Example sentences of "as [art] [noun pl] [unc] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the teachers ' notes had to be available at least a fortnight in advance of the visit , some lack of precision was inevitable . |
| 2 | A large proportion of export earnings was required simply to service this borrowing and was not therefore being reinvested in the domestic manufacturing sector as the reformers ' plans envisaged . |
| 3 | IF Evander Holyfield 's fists prove as fast and slick as the promoters ' tongues have been these past few days , his world heavyweight title defence against Riddick Bowe tonight promises to be a masterpiece . |
| 4 | AS THE miners ' consortium running Monktonhall Colliery completed an eighth week without pay yesterday , it was discovered that a potential major investor was certain the pit was viable . |
| 5 | As the miners ' issue has developed , demands have been growing for Michael Heseltine 's resignation . |
| 6 | As the birds ' bellies glint , high above |
| 7 | As the women 's voices soared and broke into part-singing so that the phrase ‘ We sit down and weep ’ rang round and round the group , the hair prickled on the back of my neck . |
| 8 | As the women 's movement became increasingly central to purity campaigns before the First War , Home Office officials developed a range of tactics to stifle feminist pressure , from diplomatic stone-walling to outright misogyny . |
| 9 | Well you say that International Women 's Day has been going on for some time , but here in Britain what 's known as the Women 's Movement has been in operation now for about , what , twenty one/twenty two years , something like that . |
| 10 | She was fifteen , lithe , conscious of her own body and beautiful in her art , and all the while as the spectators ' enthusiasm grew her father watched her , drinking Jerez , nodding his head and smiling . |
| 11 | It misses the significance of the points : first , that the occasional engagement of trade unionism in the promotion of industrial co-operatives had been tactical and opportunistic , rather than principled ; and second , that Co-operation identified as the Consumers ' Movement had opposed any significant role for the industrial co-operative , properly so-called . |
| 12 | As the Patients ' Association noted , the Charter was an important step in enabling patients to speak up for themselves as individuals outside the organisational framework of DHAs acting as " champions of the people " and GPs as the patient 's agent . |
| 13 | ‘ Handsome is as handsome does , ’ snapped Matey , who as an ex-children 's nurse had a fund of such sayings . |