Example sentences of "as [noun] [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using it as fuel deletes transport 's contribution to the greenhouse problem at a stroke , as hydrogen burns to give just water vapour and NOx . |
| 2 | In so far as Whitehall had considered these matters it had been vaguely assumed that a status quo ante would be established and the Dutch in the Netherlands East Indies , the French in Indochina , and the Colonial Office in Burma and Malaya would resume their rightful sway . |
| 3 | Had he succeeded , Sartre would have established dialectical reason as successfully for the human sciences as Kant had established analytical reason for natural science . |
| 4 | The close identity between fans and their club has weakened as football has become big business and as the players , who were once from the same working-class community as the fans , have become rich superstars . |
| 5 | But by then it was too late to withdraw , as David had gulped several mouthfuls of his lager and had set his glass back on the table . |
| 6 | These have been driven up , first , by a labour shortage , brought about by the ending of free immigration from China in 1980 , and now by increasing emigration from Hong Kong ; and , second , by the colony 's swift move up-market as manufacturers have relocated low-wage factories to southern China , leaving higher-paid jobs in Hong Kong , where their influence has pulled up wages in what would otherwise be poorly paid jobs . |
| 7 | It is likely to slip further , as exporters delay converting foreign exchange into pesos in the self-fulfilling expectation that it will . |
| 8 | Several people voiced the suspicion that a frantic battle of the sound systems was taking place as companies vied to attract more customers . |
| 9 | As Suez had occurred twenty-four years earlier and as both Eden and Mountbatten were dead , it seemed to me that Sir Robert 's arguments were nonsensical . |
| 10 | This interesting and varied collection reflects the numbers of aircraft being made available as Russia strives to get hard currency . |
| 11 | Cranleigh manager Roy Kelsey made a double substitution as Cranleigh battled to force extra time and they were almost rewarded in the final minutes , with Cann charging the ball down before the ever-dangerous Carpenter could place his shot . |
| 12 | It is impractical , in that raising the necessary revenue would be politically impossible , particularly as needs grow to meet available supplies of resources . |
| 13 | Now , just as economists have spotted hard evidence of a revival , brokers and investors have begun to fret that the Federal Reserve will not cut American interest rates quickly enough to guarantee prosperity . |
| 14 | Erm as Eddie 's sent this thing here , this minus seventy pound nett , that is the nett difference that is the cost erm of what it cost us to actually hire the nets less the one pound fifty er per person , er per session that was paid , so that is the nett difference because we come there . |
| 15 | He made signs with his hands and fingers and Corbett watched fascinated as Benstede replied using identical gestures . |
| 16 | Debt-for-equity swaps have been used before in a number of South American countries , including Argentina , as banks have sought different ways of tackling the region 's chronic debt problem . |
| 17 | During the latter part of the 1970s , cash limits , known as External Financing Limits ( EFLs ) , were introduced as governments tried to control public spending . |
| 18 | Most pop is created in factory conditions , as product made to satisfy specific consumer needs . |
| 19 | Competition between institutions will also be apparent in this sector as universities strive to attract more students and more funds . |
| 20 | At least some competitive advertising may be wasteful , as firms seek to duplicate each other 's expenditures in order to avoid market-share losses ( Lambin , 1976 ) . |
| 21 | In the province , as firms scramble to win public sector contracts , the average tenders being offered are lagging far behind the actual cost of construction . |
| 22 | In the province , as firms scramble to win public sector contracts , the average tenders being offered are lagging far behind the actual cost of construction . |
| 23 | The big chains admitted that house sales could dry up between now and Christmas , as vendors refuse to accept drastic price cuts . |
| 24 | Although DATEC has provided external moderators , who play a key role in maintaining standards , the colleges are also encouraged to provide their own assessors to assist staff where necessary and , as DATEC regards meeting industrial needs as a prime requirement , it has encouraged the colleges to appoint industrial assessors . |
| 25 | The injunction began a saga that was to run for two months , as Virgin scrabbled to find another bank to take over the role played in the lease agreement by Chemical . |
| 26 | Little more than a year ago you could n't give away shares in the small computer company sector — so friendless were they that Star Computer Group Plc found it necessary to get into bed with a purveyor of pizzas to improve its visibility and rating : after Tadpole Technology Plc and now Division Group Plc — which soared to 107 pence on its first day of trading from the 40 pence placing price before settling at 96 pence — the rest of the sector looks set for a re-rating as investors seek to discern hidden charms that others have overlooked . |
| 27 | If the risk-free hedge is seen to produce a greater return than the risk-free rate then arbitrage will take place as investors offer to write more calls and so bring down the price of the option . |
| 28 | As Christ had brought spiritual redemption to humanity , so humanity in turn must redeem the whole of nature , which , as a consequence of Adam 's sin , was also fallen . |
| 29 | I fear that safety standards will go down the drain as people seek to make most profit . |
| 30 | that is how it seemed earlier this week , as people began making educated guesses about the outcome of the weekend 's referendum . |