Example sentences of "as [adj] [conj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Potts left and Mademoiselle arrived , not quite so beaming as usual because of the heat . |
| 2 | I do n't think it 's as simple as that because at the time that we were doing the budget , we were doing it really in September , and most of those other cate categories of work , apart from like auto-offs reports and things , were n't having an impact . |
| 3 | This section 7(3) required the LTE so to perform their functions as to ensure so far as practicable that at the end of each accounting period the aggregate of the net balance of the consolidated revenue account of the LTE and of their general reserve was such as might be approved by the GLC ; and that if , at the end of any accounting period , the aggregate showed a deficit , the amount properly available to meet changes to revenue account in the next following accounting period should exceed those charges by at least the amount of that deficit . |
| 4 | The UK 's position in the mid 1960s provides a good example since she tried to avoid a change in her par value for as long as possible but in the end was forced to devalue because of increasing capital outflows . |
| 5 | I tried to make him as comfortable as possible and with the assistance of a French Commando placed a shell dressing into the large wound in his back . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | On Nov. 15 the French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas said in Bahrain that sanctions against Iraq , necessary to curb its war-making potential , should be lifted as soon as possible because of the hardship imposed on the Iraqi people . |
| 8 | ‘ We suspect that he was primarily concerned to leave the course as soon as possible because of the proximity of his selected position to the start , ’ it said . |
| 9 | ‘ We suspect that he was primarily concerned to leave the course as soon as possible because of the proximity of his selected position to the start , ’ it said . |
| 10 | The ovens have Ticene linings which help clean themselves , fitted as standard or as an option . |
| 11 | WITHOUT going as far as opponents Ford , Vauxhall has said that airbags will be available as standard or as an option on most of its cars for 1994 . |
| 12 | But lie still regarded the result as crucial and in no way retreated from his new-found determination to fight . |
| 13 | The difference with New Historicism is in a refusal to see the incident or localised concern as symbolic or as a metaphor for larger cultural significances . |
| 14 | Theorizing and debate about law-breaking and law enforcement have been premised on a model of the criminal actor as individual and on a conception of enforcement as practised by a uniformed and public police . |
| 15 | Buying , selling , subscribing for or underwriting investments or offering or agreeing to do so , either as principal or as an agent |
| 16 | The gradual assimilation of minority nationalities , moreover , has operated less to the advantage of the Russian population as such than to the advantage of the larger nationalities in general , Russians included . |
| 17 | In other words , many mentally ill people were defined as ill because of a breakdown in their social relationships ; drugs might relieve some of the symptomatic tension but help was needed to remedy the causes by encouraging patients to participate in a community that improved the capacity of all its members — patients and therapists — to relate in a meaningful way to one another . |
| 18 | English Language is the study of the English language as it is today as well as of the history of its development over more than a thousand years . |
| 19 | In this way grammar would not be presented as primary but as a consequence of the achievement of meaning through the modification of lexical items . |
| 20 | If it is more convenient to prepare , for instance , Day 5 's recipes on Day 3 , then do so , as long as within the week you are eating a balance of meat , fish , vegetables and fruit . |
| 21 | The UN High Commissioner for Refugees , Sadako Ogata , stated that she was " deeply disturbed " by the decision , which was denounced by US human rights groups as racist and as a violation of national and international law . |
| 22 | In the UK , in recent years the funding of government spending by increasing the money supply has been seen as detrimental , while funding it by borrowing has also been seen as objectionable because of the choking off of private investment . |
| 23 | The first two are represented in Attaingnant 's collections — Clemens , it is true , by an anonymous and doubtfully authentic piece — as early as 1529 and by a trickle of songs during the next decade . |
| 24 | Subject to paragraph 2 , it is applicable not only to ‘ information ’ or ‘ ideas ’ that are favourably received or regarded as inoffensive or as a matter of indifference , but also to those that offend , shock or disturb . |