Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [noun] as [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we get Joseph Wright of Derby as early as 1780 painting Arkwright 's cotton mill by night — tiers of tiny yellow lights in the immemorial country darkness of the Derwent valley , the isolated forerunner of those tremendous galaxies of light that one now sees from the Pennine Moors after sundown . |
| 2 | Jack felt the need to treat these outbursts by Warnie with firmness as well as with gentleness , not least because his brother was giving voice to feelings which he shared quite passionately himself . |
| 3 | It is also vital that any incident or accident involving the emergency services ( police , fire or ambulance ) is notified to Peter Bateman at Felcourt as soon as possible so that he is briefed to dal with consequent media enquiries . |
| 4 | However , I am writing to Alan Harlow to state our disappointment ; to point out that we can not continue to pay subscriptions if the grant is not increased ; that we are doing our best to find sponsorship ( I 've written , on my own initiative , to 3 companies who might be willing to help , on environmental grounds ) ; that sponsorship from SNH is pretty unlikely , a ) because they do n't do any core funding , and b ) because the NCC element appears to be dominant there anyway ; that sponsorship from the Sports Council is also unlikely , though we are seeking a meeting with Terry Dowey of SSA as soon as possible . |
| 5 | Kites probably ceased to breed in Sussex about 1825 , and des Forges and Harber give 21 records between 1863 and 1960 , all for the period September to May as far as is known . |
| 6 | There were exports , as early as the late fourteenth century , from Newcastle and Durham to places as far as Danzig , although Flanders and the Northern Netherlands were more common destinations . |
| 7 | Milk was brought to Manchester by train as early as 1844 and to London by 1845 . |
| 8 | He was married to the prototype of an ideal parson 's wife , a capable and buxom physiotherapist , well able to run her part-time hospital job and the parish simultaneously and to pound Mrs McBride into shape as vigorously as , no doubt , she did her patients . |