Example sentences of "[noun pl] as [pron] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It becomes an important part of tactics on upwind legs as you get to higher standards . |
| 2 | This applies as much to business organizations as it does to public sector organizations . |
| 3 | The lack of any hard eclipse at high frequencies suggests that the eclipse is due to scattering or absorption of the radio waves as they pass through ionized matter surrounding the companion star . |
| 4 | There was something like an appeal in his eyes as we gazed at each other . |
| 5 | ‘ You were — er — you were just joking earlier , on the dance-floor — were n't you ? ’ she murmured , not daring to raise her eyes as she toyed with some of the pink salmon mayonnaise on her plate . |
| 6 | The camera focuses on Lancaster 's eyes as he takes in this tableau of hyperactive sleaze . |
| 7 | You try to thumb a lift from the cars as they approach from either direction , sweeping you with their headlights . |
| 8 | Instead of leaving Deanein the reserves as he did with rocky he 'll keep him in the firsts and he 'll come good . |
| 9 | Neither had any inkling of Gooch 's worries as he reported for two days pre-tour training at Lilleshall in each of the weeks leading up to Christmas . |
| 10 | Each morning he would rise and make the fire to warm the house and , when the rest of the family came downstairs , we would find him in his armchair , elbows propped on spread knees and braces straining against vested shoulders as they heaved with suppressed coughing . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't think you know yourself , ’ he teased gently , his eyes on the curve of her lips as they trembled with intense emotion . |
| 12 | The call up the stairs made her compress her lips as she called on all her reserves of courage to face the ordeal ahead of her . |
| 13 | In an attempt to prove they were unaffected by this , they raised their voices as they chatted to each other , and pretended not to glance uneasily at the nearby rectangles of darker , freshly turned earth . |
| 14 | Sustaining the improvement in our performance will therefore depend on expanding our international and non-oil markets , although the profits of the former will be affected by start-up losses as we move into new territories . |
| 15 | Bar-code-reading ‘ wands ’ will check in the questionnaires as they arrive at various offices . |
| 16 | The test was designed to assess children 's production of consonants as they appear in English words . |
| 17 | Perhaps the most important aspect of the project discussed here was the establishment of an honest critical approach in the staff and parents as they worked towards real partnership . |
| 18 | The force of religious antagonism to slavery was maintained as part of the basis of the antislavery appeal at the level of the national Anti-Slavery Society , at the international conventions of the early 1840s and through local associations as they multiplied after 1823 . |
| 19 | My old mate , who although he stands sixty fret high , is in fact only eighteen years old , said absolutely nothing but just went on waving his limbs as he does for most of the day . |
| 20 | I found it very useful when working with desktop applications as I jumped from one application to another with the minimum of fuss . |
| 21 | The fairies giggle at their antics as they do at those of Bottom and their Queen . |
| 22 | The project is part of a wider investigation which will re-examine international educational typologies as they relate to Western Europe and other regions . |
| 23 | But you do n't walk far in Oloron without coming to one or other river ; both flow over weirs and both are well below street or house level so that there is the sound of water and a feeling of modest elevation everywhere , as well as regular riverside prospects from the various bridges as you cross from one part of town to the other . |
| 24 | Sometimes too he would take duck and geese as they floated on some high lochan , coming on them so low along the ground that they only saw him when the massive darkness of his wings came over the peat edge and shadowed out their life . |
| 25 | This facility applies as much , if not more to industrial and commercial buyers as it does to individual consumers . |
| 26 | The images were still as clear as the rain that had fallen so dispiritedly on the mourners as they stood at one side of the grave while the rector had intoned the fateful words . |
| 27 | Figures moving through the dark halls flickered like ghosts as they passed through these moments of light . |
| 28 | Furthermore , you should not hesitate to ask as many questions as you want about any points that are unclear or any technical term that you do not fully understand — including in particular any questions you may have about the level of charges . |
| 29 | Because they were specialists , the welfare rights officers rapidly became skilled and knowledgeable in interpreting regulations as they applied to mental handicap and established valuable ‘ precedents ’ as time passed , but obtaining adequate benefit support nonetheless became more difficult in the closing phase of our research due to changes in the social security system . |
| 30 | ‘ We 're also recognising the strength of local teams as we drive for increased market share in the individual countries of the new Europe . |