Example sentences of "as [adv] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further , as is often the case , the clinical conditions might be regarded as rather extreme cases of variability in the ease with which we adjust our body clock , a process that is found normally within the human population . |
| 2 | It did not make sense to see all the lower animals as merely immature versions of humankind , nor was it possible to assume that every extinct population had been perfectly adapted to the conditions of its own time . |
| 3 | Although their wearers adopt them as naturally woven badges of individuality , the second they are challenged , taken out of context , they rise up to form chin-borne hackles . |
| 4 | He shares the Prime Minister 's passion for soccer — both can often be found at Stamford Bridge watching their favourite side , Chelsea — as well as more elegant expressions of culture . |
| 5 | There are classes in movement , dance , acting and improvisation , as well as more specialist areas like mime , clowning , and playwriting . |
| 6 | The range includes salmon pâté-en-croûte as well as more unusual varieties of pâté with ingredients such as pistachio , morels , shrimp , or hazelnuts . |
| 7 | Shulamith Firestone undoubtedly did everyone a great service by vigorously extending this notion to women , and pointing out the absurdity of men 's viewing themselves as totally detached individuals in relation to the rest of society , while still expecting to go home to a wife who would always have their dinner hot for them in the evening . |
| 8 | The ‘ kinship defenders ’ tend to see adoption and fostering as qualitatively different types of care , the distinction being not merely dependent on the length of the placement . |
| 9 | The increased role of councils in the local administration of a nationally organized welfare state had meant that an increased proportion of local spending was funded by central government grant , as well as centrally approved loans for capital spending . |
| 10 | Thus W.H. Smith 's shops offer a wide range of magazines , books and records as well as fairly standard ranges of stationery and similar items , in order to meet the needs of a wide range of tastes from a variety of ages and social classes . |
| 11 | One reason is that the commercial transaction test seems to go too far ; many transactions which will be generally regarded as perfectly legitimate forms of investment , are entered into solely , or at least predominantly , for tax reasons , and I think it would be wrong to suggest that they might be taxable for that reason alone . |
| 12 | Instead of taking attitudes as relatively straightforward guides to behaviour and expressed as opinions , they sought to measure attitudes more as dispositional and rooted deeper in the personality . |
| 13 | If , like her , many compositors , male and female , remembered printing offices as quite sociable places to work , they also recalled the organized social activities which are regularly reported in the Scottish Typographical Circular and Journal . |
| 14 | The package included rises in rents on government-controlled housing , higher public transport fares , and as yet unspecified cuts in disability benefits and other social services . |
| 15 | 7 different types of the drug ( Depo-Provera ) are still being sold as very effective forms of contraception with no side effects . |
| 16 | Initially , philosophers interested in reference ( with some notable exceptions ) did not pay a great deal of attention to indexicals ( Bar-Hillel , 1970 : 76 ) ; then they began to treat them as very special kinds of expression requiring contextual co-ordinates or indices , as sketched above . |
| 17 | The Government has advised that women who are pregnant or may become pregnant should not eat liver , as very large doses of vitamin A taken over a long period may be associated with foetal abnormalities . |
| 18 | In the manufacture of stone vases , the Minoans displayed enormous patience , as well as very high levels of confidence and skill . |