Example sentences of "[adj] as [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had chosen the right moment , because I found him , not so much irresolute as musing on the possibility of being wiped out by ‘ a stray bomb ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Thus , within each homogeneous unit , individual action is considered typical or atypical as judged in the light of the social roles determined by the group ’ ( Wagner 1979c:59 ) . |
| 3 | It 's called the unitary authority the new one would be and I think suggestion is that the city would go separate as opposed to the county . |
| 4 | You 'll need to spread your talents if you hope to make a living from writing and I 'd recommend reading Thirty Ways to Make Money From Writing by Jennie Hawthorne ( Rosters , £4.95 ) which covers markets as diverse as working for the trade press , humour and writing for children . |
| 5 | TRYING to talk to civil servants was as hard as talking to the man from Reader 's Digest ( see above ) . |
| 6 | A man who is so abnormal as to weep at the death of his wife is said to be behaving illogically . |
| 7 | As one of Nonconformity 's most severe but incisive critics observed , ‘ powerful influences have intervened to elevate the corporate as opposed to the individualist aspect of dissent ’ . |
| 8 | The maximum payable is the sum insured including index-linking as shown on the Home Underwriting advice . |
| 9 | Kerna is represented as valorous : This was no ordinary name , and it was familiar to almost all Javanese for the Bharata Yuda was famous as performed in the wayang kulit , the so-called shadow play , though that description does not do justice to the whirling world beyond the lighted screen ; a world of magic . |
| 10 | To represent Britain in the way I 'm doing , to me that 's just as good as fighting in the war . |
| 11 | ‘ I am never going to write a song as good as Blowing In The Wind , ’ he says . |
| 12 | As Goffman puts it ( 1981 : 128 ) , " A change in footing implies a change in the alignment we take up to ourselves and the others present as expressed in the way we manage the production or reception of an utterance . |
| 13 | When they got to the bedroom , further surprises awaited them : ‘ Out of one of the beds , on which we were to repose , started up , at our entrance , a man black as Cyclops from the forge . ’ |
| 14 | In all cases , educational desirability must be balanced against practicality and system availability , and these restrictions may be so severe as to result in the rejection of the design idea . |
| 15 | Phosphorylates of tyrosine and protein tyrosine kinase , related to the src oncoprotein seem to be important as links between the integrin and intracellular signalling pathways . |
| 16 | The contrast at the Congress between a vulgar and a relatively sophisticated aesthetic as exemplified in the difference of emphasis between Zhdanov and Bukharin is interesting to the degree that it has reverberations in the work of Nizan . |
| 17 | A good eye is essential as illustrated by the Mexican who practised for only 10 minutes before becoming King Conker , and the first overseas winner , in 1976 . |
| 18 | In the latter stages of the complaint , the victims become catatonic as evidenced by the lack of visible motor response at Everton v Coventry and Everton v Manchester City . |
| 19 | How could he be so offensive as to stare at the chap 's disfigured face , he wondered . |
| 20 | The sequence is presented reading from 3'-5' , the GpC sites are underlined and numbered as described in the text . |
| 21 | Some Christian theologians ( e.g. Macquarrie 1968 : 20f ) have tried to indicate the difference between these two uses of " secular " by coining specific terms : secularity and secular as referring to the straight- forward neutral sense , and secularism and secularist to the anti-religious stance . |
| 22 | We showed that the virus particles that display antibody fragments could also encapsidate the genes of a marker ( neo ) , and were infectious as shown by the transfer of G418 antibiotic resistance to murine cells from viral particles immobilised on NIP-BSA coated plates . |
| 23 | Staying on here was about as possible as flying to the moon . |
| 24 | ‘ It crossed my mind that I could push open the door and drop the dinghy myself , but I soon realised that the workload would be far too heavy , flying as low as intended for the drop . |
| 25 | Collaborative working as outlined in the legislation requires joint training . |
| 26 | ( 5 ) This section shall cease to apply to any premises on such day as may be specified in the notice , if the holder of the licence or the club , as the case may be , gives notice of the disapplication of the section from the premises in accordance with subsection ) below : Provided that this section shall cease to apply to premises for which a public house or a hotel licence is held , or to the premises of a club , at any time on the licensing board ceasing to be satisfied as mentioned in the proviso to subsection ( 1 ) above . |
| 27 | ( 5 ) This section shall cease to apply to any premises on such day as may be specified in the notice if the holder of the licence or the club , as the case may be , gives notice of the disapplication of the section from the premises in accordance with subsection ( 6 ) below : Provided that this section shall cease to apply to premises for which a public house or a hotel licence is held , or to the premises of a club , at any time on the licensing board ceasing to be satisfied as mentioned in the proviso to subsection ( 1 ) above . |