Example sentences of "in [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] as they " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suspect that [ the ] very absence of quality is what makes such stuff attractive to children , not just because it is easy to read , undemanding , untaxing , but because the simplistic plots and characters leave children free to embroider and enrich the stories in their own way as they read . |
| 2 | So neither the UK parent nor any of its wholly-owned subsidiaries qualify as small companies in their own right as they are members of an ineligible group . |
| 3 | However remote their political views remained from the rest of the electorate , the " Clyde group " remained as secure in their own area as they had ever been . |
| 4 | Moi , " he knew from his reading , was an Annamese term derived from the Chinese word for " savage , " and looking at the dark-skinned , low-browed men , he could see they were of a different racial stock from the Annamese ; they wore only breechclouts that left their haunches naked and they grinned and chattered animatedly in their own language as they moved quickly about their work . |
| 5 | And , oddly enough , there was a tightness in her own throat as they exchanged their promises of loving and cherishing and , in her case , of obedience . |
| 6 | But I was pleased that the World Bank said we had done as much in our first year as they did in their first 10 . ’ |