Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb -s] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the fax machine is easy to use , it 's less attractive when it comes to mass faxing , as someone has to feed each document in and dial the destination . |
| 2 | Kim , who is continuing on the diet as she wants to shed another couple of stone , has always had loads of personality but , as her weight has reduced , an even more bubbly girl has emerged . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , splits in the Cabinet are rumoured as it meets to discuss next year 's Government spending programme . |
| 4 | However , insofar as it purports to strengthen that belief , the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act is to be welcomed . |
| 5 | Drink up : Euro Disney has begun to serve alcohol for the first time at four of its restaurants as it seeks to stem heavy losses from weak attendance . |
| 6 | Will he bear it in mind that the law as it stands does great injustice and that many women are suffering life sentences that they should not be suffering ? |
| 7 | Does n't matter what it looks like as long as it 's got five sides that join together without gaps . |
| 8 | Doors of the hatch can be hinged or sliding , or even a lift-down flap , as long as it 's got adequate support . |
| 9 | The committee considers that the draft is acceptable from the subsidiarity standpoint , as it aims to establish cross-border freedom of services and investment . |
| 10 | The difficulty with all this is cost as , despite the Lands Tribunal decision , there is nothing to prevent the Capital Taxes Office from raising a new demand based on fresh grounds , as it has done many times during the past 11 years . |
| 11 | The employee top 10 features those companies which are expanding fastest , and it says something for the performance of WPP that it has managed to perform well in eps and return on capital terms at the same time as it has achieved that expansion . |
| 12 | cf. the Burial Service in The Book of Common Prayer : ‘ Forasmuch as it has pleased Almighty God … to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed … |
| 13 | As it has to pump more blood round the body to service the muscles you 're using , it will get bigger and stronger in order to do so more efficiently . |
| 14 | But as it has taken five years of intensive lobbying to assemble the necessary financial support from the native industry for this interesting if rather Teutonic initiative , one might assume that creativity and innovation are still not regarded as entirely positive values . |
| 15 | Counterpoint of the fugato or canonic type was used as accompaniment in Baroque times , but has now largely fallen out of use , as it fails to express individual mood or atmosphere . |
| 16 | " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his goodness to give you safe deliverance , and to preserve you in the great danger of childbirth ; you shall therefore give hearty thanks unto God … " |
| 17 | ‘ Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy … ’ |
| 18 | Right , the examiners at A Level expect , an A Level student to be able to use the apostrophe reliably and correctly , so let's just erm , go back to basics , with the apostrophe , as it seems to cause more confusion than , practically anything else . |
| 19 | He does n't know what they will build to , but as long as he keeps finding new pieces the picture will slowly become clear . |
| 20 | THE unemployed can do without Peter Lilley 's daft comments as he plans to make more people jobless . |
| 21 | As he has to take another coach , it means we can transport only two or three boxers to shows . |
| 22 | I am in no doubt about the hon. Gentleman 's views as he has tabled parliamentary questions on the matter , he took part in the debate on the regulations on 1 May , he spoke in the Scottish Grand Committee on 9 July and he submitted his views in the consultation process . |
| 23 | ( 4 ) An applicant shall not be treated as having failed to comply with subsection ( 2 ) ( b ) above if the notice is , without any fault or intention of his , removed , obscured or defaced before the first day of the meeting of the board at which the application is to be considered , so long as he has taken reasonable steps for its protection and , if need be , replacement . |
| 24 | Caution will be the name of the game as he attempts to collect more points and take another step towards fulfilling his ambition of winning all remaining fixtures before the December retirement . |
| 25 | How these are to be assessed poses delicate problems for the social anthropologist as he attempts to evaluate local ideology and its relationship to economic and political commitments . |
| 26 | Onerous responsibilities are heaped upon the man in the White House , but many obstacles are placed in his way as he attempts to meet those responsibilities . |
| 27 | That 's the theory which Neil Prosser follows , anyway , and as he 's got 16 years of successful retailing behind him , it 's hard to argue with the strategy . |