Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] as [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were also slightly more often diagnosed as suffering from alcoholism , schizophrenia , hysteria and chronic brain syndrome . |
| 2 | The stereotype of the Mexican peasant , dwarfed by his sombrero and sitting by a cactus should , perhaps , be more realistically presented as listening to his radio set . |
| 3 | Furthermore , while the corporate constitution has a partially contractual basis , there are also significant mandatory elements , and many of those ingredients which are attributable to private ordering are more accurately described as resulting from management imposition than a process of contracting . |
| 4 | In an apparent effort to improve relations with the United States , the government of North Korea on June 24 returned the remains of 11 US servicemen killed in the 1950-53 Korean War , and promised to help search for a further 9,000 allied military personnel still officially listed as missing in action [ see also p. 37456 ] . |
| 5 | These were later positively identified as belonging to 25year-old Garry Pettitt . |
| 6 | Mr Thompson said that what marked out the drift to recession was that the service sector would be as badly hit as manufacturing at least , and possibly worse affected , unlike in the recession of 1981 . |
| 7 | Although he momentarily speaks of " " eelde " " , " old age " , in general terms ( 3885 ) he is quite clearly presented as speaking of old age as he knows it , on the basis of his personal experience : he starts his speech with a reference to himself , " " I " " , which by line 3874 is expanded to " " we olde men " " . |
| 8 | The element of sexism in the tax system has been corrected to the extent that the income of the wife is now taxed independently so that her income is no longer viewed as belonging to her husband . |
| 9 | The calibration is based on CACI 's long experience in the field of catchment area study across all retail sectors , and is therefore best viewed as relating to the catchment area of the centre as a whole . |