Example sentences of "as [pers pn] be [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 've decided that I 'll only be in the band as long as I 'm doing other things as well as . |
| 2 | He 's standing right under me while I 'm trying to make some tea as I 'm pouring boiling water into the teapot and he 's right under my legs . |
| 3 | — as soon as you are drilling basic questions , use them to keep a given conversation item going as long as possible . |
| 4 | One woman was close to tears as she was named Top Unit Manager of the Week . |
| 5 | And the number is not likely to reduce as the scope of spreads and as we 're offered new technologies , software technologies by vendors . |
| 6 | erm there are a lot of social needs that remain unmet , and meeting those needs would generate more employment , but in many areas of the economy I do n't think there 's so much need for work as there has been in the past , especially as we 're applying new technologies that increase productivity dramatically . |
| 7 | However , as we are using incremental change instead of wiping the slate clean and trying to move to a new system , we are avoiding huge extra costs at one fell swoop and also avoiding creating a system in which there would be many losers as well as gainers at the point of change . |
| 8 | As we are installing standard accounting software , configured in the same way , this will eventually enable AEI to have local fiscal reporting , regional reporting — such as Europe , the Pacific or North America — and consolidation at corporate level . ’ |
| 9 | Beyond Postojna the roads became increasingly worse , twisting and turning as we went through at Janene on the Croatian border where it was explained that we would have to pay a reduced fee ( as we were carrying humanitarian goods ) of 13DM in order to acquire the appropriate papers to allow us to enter Croatia . |
| 10 | As such it certainly extends to local — and , as I think , also statutory bodies in so far as they are exercising autonomous rule . |
| 11 | Just as they are taught other subjects , they should increasingly be taught about such topics as mental handicap so that they do not grow up with the prejudices that their parents may possess . |
| 12 | Wetland plants will be in their element , so long as they are given generous mulches to keep the moisture in . |
| 13 | There are of course many aspects of language usage that depend on these relations ( see e.g. Brown & Levinson , 1978 , 1979 ) , but these usages are only relevant to the topic of social deixis in so far as they are grammaticalized Obvious examples of such grammaticalizations are " polite " pronouns and titles of address , but there are many other manifestations of social deixis ( see Brown & Levinson , 1978 : 183-92 , 281-5 ; Levinson , 1977 , 1979b ) . |
| 14 | They want to destroy a sensible cost-free control system at the same time as they are introducing elaborate supply controls in all other important sectors of agriculture . |
| 15 | As they were denied Christian burial the hands proceeded to assume a life of their own . |
| 16 | They had refused to pay the toll as they were delivering humanitarian aid . |
| 17 | To attribute this to the ageing process per se is as foolish as it is to describe physical disease as ‘ your age , my dear ’ . |
| 18 | In the 1970s high domestic inflation rates encouraged governments to change the emphasis of economic policies towards money supply control , as it was believed excessive money creation had caused inflation . |
| 19 | Delightful as it was to meet pleasant company in such an unlikely place , I very badly wanted to exchange our fell citations on the other side of this rock . |
| 20 | ‘ His was a very difficult job as he was helping large numbers of people in a number of different locations . ’ |
| 21 | Joe saw Tony only briefly as he was working long hours . |