Example sentences of "just as [noun pl] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have identified a new bacteriophage , a viral organism that infects bacteria just as viruses infect human cells , which is associated with the syndrome . |
| 2 | Just as Pachystomias uses light waves invisible to its prey , many animals rely on sound waves to sense their surroundings , using wavelengths that others can not hear . |
| 3 | But just as speakers attach great importance to variation in the structural parts of language , so they must also attach great importance to change : if they did not , then there would be no reason why changes like this one should be accepted in speech communities . |
| 4 | Virtually all the Japanese martial arts use it as a means of producing extra power from within the body — just as weightlifters make great grunting and groaning noises when attempting a particularly heavy lift . |
| 5 | The goldsmiths employed by abbots and bishops as well as by kings embellished gospel covers by enclosing them in gold set with gems , just as scribes illuminated sacred texts in gold leaf . |
| 6 | Just as words represent concrete things in the world and the relationship between words in an utterance refers to a relationship between concrete things , so cultural artefacts refer back to the history of culture . |
| 7 | Just as computers overwrite out-of-date files on their disks , monks used to scrape useless manuscripts clean and recycle them . |