Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb -s] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead the Army welcomes the differences among the British , as long as everyone acknowledges a fundamental allegiance to Queen and country . |
| 2 | Attitude Not easily measurable but has clearly improved as everyone sees a definite objective and a defined route to achieving it . |
| 3 | So long as everyone has an equal right to vote there must be a limit to the variations in prosperity in the community that are politically acceptable . |
| 4 | On the other hand , her workload is not reduced , as she takes a greater number of smaller prey . |
| 5 | Read about Julia Roberts as she takes a deep draw on the cigarette in her right hand' . |
| 6 | [ PAMELA weeps as she pours a further glass of wine . ] |
| 7 | Reynard backs off as she extends a foul paw . |
| 8 | It is to these trusted friends Diana will now turn to as she begins a new life on her own . |
| 9 | The surface of each painting is tough , coated and resilient , like a plastic household-skin , but underneath it 's alive , moulded and manipulated by Godfrey-Isaacs as she works a lethal cocktail of pigment and corrosive varnishes . |
| 10 | As long as one allows a snub-ended top of 2cm ( 0.8in ) on smaller and 3cm ( 1.2in ) for larger ‘ chutes so that an air bleed hole appears in the top , then it is simple to sketch a curved profile . |
| 11 | Characterising the individual speaker 's topic as ‘ what I think we 're talking about ’ incorporates both that element which the conversational analyst tends to abstract as the ‘ topic of conversation ’ for the participants ( 'What we 're talking about' ) and the individual speaker 's version ( 'I think' ) , as he/she makes a conversational contribution . |
| 12 | Everybody agrees now that the figures before us are not correct as everybody produces a different set er , it 's alright for Mr to sit there and Mr like Heckyl and Jeckyl saying no we do n't , no we do n't , but he comes forward with different figures , worst figures |
| 13 | Oblique-slip margins are considered in detail in various papers in Ballance and Reading ( 1980 ) ; the introductory article by Reading ( 1980 ) is particularly useful as it presents a general review of sedimentation patterns in relation to topography . |
| 14 | But there are many more , of course , and listing playwrights is useful only insofar as it presents a few guidelines , primarily to help you look in the right places . |
| 15 | The first visit by prospective parents is important as it creates a lasting impression . |
| 16 | A longer time period is probably advantageous to the acquirer as it enables a better assessment of assets to be made and gives time for undisclosed liabilities to appear . |
| 17 | The inadequateness of the term , however , insofar as it offers a univocal description of an extremely heterogeneous section of the world , also means that a suitable alternative general category can not by definition be produced . |
| 18 | The literary tradition is valued in so far as it offers a critical evaluation of this transformation and its consequences . |
| 19 | The potential value of the research is not just theoretical , as it offers a new perspective from which to evaluate the innumerable problems which beset development programmes . |
| 20 | The child , as it gains a progressive mastery of language , grows gradually into an awareness of what it is capable . |
| 21 | The early history of the album is unknown , although it was in America at one time , as it bears a tantalising price of $35 inscribed in the upper right corner of the first page . |
| 22 | Throughout this painting I choose to work within the arch as it forms a natural frame , concentrating the eye on the activity of the light on the steps , allowing an intensity of contrast to be created . |
| 23 | Throughout this painting I choose to work within the arch as it forms a natural frame , concentrating the eye on the activity of the light on the steps , allowing an intensity of contrast to be created . |
| 24 | To get to the Bungles in the first place needs a certain pioneering spirit as it involves a seven-hour drive from Kununurra , and the last three are over rough terrain that can be tackled only by four-wheel-drive vehicles . |
| 25 | It is not fair to expect your local delicatessen to do it for you as it takes a long time to slice the whole ham and Parma must be cut thinly . |
| 26 | Therefore , as it takes a considerable amount of time to scan the tapes looking for rarely occurring variants , we have selected one particular variable of this kind , which we call meat/mate , and have studied this quantitatively outside the main projects in a different way . |
| 27 | Year round it is popular for walks as it exudes an elegant serenity inspired of the water and the graceful trees . |
| 28 | But the collection here is best left for another day , as it merits a special visit . |
| 29 | The process which is generated becomes in effect an end in itself , creating as it does a working alliance within which both partners develop a shared approach to identifying and tackling goals and problems . |
| 30 | The precariousness of civilisation haunts The Faerie Queene as it does A Present View of Ireland . |