Example sentences of "as [be] [adv] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A teacher who regards his work in this way , who sees his task as being not merely an overseer of academic progress but a mature adult who watches over and helps a child to find personal identity in an ever more complex and fast moving world may deservedly claim to be considered doing work worthy of professional status . |
| 2 | Just as working class girls were included in the state provision of elementary education in 1870 and provided with an education which emphasised the virtues of good housewifery and domestic management , so the increased attention paid to the education of middle class girls during the late Victorian period — by male bureaucrats as well as female pioneers — may be seen as being as much a result of the general educational reform initiative of the period as of feminist ambition . |
| 3 | They are slow and inappropriate , especially if time is at a premium as is most often the case . |
| 4 | On returning at night , with his dog , who was usually at his heels , he again stopped at Aylesford , and as is too frequently the case upon such occasions , he drank immoderately , and left the place in a state of intoxication . |
| 5 | The pace never slackens , even though on the night their big set-piece , the cloud swing , had to be cancelled because the performer had injured herself : not from doing what is actually one of the most dangerous of aerial tricks , but as is so often the way of circus , from doing something offstage unthinkingly , in this case , dancing . |
| 6 | It is , as is so often the case in criticism of Leonard 's work , a travesty of Pope 's high standards , a supra-imposing of the critic 's personal standards not dispassionate appraisal . ) |
| 7 | But , as is so often the case in the Army , that was not the end of the day : from 1930 to 2130 that evening he had agreed to referee a boxing competition between two local regiments . |
| 8 | As is so often the case in Paisley 's career , the crucial step was taken by someone other than Paisley and then offered to Paisley as an opportunity the possibilities of which he could appreciate . |
| 9 | As is so often the case in operations which go wrong , over-heavy management went hand in hand with a haphazard lack of supervision . |
| 10 | If this is not possible , as is so often the case when fishing a near bank swim , do n't worry ; you will still feel the bites at the same time you see the rod-tip move . |
| 11 | All of them in search of personal happiness but , as is so often the case , hard pressed to recognise it even when they find it . |
| 12 | As is so often the case , the performer 's proximity to the work 's inception reaps an idiomatic bonus that transcends any technical shortcomings . |
| 13 | In fact , as is so often the case , she does all these things because her life is so full : ‘ Gardening is therapy from the pressures of life . |
| 14 | Starting at the far left of the picture , the SW213 has the lowest price tag but , as is so often the case , it 's the easiest to play , with a surprisingly low action . |
| 15 | The five-way selector deals out all the sounds you would expect to find and the tone control really does add more sparkle , rather than ( as is so often the case ) rendering everything tinny and harsh . |
| 16 | As is so often the case with such ventures the programme was overambitious ; by the time I completed the initial research I had reached no further than 1910 ( Marriott 1984 ) . |
| 17 | As is so often the case with archaeological data , the smaller cemeteries present such a small sample as to make detailed conclusions of dubious value , and their small size may be misleading as more graves may await discovery . |
| 18 | As is so often the case , the transition from arms to feet is more difficult than expected , but a careful combination of undercutting , balance and barely breathing should see you right . |
| 19 | As is so often the case , these gates have been made by someone who has obviously no experience of walking , because they are impossible to negotiate with a rucksack on , unless you climb onto the bottom bars of the fence around the gate to lift the sack above the top rail . |
| 20 | As is so often the case , however , nature refuses to conform to such a convenient theory . |
| 21 | As is so often the case , the evolving terminology used to describe families epitomises these changes . |
| 22 | As is so often the case , the source of our difficulties is not what we are discussing but how we are discussing it : it is we , not the Zande , who are at fault . |
| 23 | As is so often the case , more work needs to be done . |
| 24 | Munch made the première recording not long after the war and , as is so often the case , that brings the whole atmosphere of the period as well as the work alive . |
| 25 | As is so often the case in the social sciences , it is more helpful to develop theoretical notions in relation to actual , specific issues , rather than to posit theoretical distinctions in the abstract . |
| 26 | As child-care is easily available and children are integrated into daily life having a child does not automatically exclude a woman from her previous lifestyle as is so often the case in Britain . |
| 27 | Where the " we " -groups are exogamous , as is very often the case , the " we/they " distinction corresponds exactly to the distinction " those with whom we may not intermarry because they are of common substance with us " / " those with whom we may intermarry because they are not of common substance with us " . |
| 28 | As is very much the fashion these days , the contract could be protested by the losers who in this case are believed to be Control Data Systems and its subcontractors . |
| 29 | The significance of this technique is that it allows the novelist to incorporate metaphor at the level of what is narrated ( fabula ) , not merely at the level of narration ( sjuzet ) , as is more commonly the case . |
| 30 | This schedule sets out the timetable , providing for the giving of notice of the election , the procedures for nomination of candidates and the conduct of a poll where , as is almost invariably the case , the election is contested . |