Example sentences of "as we [verb] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The waves seemed to increase in size as we passed the first section of headland , continuing to smash with awesome power to our right , too close to our right ! |
| 2 | As property prices in London were moving upwards , Eva 's shrewd plan was to decorate the flat as we had the last house , sell at a profit , and move on . |
| 3 | Britain , as we approach the second millennium , is far from that place . |
| 4 | As we approach the third millennium , women will become less materialistic and more spiritual . |
| 5 | This axiom is worth remembering as we enter the second year of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction , declared by the UN . |
| 6 | Steering the RCN through the gravest provocation and confrontations — over industrial action , inadequacy of resources , management reorganisations , and the latest debacle over the implementation of a new clinical grading structure — he is strategically well placed to voice a considered opinion on the future of the profession in Britain as we enter the next decade . |
| 7 | erm Nonetheless , while we want to carry on supporting that , we 've also got to think , as Jack said , erm of as we enter the next century what is going to be right for our children , and we know that in many ways we have failed them and we know that we are producing many children who have n't had the training and the education that 's going to be necessary for us to be erm economically competent in the future , so we 've got to look at the whole of our educational provision , and frankly I think opting out was erm a sort of unnecessary blip on all of this that is n't really terribly important in the whole issue of how the children in this country should be educated . |
| 8 | One thing is certain as we enter the next millenium , physicians , surgeons , and nurses in the developed nations must learn to enjoy working with elderly people . |
| 9 | Who would have thought that , as we enter the 21st century , 7.5 million people would have been served with warrants ? |
| 10 | But , after a glorious day 's exploring , by the time we turned for home the weather had become very wild , and as we approached the first barrier , waves were breaking fiercely over the road . |
| 11 | It is salutary to note that as we start the 25th Anniversary year of the University the mean residence time of the 23 staff members of the Department of Biological and Molecular Sciences , including the three staff appointed in the last decade , is now 18 years . |
| 12 | But as we leave the twentieth century and reflect on the last 100 years , we should expect more than a shallow gallery of designer fancies . |
| 13 | However , as we begin the fourth year of low rainfall ( an understatement in my area ) and severe watering restrictions , these brunneras are no longer ideal for my garden . |
| 14 | We have to stand somewhere as we decide the next step forward . |