Example sentences of "as [pron] is [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a shame that someone as obviously capable of expressing himself as you is given to such bursts of undisguised racism and ignorance . |
| 2 | The devout and thankfully expressive countenance of the wife and mother is too admirably depicted to be overlooked or mistaken by anyone as she is occupied with those two most delightful of maternal duties , suckling her infant and teaching her child to pray to God . |
| 3 | Perhaps 20 items is a bit much to take in at one sitting , but choose your favourites and you will not be disappointed , as everything is captured in wonderful sound and expertly performed . |
| 4 | On the international level , such security as there is derives from some sort of balance of power between states . |
| 5 | Propane alone requires stronger , and therefore heavier , containers as it is stored at higher pressure . |
| 6 | From September 1990 parents , and in some cases the pupils themselves , have a right to see the record in so far as it is made after 31 August 1989 . |
| 7 | The question is , to what extent does the notion of ( loose ) apposition , as it is defined by these criteria , play a role in such an explanation ? |
| 8 | But it is bulky as it is printed on one side of the page only . |
| 9 | Too much salt is also to be avoided , as it is implicated in high blood pressure , heart disease and fluid retention . |
| 10 | We will save sense ( a ) for the section on causatives , as it is related to that of make . |
| 11 | What had not been foreseen was the linking of the CNAA with a public system of higher education ‘ as rigidly conceived as it is implemented by present governmental policy ’ . |
| 12 | But an obligation to obey the law as it is understood in political writings today is a mere prima facie obligation . |
| 13 | ‘ The contract between mortgagor and mortgagee , as it is understood in this court , makes the mortgage a security , not only for principal and interest , and such ordinary charges and expenses as are usually provided for by the instrument creating the security , but also for the costs properly incident to a suit for foreclosure or redemption . |
| 14 | The Commission 's aim of reskilling workers before they become unemployed , and smoothing their transition into alternative employment is also objected to by the UK Government , as it is seen as industrial policy in disguise . |
| 15 | It is therefore a continuous enquiry into the relationship between teaching and learning as it is enacted in particular classroom contexts . |
| 16 | It is natural to look for causative factors , and we have treated causality much as it is treated in experimental research generally ( see Plutchik , 1974 : 174–87 ) . |
| 17 | But the women 's movement , especially as it is represented in western-style education , is dominated by white , middle-class , heterosexual women . |
| 18 | If social psychology were to become a historical discipline , then it would make as little sense to conceive of pure and applied historical social psychology , as it is to talk of pure and applied history . |
| 19 | The algorithm begins with a few small clusters , and it enlarges them and creates new clusters as it is presented with more data . |
| 20 | The strain energy in a stretched material is very like the potential energy which is in a raised weight , except , of course , that the stress is changing as the material is strained whereas the weight of a weight is constant as it is raised to any normal height . |
| 21 | More importantly , this is the relationship as it is perceived by many speakers , both in the Caribbean and in Britain . |
| 22 | And as it is buffeted by ultraviolet radiation , so it absorbs it ; and thus prevents the most harmful , high energy , high-frequency radiation known as UVB , from reaching the Earth . |
| 23 | The experience of faith as it is lived by another people , another culture ; the enjoyment of celebrating fiestas ( and that includes the liturgy and the party afterwards ) with the people ; the experience of living amongst a people who never give up the struggle whatever happens and so challenge my own pettiness ; the graciousness of so many of them and the great welcome they gave us . |
| 24 | We should prefer to see it being done in London so long as it is done by male labour , it is no matter where . |
| 25 | This is quite a simple cake to make as it is based on plain round sandwich cakes . |
| 26 | This sort of revenge , without real ( or rational ) cause is condemned by Miller and brings only unhappiness , as it is based on imaginary and childish grievances and is therefore spiteful and unjust . |
| 27 | It is formative as it is based on qualitative judgements which are the basis for future action |
| 28 | Yet public opinion , as it is reflected in British law , has steadfastly refused to enlarge upon the spirit of the pioneer legislation of the early 1820s and 1830s , updated fifty years later , which introduced the protection of animals against cruelty . |
| 29 | Of all Derek Jarman 's written work , At Your Own Risk is his most militantly outspoken , as courageous as it is heedless , as intemperate as it is driven by profound moral injustice . |
| 30 | If this were so , it would be as meaningless to make general statements about what a mouse or a cock or a cobra feels as it is to generalise about human behaviour . |