Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb -s] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | David Lynch has optioned D M Thomas ' story of Freud , a woman and Russia , The White Hotel , and has a more obviously Lynchian novel in development , Delacorta 's Vida , about a 16-year-old who becomes a private eye just as someone starts shooting the architects of America . |
| 2 | whether the girl standing on the opposite side of the crossroads , with her face hidden by the long dark hair falling over her shoulders as she waits to cross the road , head turned to watch the oncoming traffic , will look straight ahead so that he can see her face : and if so , whether it will fulfil his hopes ; and whether the fulfilment of his hopes would in itself be a kind of disappointment . |
| 3 | This collection is the result of spending 10 months experimenting with different papers , allowing the image to be worked out ‘ in an organic way ’ as she describes defying the confines of the papers ’ rectangle by rearing and adding and building up to works with dimensions reaching over four foot . |
| 4 | The quality in the British corner included Briggs , showing the speed which is one of her greatest assets , as she attempts to regain the world bantamweight title lost two years ago . |
| 5 | The female eider duck is abandoned by her drake just as soon as she starts incubating the eggs . |
| 6 | There is no difference between the the endless bad mouthing between local and central government , as one tries to blame the other . |
| 7 | Here again the support network is crucial in trying to help someone with alcohol related problems , as one needs to reconnect the person to a social network which offers interest and stimulation in lieu of alcohol . |
| 8 | The United Kingdom , the Kingdom of Belgium and the Hellenic Republic argue , however , that the position is different when it comes to the competence of each state under public international law to define as it thinks fit the conditions upon which it grants to a vessel the right to fly its flag . |
| 9 | The judge erred in law in holding that in mortgage proceedings if a mortgagee failed to seek an order for costs then the mortgagor could apply for the costs to be taxed on an appropriate basis ; if no order was made the mortgagor could require that the costs of the mortgage proceedings be referred by the master taking the account to the taxing master for taxation pursuant to R.S.C. , Ord. 62 , r. 24 ; ( 3 ) that a provision in the mortgage deed providing expressly or by implication the basis on which costs were to be taxed was not then binding on the court and the judge also erred when he held that in mortgage proceedings a provision entitling the mortgagee to an indemnity against all costs , charges and expenses was void so far as it purports to exclude the jurisdiction of the court under section 51 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 . |
| 10 | The heating is switched on only for as long as it takes to dry the washing . |
| 11 | Terms such as balance sheet , assets , liabilities , claims , liquidity and capital adequacy will inevitably arise later in the book as it seeks to identify the inter-relationship between financial flows and world economic development . |
| 12 | As it continues to expand the speed drops and the expansion eventually comes to a halt . |
| 13 | This last point is worth amplifying as it does affect the poetry . |
| 14 | In all cases where the Speedboat Clause applies it should be given careful consideration as it does limit the extent of cover appreciably . |
| 15 | No , I do n't as it happens know the Watsons . |
| 16 | Although the pond now lies under the garden and the road , it is still possible to trace the mill 's tail race as it flows to meet the stream in the gardens of Westbury Court . |
| 17 | Coldly the Syan speeds along , cold as it widens to meet the sea . |
| 18 | His first experiences of combat are limited skirmishes , but eventually the platoon is involved in a full-scale battle as it tries to block the path of the North Vietnamese 141st Regiment . |
| 19 | Labour was moving on as a renewed party — ‘ a party that cares as much about consumers as it cares about producers ; a party that wants to make the economy work as much as it wants to change the economy ; a party that embraces as much of the green as it does of the red ’ . |
| 20 | Toss the first ball in your right hand towards your left one and as it peaks throw the ball in the left hand towards the right and catch the first ball in your left . |
| 21 | As he struggles to banish the threat of relegation from the Premier League , 57-year-old Clough is beginning to show outward signs of a lifetime in football management . |
| 22 | BILLY Connolly 's got his out-of-work wife Pam a job in the circus — as long as he agrees to tear the tickets . |
| 23 | Bjorn Borg vacated the courts long ago , and though the 37-year-old Jimmy Connors will continue to swing his racket with gusto when the new Association of Tennis Professionals Tour gets underway in January , Lendl , Wilander and McEnroe remain to test the 21-year-old Becker as he endeavours to convince the rankings computer that he is the top man . |
| 24 | The hon. Gentleman fails to understand the importance of the patients charter , as he fails to understand the reforms . |
| 25 | Even from the kerb in the gloom the guard 's shrugs and humorously uplifted eyes are visible as he declines to telephone the duty officer , ring a British Committee office empty at this time of night , break the sacred sleep of anyone else on the telephone list . |
| 26 | He saved too the note she sent requesting ‘ Big choc. cake , ginger biscuits , Twiglets ’ just as he has kept the clipping she sent him from the Daily Telegraph about academic failures who become gifted and successful later in life . |
| 27 | Hendrix 's vocals had an almost hypnotic effect , an effect which Randy Hansen has captured with uncanny accuracy , as surely as he has emulated the sound of Jimi 's guitar . |
| 28 | It obviously took the photographer , Arthur Richardson , some time to set up his equipment as he has attracted the attention of a few of the locals . |
| 29 | I know this will be unpopular especially as he has won the League but I just feel he does n't handle ALL his players well . |
| 30 | ST HELENS ' Test prop Kevin Ward faces a bleak Christmas as he prepares to meet the Rugby League 's Disciplinary Committee on Wednesday . |