Example sentences of "as they [be] [verb] in [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Craft work ; women 's crafts as they are designated in different times and places , such as midwifery , sewing , cooking , undertaking , writing .
2 In addition , the clergy appear to have considerable difficulty in recognizing the transformation which theoretical positions on Christian belief and morality undergo as they are concretized in historical human relationships , doubtless also because of the strong essentialist bias in their perception of socio-ethical issues .
3 Whether from shame or fear of the all-pervasive Mukhabarat security police , people are reluctant to talk of the four civilians in Maan who were killed - they do not use the word ‘ martyred ’ as would Palestinians on the West Bank of the river — during the ‘ sorrowful events ’ as they are known in official parlance .
4 But emergencies could and did arise , as they were to arise in 1293–4 and 1323–4 .
5 We er yes , yes , we erm , one thing that did happen of course was that the area schools as they were called in those days became erm , described as modern schools
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