Example sentences of "[adv] as [art] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The landaulet jolted suddenly as the Annamese driver trod on the brake , and Joseph , who was sitting directly behind him , heard Jacques Devraux curse softly under his breath . |
| 2 | Each haustorium penetrates the host tissue and through this ‘ living bridge ’ draws water and nutrients , much as a mammalian fetus draws its nourishment from the placental connections embedded in the wall of the womb . |
| 3 | They ought to have pocketed three points in the first half-hour but Tony Adams , a more threatening centre-forward on his forays than the current Alan Smith , missed the target with two headers and David Rocastle let Dave Beasant save a penalty , much as the stretch-version keeper had done for Wimbledon in the 1988 FA Cup final . |
| 4 | It seems ironic that where , in the eighteenth century , novelists and architects alike look out of their elegant windows on to the cottages of the poor as pleasing little features in the landscape , the Victorians , for whom the dwellings of the middle class tended increasingly to set the standard , should view the great house itself from that perspective — from the outside , as the focus for a landscape , much as the eighteenth-century painters had done ( Fig. 24 ) . |
| 5 | Erasmus Darwin , grandfather of Charles , describes dodders in verse as ‘ harlot-nymphs ’ which crush their prey in their coils much as the mythological serpents crushed Laocoon and his sons , while Indian myths grant unlimited wealth and the power of invisibility to those who find the roots of dodder . |
| 6 | Even Conservative Governments could be persuaded of the wisdom of this approach since , so long as no powerful state threatened the status quo , support for the League was the cheapest way of maintaining the Empire . |
| 7 | On the other hand , so long as the electoral system appears to give due weight to most parties , the fact that individual votes may often have little effect does not deter them from being cast . |
| 8 | So long as the other 85% continues to rebound — thanks to stronger exports outside Europe and the boost to demand from lower interest rates — continental recession will dampen Britain 's recovery , but not block it . |
| 9 | That gives him the space to make long-term bets , but also deprives him of advice against short-sightedness : borrowing sums that he can service only so long as the good times roll . |
| 10 | However , certain categories of advertisement can be displayed without ‘ express consent ’ ; so long as the local authority takes no action , they are deemed to have received consent . |
| 11 | Two major Jacobite risings , and the plotting which took place on other occasions , were enough to put a considerable number of gentlemen in danger and , indeed , so long as the Jacobite cause retained a substantial following in Scotland it had a further effect upon politics , for the unwillingness of many gentlemen of Jacobite sentiments to take the oaths to Government further limited an already small electorate . |
| 12 | Scientific ideas and theories are accepted for as long as the known evidence supports them . |
| 13 | Scientific ideas and theories are accepted for as long as the known evidence supports them . |
| 14 | So long as the old couple had not made over the farm , their middle-aged son remained a ‘ boy ’ : ‘ You can be a boy here forever as long as the old fellow is still alive ’ . |
| 15 | So long as the Old Pretender remained at large an invasion of England or Scotland continued to be an ever-present possibility . |
| 16 | In the diplomatic arena , the coalition made it clear throughout the campaign that it would not be amenable to peace initiatives so long as the Iraqi leadership remained unprepared to accede unconditionally to the requirements as laid down in the successive UN Security Council resolutions . |
| 17 | For taxpayers , there are the building society TESSAs which allow interest to be credited gross , so long as the original capital remains untouched for five years and no more than the net interest is withdrawn . |
| 18 | So long as the Cold War continued , he remained convinced of the necessity of a firm response from the West . |
| 19 | When the Home Secretary announced the additional numbers for police forces throughout England and Wales , I was shocked to find that Gwent merited only one extra officer and was astounded to find that the South Wales police force was not to have a single extra officer , especially as the chief constable has undertaken a major review to ensure the best use of available manpower , a process which must continue . |
| 20 | There was little room for compromise between previous allies , especially as the Labour Party took advantage of the situation to discipline and expel all those who publicly sided with the Communists . |
| 21 | That was the artificial cloud kicked up by an army , but no troops threatened the Major 's peaceful rest and so he saw no reason to make undue haste , especially as the roast chicken proved to be excellent . |
| 22 | In 1964 the traffic similarly did not pose quite such a problem as in 1988 , the car parking round the district proving quite adequate , especially as the expected crowds did not turn up on the day . |
| 23 | Wicket-keeper Fothergill did well to hang on to the ball low to his right , especially as the whole team went up in jubilation before the ball had reached his gloves . |
| 24 | However , it is reasonable to demand a more positive rationale for transforming data , especially as the resulting numbers seem so unfamiliar . |
| 25 | The car slowed again more gently as the Annamese driver spotted another group of peasants gathering themselves at the roadside fifty yards ahead . |
| 26 | Athelstan felt pleased , even more so as the great frost had been broken by this sudden bright snap as if Christ himself wanted the weather to improve for his great feast day . |
| 27 | And so as the Soviet President left Moscow , shaking hands with Politburo members , he leaves behind a political challenge and an economic crisis ; it threatens everything he 's fought for . |
| 28 | So as the black hole loses mass , its temperature and rate of emission increase , so it loses mass more quickly . |
| 29 | So as the unofficial electioneering gathers pace , Mr Kinnock is keeping an eye on the date . |
| 30 | This does not mean that democracy is conceived only as the political form assumed by the rule of the bourgeoisie , even though it is historically an achievement of the bourgeoisie , a real advance upon the preceding forms of government and a ‘ progressive ’ feature of capitalism . |