Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [verb] [adv] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He or she could not be expected to emerge simply as the result of exposure to the properly approved values , though such exposure was crucial , hence the importance of suitable club workers , in particular those with a public-school background . |
| 2 | He prayed that none would be tempted to act wrongly as the deceased had done . |
| 3 | The adjustment mechanisms are assumed to operate smoothly as the new opportunities are grasped . |
| 4 | In the early 1970s the new counties of Humberside and Avon were expected to grow rapidly as the population of the country expanded . |
| 5 | Thus the various indications , airspeed , altitude , rate of climb , attitude and magnetic heading were seen to move exactly as the pilot 's instruments had operated as the accident approached . |
| 6 | Gianni and Ursula leapt on just as the doors were closing , but Monique , who was now a few yards behind them and whose movements were hampered anyway by her arthritis , was left standing there as the train moved out . |
| 7 | Mac came in fifth but with the same time as Richard , the Frenchman , and after a British protest he was allowed to go forward as the track had a nine-lane straight . |