Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] [art] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some riders will only buy thoroughbred horses , but I do prefer ones with a little ‘ common ’ blood , as I like a stronger build of horse . |
| 2 | Some riders will only buy thoroughbred horses , but I do prefer ones with a little ‘ common ’ blood , as I like a stronger build of horse . |
| 3 | ‘ So he is therefore claiming that , as I have no further work for him , then I must make him redundant . ’ |
| 4 | The entrance to the Craigforth ice-house is half-way down the steps to the right as you leave the lower end of the tunnel from Craigforth House . |
| 5 | On the other hand , her workload is not reduced , as she takes a greater number of smaller prey . |
| 6 | [ PAMELA weeps as she pours a further glass of wine . ] |
| 7 | Doreen 's dark eyes glittered slightly as she watched the older man 's tall figure cross the room . |
| 8 | At Magdalen Bridge , Dennis went ashore for more champagne , which passed from hand to hand as we negotiated the lower reaches of the river . |
| 9 | And they are there to be worked to until such time as we find a better way of doing it . |
| 10 | ‘ It is unlikely that the business could be self-supporting as we have a higher level of direct and indirect supervision for our employees . |
| 11 | Anala ( 1974 ) thought that mussels should be the preferred prey for H. lapillus as they offered a richer source of food than barnacles ; 4.844 k cal g — 1 dry weight compared with 3.827 . |
| 12 | A following rocket then passed through the 50 km hole in the aurora and observed energetic electrons as they reached the denser atmosphere at the edges of the ‘ hole ’ . |
| 13 | Friendships become easier for young women in later adolescence as they develop a clearer sense of self identity . |
| 14 | Previous generations may also have felt a passing pang of regret as they allowed the younger generation to take their place , but they were not subjected to the pressure to stay young which affects men and women of forty or fifty today . |
| 15 | Library materials , as they include a wider range of formats and a greater proportion of locally produced items planned for the known needs of known students , can make a more varied contribution to student learning than hitherto ; individual study has an increasingly important role in contemporary education , and the new potential of library materials is therefore timely . |
| 16 | ‘ The seating on older buses is replaced to make it comfortable and the buses are easier for people to get on and off as they have a lower floor . ’ |
| 17 | The consequences of an inflexible retirement age fell particularly hard on women as they have a lower pension age . |
| 18 | This is illegal as they have a lower speed rating than the vehicle requires . |
| 19 | A longer time period is probably advantageous to the acquirer as it enables a better assessment of assets to be made and gives time for undisclosed liabilities to appear . |
| 20 | British radio works far closer to the texture of ordinary life than that , engaging as it does a deeper sympathy for a shared world of ordinary experience and a total lack of awe . |
| 21 | Up to the late 1950s this inflow of dollars was generally welcome as it relieved the earlier shortages . |
| 22 | Leonora gripped a rail with white-knuckled hands when the boat bucked as it met the wilder waters of the sound . |
| 23 | In addition , though wheat and triticale both contain around 13 per cent protein , that of triticale is better quality as it contains a larger share of lysine , an amino-acid that is relatively deficient in most cereal proteins . |
| 24 | This stretch is attractive at first , with Christ Church Meadow on one side and a cricket pitch on the other , but as it approaches the larger river the Cherwell divides into two channels separated by a flat overgrown island , deserted except for a row of college boathouses . |
| 25 | Crossley 's mouth dropped open as he saw the taller man pull a gun into view . |
| 26 | It came as he met a further batch of 20 Tory loyalists , sceptics and ditherers in his private office . |
| 27 | She looked at him again as he executed a slower turn , wobbling but upright . |
| 28 | And he had six people to work with who would n't waste time on stupid questions about the baby 's emotional welfare , who saw as clearly as he did the greater fascination in the sheaves of data they had already collected on the child since his birth . |
| 29 | His cheeks burned as he remembered the older man 's words . |