Example sentences of "as [adv] [subord] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She investigated both historical and research background as well as using a questionnaire to study the current picture in Edinburgh Schools . |
| 2 | There 's nothing stopping you putting your own small ads in local papers and newsagents ' windows , as well as using an estate agent . |
| 3 | I forgot to mention the importance of completing and returning the course evaluation form which we need to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the event , as well as to compile a report to our funding bodies at the end of the year . |
| 4 | The company operates a full electric submersible pump repair shop and is currently in the process of installing ESP 's state-of-the-art testing equipment in the facility in Riyadh , as well as mobilising a field staging camp and storage yard near the oil field in the desert community of Hawtah . |
| 5 | I also believe that upon taking up their post , all new post holders should receive a pack from HQ detailing their duties and rights , as well as outlining a training plan to support their work . |
| 6 | The report recommends that the Ministry of Agriculture should take an active role in preventing unnecessary loss of farmland to development , and explore ways of finding more non-agricultural uses of rural land , as well as encouraging a reduction in the intensity of agricultural production . |
| 7 | Imaginative , practical design makes the optimum use of space , as well as creating a charm and elegance that 's a pure cruising delight . |
| 8 | As well as creating a design like the one pictured here , you can use the long narrow shape to create an elongated twisting design , rather like a string of entwined S's , or a natural piece of vine creeping along the frame . |
| 9 | They had thought he 'd split a kidney as well as fracturing an elbow and dislocating a shoulder . |
| 10 | His long career in France which led him to hold high military and administrative posts , as well as amassing a fortune through the capture of prisoners in battle , the seizing of property and the exploitation of estates , shows him to have been a ‘ realistic ’ person in all that he did . |
| 11 | Women and men must be able to care for their family as well as earn a living . |
| 12 | As well as causing a breakdown in the economic system , the inflation led to a spread of corruption ; it meant humiliation for many thousands of families , whilst a few successful speculators found themselves with untold wealth . |
| 13 | This regretfully brought to an abrupt end his continuing work for the Building Employers Confederation as well as destroying a lifetime 's work in building up a family company . |
| 14 | An agreement in principle to sell the building to its bankers has been reached , but disagreements among the banks have yet to be sorted out as well as finalising a support package from the Canadian government . |
| 15 | So Mr Li made it clear that the state will go on bailing out the inefficient state-owned juggernauts , as well as subsidising a range of things from rice to city rents . |
| 16 | Informal research in classrooms has shown that students prefer to see as well as hear a storyteller or lecturer . |
| 17 | Pay attention to plants and flowers and make sure that you have your lighting on dimmer switches so that you can dim it right down for dining as well as drawing a veil over any kitchen clutter . |
| 18 | As well as suggesting an autumn boost for the tourism industry , the group also proposed changes at the beginning of the season by introducing a fixed-date Easter holiday . |
| 19 | For example , they call on the widows of policemen to check that the RUC Welfare Branch has visited , as well as trying themselves in more informal ways to help the grieving process , check that pensioners who are alone are safe , as well as take an interest in the youngsters new to children 's homes . |
| 20 | The Museum of Lincolnshire Life also had a yen for the new security grills to cover its windows ; and the City of County Museum thought it would be a good idea to invest in three differently designed Tree Seats as well as commissioning a spadehandle-back seat for The Gardeners Rest . |
| 21 | Despite the challenge a reshaping information services to meet the needs of the new teams , and outside users as well as developing a strategy for the completely overhaul of our office technology requirements . |
| 22 | for the artist as well as developing an awareness of the variety of the theoretical and practical skills which aid good visual impact and help others see that you mean , there is added value in exploring the subject in an historical contact . |
| 23 | Pierre Auguste Renoir THE LUNCHEON OF THE BOATING PARTY ( 1881 ) As well as capturing a moment in all its exciting realism , this painting is a social document , recording the early days of the restaurant |
| 24 | This was to be the sixth show organised by the Priestfields & Ormesby Knitting Club and this year they were hoping to use the proceeds to boost club funds as well as make a donation to Kirkleatham Special School in Redcar . |
| 25 | State regiments serve as town guards , the fire watch and police force , as well as forming a standing army ready to repel invasion . |
| 26 | Usually , these are water-based ( emulsion type ) paints which , as well as containing a fungicide , have been reinforced with sand , stone , granite or fibre to enable the paint to fill in and disguise small cracks . |
| 27 | In moving to a SmartStream client-server environment , most organisations would have to replace predominantly dumb end-user terminals with more expensive personal computer clients needed to run the Windows front end and other tools as well as buying a slew of different software packages , albeit from a single supplier . |
| 28 | In moving to a SmartStream client/server environment , most organisations would have to replace predominantly dumb end-user terminals with more expensive personal computer clients needed to run the Windows front end and other tools as well as buying a slew of different software packages , albeit from a single supplier . |
| 29 | Roman sounded as if he too was battling for restraint , as well as controlling a degree of amusement , which made her fists clench in despair . |
| 30 | More representatively there can be a sneaking hope that to explain is somehow to justify ; and the novels , plays and poems that depict British self-sufficiency and its lapses often smack , like Larkin 's poem ‘ Vers de société ’ , of a sort of rueful mock-modesty : a determination to put a case for oneself as well as to record a mood . |