleasing Erika who feared that really severe weather would cause Uncle Karl to cancel the tour of Berlin the next day . |
| 6 | A fresh cloud of flour came sprinkling down as God burst out laughing . |
| 7 | Business began to wind down as men tacitly awaited the new regime . |
| 8 | Business began to wind down as men tacitly awaited the new regime . |
| 9 | Business set to cash in as town hosts conference |
| 10 | The spa fad began to die just as iron ore was discovered on Teesside during the middle of the last century . |
| 11 | They 'll certainly let you in after this performance , " the Magistrate had said ironically as Mr Bradley made one or two more last-minute arrangements with Saint Peter for the opening of the celestial gates . |
| 12 | The alert last night had sounded just as Londoners were beginning to think that just for once there would be no air raid , and the first bombs fell as the last notes of the sirens gave way to an uneasy , brooding silence . |
| 13 | In West Africa , the savannah-dwelling blackfly which transmits the worm causing river blindness has expanded southwards as forests are cleared in Liberia , Ghana and the Côte d'Ivoire . |
| 14 | Innovation and expansion have continued apace as manufacturers have no misgivings about the long-term future for clay roofing tiles . |
| 15 | Time seemed to slow down as Christine fell into the executive transporter bay . |