Example sentences of "as [art] [noun sg] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ockleton had slowed as the lane began a sharp and winding descent . |
| 2 | Cynthia Merstam watched in silence as the nurse arranged the big bunch of gladioli she had brought with her to the nursing-home . |
| 3 | As the door opened the thin sunlight raced into the dusty hall and sprinted up the stairs , never really reaching the top . |
| 4 | As the Minister reconsiders the regular-reserve mix of the Royal Navy , as he promised on 10 December , will he ensure that a proper study of task threats is completed and will he create a supplementary list of personnel whom it is planned to axe until that review of task threats is complete ? |
| 5 | As the girl raised a surprised eyebrow , Shiona smiled to herself . |
| 6 | In the early stages both Pat Eddery on Dancing Brave and Gary Moore on Bering held up their mounts towards the rear , but had improved to the middle of the pack as the field made the downhill run towards the straight . |
| 7 | Confusion reigned as the field reached the second flight which had been mistakenly dolled off . |
| 8 | Raul Boesel , a Brazilian , sprinted into an early lead as the field tested the narrow corners . |
| 9 | Suzanne Barnes , the museum 's senior curator of Western Art , is overseeing exhibitions and collections as the board seeks a permanent replacement for the director 's spot . |
| 10 | Of the four university colleges , only Nottingham was a substantial provider of Chapter III courses , in the East Midlands , and here again as the provision pre-dated the 1932 Regulations , existing practice was recognised and approved by the Board of Education . |
| 11 | It follows , therefore , that this contingency insurance will , subject to its terms and conditions , indemnify the bank/organisation in the event of a claim arising from an insured peril in respect of such properties where the original policy is found for some reason not to be sufficient to protect the bank's/organisation 's interest and so long as the bank/organisation took the initial step , inter alia , reasonably to satisfy itself that adequate insurance arrangements had been made by the mortgagor . |
| 12 | PEOPLE who still owe rates in Middlesbrough could face a prison sentence as the council adopts a tough new line to recover debts totalling £300,000 . |
| 13 | With the extension of appeal rights to all asylum seekers , it is not unreasonable to propose — as the Lord Chancellor and my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary propose — that this anomalous double provision should end and that increased resources for advice should be concentrated on UKIAS , especially as the service has a better record of winning cases than solicitors and is more cost effective . |
| 14 | Moreover , as the University validates the Normal College 's courses , it would seem to us that whatever the pros and cons of retaining a local authority based teacher-training institution in Gwynedd , a much more sensible long-term solution would have been to integrate both the Normal College and St Mary 's College into the University College of North Wales when that opportunity arose after 1974 . |
| 15 | A few seconds later Giles heard a crash as the stone hit the ground hundreds of feet below . |
| 16 | Total employment during the quarter rose 700 , but operating expenses went in the opposite direction from cost of sales , 30.3% of revenues compared with 32.5% in the year-ago quarter , as the company continued the remorseless cost-cutting drive . |
| 17 | Total employment during the quarter rose 700 , but operating expenses went in the opposite direction from cost of sales , 30.3% of revenues compared with 32.5% in the year-ago quarter , as the company continued the remorseless cost-cutting drive . |
| 18 | Perhaps , just as the BA holds a senior and junior College and University Booksellers Group conference , it could put on two mainline conferences : one for the under 45s , for the men and women who actually do the biz ; and one for the older members of the trade . |
| 19 | I am confident that by January 1994 , as the Institute reviews the second year of audit regulation , we shall be able to demonstrate that professional regulation is working and is working well . |
| 20 | She watched as the mare completed a second circuit in canter , waiting for her rider to ask for the gallop . |
| 21 | As the machine enters the twentieth century we notice that it is more streamlined . |
| 22 | Drop a spot of highly volatile liquid on such a wing and the colours disappear as the liquid occludes the physical structure , only to reappear as it evaporates and the light is splintered once more . |
| 23 | At low frequencies Brownian motion can relieve the deformation caused by the stress before the next cycle takes place , but as the frequency increases the conformational change begins to lag behind the stress and energy is not only dissipated but stored as well . |
| 24 | The Pre-Retirement Association ( address on page 155 ) runs day or weekend courses for the employees of large companies ; and as the PRA has a countrywide network of speakers , these can be set up anywhere in the UK in response to demand . |
| 25 | As the day progresses the next task is a neighbourhood patrol with the RUC . |
| 26 | The tall young woman blinked as the man turned the full power of his attention on her . |
| 27 | THE first strike for 18 years among Germany 's 2.3m public sector employees was threatened yesterday as the government rejected a 5.4 p.c. pay rise recommended by arbitrators , writes Robin Gedye . |
| 28 | So long as the government runs a huge budget deficit , approaching 9% of GDP this year , inflation threatens to return . |
| 29 | However , the timetable may be hampered as the Government intends a dramatic slow-down nationally in the growth of student recruiting over at least the next three years . |
| 30 | He sat in the back with him , for company , and chatted soothingly of nothing as the driver did the eight miles or so to Kirton , and swept into the riding-school yard . |