Example sentences of "as [pers pn] be [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ I am as sure of it as I am of this water . ’ |
| 2 | Almost as frightened as I am of this gang . ’ |
| 3 | Nevertheless , as long as I am in this world I remain a sinner , still capable of letting him down . |
| 4 | Strenuous laybacking for 40 feet or so brings better holds , allowing exhilaratingly steep bridging , and the whole rope will have run out by the time you pull onto the platform at the top , all too soon for the fit , but thankfully for the tired or those leading at their limit , as I was on this occasion . |
| 5 | As soon as I 'm over this bit , we 'll just melt away in the fog one morning and send everybody postcards . |
| 6 | Is it strange going thousands of miles away to Australia and finding out that you 're as known there as you are on this island ? |
| 7 | … ’ bit once the sun and beer has gone to the head and we 're talking as we are after this weekend severe overcooking . |
| 8 | Now if we took this view about parental investment theory , it would immediately erm concentrate our attention if we 're talking about human beings as we are in this course on er one critical factor which er is astonishingly important and that is er body fat . |
| 9 | But when we 're dealing as we are in this case , with fraud , then clearly there has to be regulations , there has to be er primary legislation er so that was the point I 'm making but as I say , it 's not just me , it 's the stock exchange , the S I B , all of them believe that we need a single enforcement body to look at these matters and I do wish perhaps the minister does but the government must acc eople and a number of ople obviously with a number of traumas and a number of di exploit the different rules and regulations and to get through them because they know they are never going to be caught and the little chance of being prosecuted and even if they are prosecuted er then the chances of being convicted are remote and even if they are convicted I 'm afraid that the judicial shi system shows er that the worst they can expect is a few hours mowing the grass in front of an old folks home or perhaps a few months er in the country residence , albeit owned by Her Majesty . |
| 10 | American guests are famous for deep ties and they hope they will consider themselves at home as long as they are in this country . |
| 11 | I 've considered doing part-time work … but its almost impossible now with things as they are in this area . |
| 12 | So the chief basis of argument must be indirect : when the relations of production are as they were in this case , people will make history of this kind . |
| 13 | They 're in plenty enough trouble as it is over this deal . ’ |
| 14 | Dark as it is on this patch of forgotten ground , I can see the eagerness in his eyes . |
| 15 | In June , regular services began from South Shore to Bispham , which became a major terminal of the Promenade cars as it is to this day . |
| 16 | If this is the aim of current policy , as it is of this series of unit texts , we have to begin by examining ways in which schools and school policies can themselves be a major element in children 's difficulties . |
| 17 | I urge my right hon. Friend to ensure that other EC countries emulate our far-reaching rules and regulations to ensure that there is a total ban on veal crates throughout the Community and that the transportation of live animals , particularly horses and ponies , inside the European continent is as stringently controlled as it is in this country under our domestic rules and regulations . |
| 18 | That is why we need history presented as it is in this book : not just as the brief flicker of time since the industrial revolution or since the invention of writing , but as the 40,000 years of modern thought and language , and the sweep of six million years since we were born as the third chimpanzee . |
| 19 | It 's hot enough as it is in this place . |
| 20 | I am willing to fail any dope test be it verbal , non-verbal , as long as it 's after this year 's London Marathon . |
| 21 | In the context of medical decisions , it would be perverse for it to act otherwise than in accordance with the advice of its medical staff when that advice was unanimous as it was in this case , the two other paediatric consultants on its staff wholly agreeing with Dr. I. The Official Solicitor , as J. 's guardian ad litem , was of the same view on the strength of the independent advice of Dr. N. |
| 22 | Such situations are notoriously unstable , as it was in this case , for the team remained together in that form for less than a year . |
| 23 | Moderator we , we do accept this but maybe I could er say just a word to the assembly about the workload as it were of this panel on doctrine . |
| 24 | The road to follow up into the low hills is marked with the sign ‘ Coteaux de Jurançon ’ , though it is also quite easy to lose once you are up there ; but when vineyards are so thin on the ground as it were in this part of the country , there is every reason to get briefly lost amongst them . |
| 25 | Fairclough ( as Ive said on numerous occasions ) is excellent when given a job to do … as he is in this formation . |