Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , they are likely to suggest that some methods of discipline can be used to help prevent a young person absconding from care so long as this does them no harm . |
| 2 | By some quirk in her moral fibre , Tamar found nothing incongruous in her tempestuous affair with the groom , caring for Stephen as deeply as she did . |
| 3 | She called for an exposure of the headhunting industry as a whole , accusing consultants of a variety of sins : of perpetuating another form of updated old-boy network , of ignorance about systematic interviewing practice , of poor report writing , of rushing through assignments as quickly as possible and of an inability to handle complex , highly specialist assignments : they would either fail to find anyone or send someone completely unsuitable . |
| 4 | She nodded , dicing with death once again as she swallowed more champagne . |
| 5 | Gradually the Islanders were phased out , the last going to Montserrat as recently as August 1990 . |
| 6 | Introducing Wired , his biography of John Belushi , Bob Woodward recalls how the rigours of research involved going to bed early so as to rise at 4am to visit one of the comedian 's favourite watering holes . |
| 7 | Jams , jellies and purées of all kinds , along with sauces , relishes and ketchups , were bottled or frozen ; nothing was going to waste as far as I was concerned . |
| 8 | ‘ People just like the idea of us being in love , ’ he sighed at the thought of going over ground yet again as he explained the need for him to step out of Kylie 's tiny shadow . |
| 9 | For once she would probably have been better off staying at home as far as the weather was concerned . |
| 10 | Here was someone in the top position virtually starting from scratch as far as the day-to-day running of the various institutions were concerned , When she tried to lay down the law experienced officers found it hard to stomach . |
| 11 | The plague may not , however , have been solely responsible for urban decay , as there are few signs of the expansion of suburbs in English towns between 1300 and the end of the Middle Ages , and at Oxford there are references to houses falling into decay as early as 1340 . |
| 12 | This time the Americans have been talking to negotiators as often as three times a day , sitting with one side and then another to explore positions on such controversial issues as the disposition of authority over West Bank land . |