Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb base] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , as I argue in the final section , the extent of sexual dimorphism will depend not on the extent to which reproductive success varies in the two sexes but on the comparative effects of particular phenotypic traits on the breeding success of males and females . |
| 2 | Erm improving market share , well all of our businesses have improved their market share during this recession and I 'll , I 'll mention them as I go through the individual companies . |
| 3 | As I pass into the cool , dappled light , the deep silence of the wood surrounds me . |
| 4 | That is a lie for a start , I think , as I submit to the customary kiss on both cheeks . |
| 5 | ‘ … and as I speed through the dark night to the abyss of oblivion , I can only say thanks , thanks for the memory … ’ |
| 6 | The topmost foliage is taller than me and the growth is so dense I can not be seen from the lawn as I dig into the muddy trench which forms an oasis round the stem . |
| 7 | For example , that the images that I now call up in my mind as I look at the front door of my house , this is something quite real , but it 's real in a much more radically different , in a radically different sense , there 's a , somehow a radically difference in the kind of reality which that image enjoys , to the reality that that bottle enjoys . |
| 8 | ‘ As I look at the shabby , commercialised and demoralised society in which I write I am more convinced than ever that the political analysis on which I was brought up was right . |
| 9 | I feel this profoundly as I wander about the empty railway station , where I have no business of any kind . |
| 10 | I step back , then turn and run , the clinging wetness round my thighs going from warm to cold as I race beneath the snow-shrouded trees towards the house . |
| 11 | As I enter with the lacquered tray , |
| 12 | I shall also attempt with Dorothy Heathcote , as I have with the other pioneers , to point to innovations or assumptions which are implicit in her work and which she herself may not have articulated . |
| 13 | As I linger in the grassy cart tracks joining two fields that sleep in afternoon idleness , the smell of Rayless Mayweed crushed underfoot overcomes the other pleasant hay and pasture odours . |
| 14 | In this notebook , recording my random thoughts day after day as I work on the big glass , I can keep my distance from the big glass . |
| 15 | As I work in the Middle East , I usually only have a short space of time while I 'm home to sort out my musical needs and Colin from my local store , Heads Hands and Feet , has helped me tremendously over the years . |
| 16 | As you walk through the industrial towns you lose yourself in labyrinths of little brick houses blackened by smoke , festering in planless chaos round miry alleys and little cindered yards where there are stinking dustbins and lines of grimy washing and half-ruinous w.c.s. … at their very worst the Corporation houses are better than the slums they replace . |
| 17 | To get the power back on again you will now have to push against the sail as you sail on the wrong side . |
| 18 | The landscape becomes gradually more mountainous as you climb through the Bohemian Forest with its stands of tall , dark pines . |
| 19 | S against T , right , then as long as you stay in the positive half , you are on the right side of the starting line , you have n't gone back and crossed over it . |
| 20 | Redolent of exotic fruit and scented soap , it is almost sweet-and-sour in character — seemingly sweet at the rich bouquet stage , but satisfyingly dry — almost sour — as you come through the pungent taste . |
| 21 | Not to worry ; the welcome and conversation soon takes over as you mix with the whole village : small kids , their little old grannies , Lappish reindeer herdsmen and the odd Swedish blonde . |
| 22 | ‘ There 's steelworks on one side of Wollongong and as you get to the other side , where we 're closer to , it 's all tropical rain forest and beach . |
| 23 | A pencil and paper will be useful as you go through the various exercises in this book . |
| 24 | The army may include as many Heroes as you wish within the normal limitations of the points available . |
| 25 | The army may include as many Orc or Goblin Big Bosses as you wish within the normal limitations of the points available . |
| 26 | The army may include as many Heroes as you wish within the normal limitations of the points available . |
| 27 | The army may include as many High Elf Mages as you wish within the usual limitations of points cost . |
| 28 | The army may include as many Shamans as you wish within the usual limitations of points cost . |
| 29 | The army may include as many Battle Wizards as you wish within the usual limitations of points costs . |
| 30 | But — as long as you stick to the traditional DOS spreadsheet programs , such as SuperCalc 5 or 1-2-3 — you will manage very well with an XT . |