Example sentences of "as [pron] [modal v] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think he 's thinking of marrying , but even if he asked me , I 'd refuse him , as I 'd refuse any man . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 've waited sixteen years to hear from my father and they can wait for as long as I can drag this thing out . |
| 3 | As far as I can ascertain this notation still applies to some brands of wool , but when we come to synthetics , things are a bit different . |
| 4 | Now all retinal ganglion cells have , somewhere within the visual field , a region called the receptive field where light causes a change in the number of impulses , and as you would expect this region is situated within the field of view of the eye at the position where a light spot illuminates the retina underlying the ganglion cell . |
| 5 | She lived in a one-bedroom flat in St George 's Place as you may know those council flats . |
| 6 | If you have a large lawn , a barrow that can be fitted with an extension is handy as you can remove more grass each time . |
| 7 | Make a note of the width of your chosen fabric as you will need this information when you come to estimate the amount of fabric needed . |
| 8 | As you will see some money may be required as a deposit and for your fees . |
| 9 | When this practice was questioned , the auxiliary protested that all the patients had their own bowls so she knew what they had eaten but that using one spoon was quicker , as she could feed more people at once . |
| 10 | Sizes are imprecise , as one might suppose any material would be if drawn through a hole with a cutting edge ! |
| 11 | Helen postponed telephoning , as one might hoard some delicacy , to savour it the longer in anticipation . |
| 12 | As one might imagine this method was maddeningly inconvenient and very inaccurate . |
| 13 | Readers of our great Vangmoor novelist , Alfred Osborn Tace ( or viewers , as one must say these days ! ) will be familiar with the scene in Wrenwood in which Brenda Nevil hunts for specimens of this orchid for her bridal bouquet . |
| 14 | This may be manipulated by subtracting the risk-free rate from both sides and dividing by the portfolio beta to obtain , and as we may rewrite this equation as , . |
| 15 | At that time the Reverend Morris Mackenzie , a New Zealander , and minister of the local parish , had invited Mrs W — as we shall call this mother of fifteen children — to use his manse as a sort of sanctuary . |
| 16 | As we shall see this method reveals a serious problem , one that a component-by-component analysis tends to conceal . |
| 17 | ‘ We now have a couturier cosmetic service , as we will mix any colour of any product for a customer if they ca n't find what they want in our standard range . ’ |
| 18 | Studying the semantic features of texts is inevitably rather an intuitive business , and in so far as we can quantify such features at all , it often seems best to attach them to grammatical labels ( eg " colour adjectives " , " adverbials of place " ) , and to use some arbitrary standard of measurement , such as number of words . |
| 19 | Our basic goal is to modify both methods as far as we can to reduce these limitations , and then combine both approaches to converge on the linguistic system we hope to describe . |
| 20 | Well I had learnt shorthand and typing at school but erm the money was necessary at home you see , and er with my sister working there , at H and T Hornes , er she spoke for me and er I had an interview and and they put me up in the nursery , we used to call it the nursery see because we were all fourteens up there and er then they called it the cylinder shop and er my foreman was a fella name Archie and erm everything was very very strict indeed , we could not move away from our board you could n't speak to the next one that was working by you , and er there was a fella named Mr and he was he , I did n't work for him I worked for Mr , but some you cou you were afraid to move because of this man and he he he 'd stare at you and he 'd look at you and anyway erm they put me assembling and it was very interesting indeed , there was a tall stand on , we called it the bench , a tall stand with a screw on the top and then to as begin to assemble the locks you had to take what we would call the body , screw it into the er little on the stand and then we had tweezers , there were , in the body there were five springs and then you had to have five breast pins and when you got the springs in you .. we have to have a plug at the back so as we could put each pin and push the plug over that a dummy plug we called it and so that was five pins were in and then there was a ball er when that , when we came to put it in our vice , we had to put the V I C E not V O voice . |
| 21 | ‘ Anybody with any information , no matter how silly they think it is , has to come forward as we must get these people or else they will do it again . |
| 22 | You have to consider its results as they would affect all classes of the community , and the principles that underlie it , and you have to consider whether the people of this country have been consulted with regard to it . |
| 23 | Division B's managers would probably reject this offer as they would see each unit costing that division £90 ( £50 + £40 ) but yielding only £80 ; Division B would make a loss of £10 a unit by selling at £80 . |
| 24 | Lewes would lead his group to Agheila two days later as they would have less distance to cover . |
| 25 | Diet presents no problem as they will eat all foods . |
| 26 | The worker and soldier termites attack it , as they will attack any intruder . |
| 27 | In fact , most girls entering science are probably at this stage as they will need some self-examination and sense of commitment to make this unconventional choice . |
| 28 | Cynics are betting that the romance is a huge publicity stunt to help sell the firm : ‘ The relationship will last as long as they can use each other , ’ says one . |
| 29 | Taking out some and reducing the number of pests is one thing , but reliable eradication can hardly be expected or hoped for , and much as it may displease those purists who do not like the idea of using poisonous chemicals in the garden , they have to be our main line of defence and protection of our roses . |
| 30 | The inspector expressed his wish ‘ that some of the poorer types would take on homework , as it would indicate some desire on their part to improve their circumstances ’ and give him an opportunity of trying to improve the sanitary conditions of their dwellings . |