Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Binoculars will show quite a number of globulars , though in most cases only as tiny , blurred patches . |
| 2 | The complication has been that because last year 's trading profits were lower than expected we did n't have any taxable profits against which to claim back this A C T so as this would be the first year in which taxable profits would arise unless we 'd not been unless we 'd been able to find some other way of dealing with it the A C T which we pay would not have been recoverable till January ninety five . |
| 3 | Lower down , on the same tree , coal ties flickered in the branches , seemingly as happy upside down as right way up , constantly on the move , making it a challenge to spot that diagnostic blotch of white feathers on the nape . |
| 4 | KEN Follett 's NIGHT OVER WATER ( Pan £4.99 ) builds the tension nicely as diverse characters are thrown together at the outset of the second world war during a luxurious 30-hour flight across the Atlantic . |
| 5 | Whereas by a Transfer/Lease bearing even date herewith the property known as Seedy Towers was vested in the parties hereto as joint tenants for [ an estate in fee simple ] [ [ the residue of ] ] a term of [ 99 years from the ] Now it is hereby declared that the parties hereto hold the said property in trust for themselves [ as joint tenants in equal shares ] [ as tenants in common [ in equal shares ] [ in the proportion of one-third share for A B and two-third shares for C D ] ] Engross in duplicate for both parties to execute both parts , each to hold one part after completion . |
| 6 | YUGOSLAV jet fighters launched rocket attacks on villages in western Bosnia-Hercegovina yesterday as federal forces appeared to step up support for Serbian militiamen in the ethnic conflict convulsing the former Yugoslav republic . |
| 7 | However , the Panel will not allow an offeror to rely on a pre-condition indefinitely as this creates uncertainty in the market . |
| 8 | JOHN MAJOR sought to break the Cabinet deadlock over the pit closure programme yesterday as Conservative rebels piled pressure on ministers to save at least half the threatened collieries . |
| 9 | These are ancient divisions of the territory , recognized for centuries past as distinct pays , but you are unlikely to find them entered on a modern map , so I should apologize for introducing what will seem like obsolete names . |
| 10 | I kept the boost up as long as I could ; then , when I felt it start to go , relaxed , and went back to merely running fast for a while . |
| 11 | its really cold , yeah oh that was good , I enjoyed that she 's still there , she 's a Lance Corporal now as well and I must admit well I , I did n't think she 'd ev , she was always crying but I never thought she 'd actually do very well in the T A , did n't seem to have the get up and go about it but she obviously sorted herself out and got , Spambo Man they called me . |
| 12 | Now I 'd like to bring you back to Mr Williamson 's opening remarks in which he described the allocations of land for industry and all these other things that are tied in with industry now as generous , making generous allocations , and the Civic Society would like to see those allocations rather less generous , we are like trying to develop a climate of restraint when on the expansion of Harrogate and the rate at which people are encouraged or wish to come into the town . |
| 13 | If , for a moment , you could imagine next year 's Reading line-up then you would be looking at bands building momentum now as 1993 's potential headliners . |
| 14 | Board director Colin Hargrave , who joined Alexon 18 months ago as retail development director , has been made redundant along with trading director Nick Wastnage . |
| 15 | The group informally known as labyrinthodonts ( from their characteristic labyrinth-ridged teeth ) included some impressive animals almost as long as a man : perhaps the alligators of the time . |
| 16 | At the end of their first year of study , students may continue with two of their first-year subjects either as major and minor subjects or as joint subjects in the combined courses leading to the award of BA Hons Humanities Combined . |
| 17 | Students take three subjects in the first year and in subsequent years continue with two of these subjects either as joint or major/minor options for the honours degree . |
| 18 | I entered the woods just as three mortar explosions occurred in quick succession , somewhere in the trees a short distance away . |
| 19 | If , on the other hand , a child with a roughly similar basic disability is a cause for acute anxiety to the parents , who either make excessive demands or over-protect , and fail to make use of the available care and educational facilities , rapidly rejecting the child altogether as unrewarding and unmanageable , such a child might find low intelligence a severe handicap . |
| 20 | She did n't have to worry what happened from the waist down as this would be hidden by the table holding her notes . |
| 21 | Clozapine entered further trials just as other neuroleptics were found to produce catalepsy and the reversal of amphetamine effects in animals . |
| 22 | He reached the doorway to his cellars just as one of the trolls , with a lazy flick of one ham-sized hand , sent his axe whirling across the room . |
| 23 | It is usual to regard labour mobility generally as helpful in the context of economic efficiency and structural change , but it is important to examine the special role played by internal mobility . |
| 24 | Boyden and Handy arrived on the scene just as this was beginning to happen . |
| 25 | THE Princess of Wales maintained a dignified poise yesterday as renewed speculation about her marriage threatened to upset her visit with Prince Charles to South Korea . |
| 26 | He had never seen Nails before as other than a surly , rude boy , but now he was smiling and looked light-headed . |
| 27 | CONFIDENCE in Britain 's growing economic upturn suffered a slight dent today as official figures showed a fall in credit business in July . |
| 28 | Mrs Woolf presented the issue primarily as one of access to justice , explaining that incorporation would short-circuit the lengthy process of taking cases to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg [ which usually takes a minimum of five years ] . |
| 29 | Example 3:1 Limitation on liability of original tenant ( 1 ) in this clause " the original tenant " means the said … only and this clause applies to any period after the term hereby granted ceases to be vested in the original tenant ( 2 ) if and so often as the tenant fails to pay the rent or any other sum properly due under this lease or commits any breach of covenant known to the landlord then the landlord shall forthwith notify the original tenant of that fact ( 3 ) the landlord shall not be entitled to recover from the original tenant any arrears of rent or other sums payable under this lease where the rent or other sums claimed became due earlier than three months before the original tenant was notified under sub-clause ( 2 ) above ( 4 ) the original tenant shall not be liable for any arrears of rent or other sum falling due after the date upon which this lease is expressed to expire or any breach of covenant committed after that date Example 3:2 Limitation on liability of tenant ( 1 ) In this clause ( a ) " the original tenant " means only ( b ) " the original assignee " means a person to whom the original tenant lawfully assigns this lease ( 2 ) upon a lawful assignment of this lease by the original tenant the original tenant ( a ) shall be released from further personal liability for any breach of any of the tenant 's obligations under this lease occurring after the date of the assignment but ( b ) shall guarantee performance by the original assignee of those obligations until the expiry or other determination of the term or ( if sooner ) a lawful assignment of this lease by the original assignee Example 3:3 Restriction on landlord 's ability to sue original tenant at any time after the lawful assignment of this lease by [ name of original tenant ] the landlord shall not be entitled to enforce against him the tenant 's obligations under this lease unless the landlord shall have first ( 1 ) recovered judgment against all other persons against whom the landlord is or has become entitled to enforce those obligations either as principal or surety and ( 2 ) attempted to levy excution upon such judgment and upon payment by [ name of original tenant ] of any sum due under such judgment the landlord shall assign to him the benefit of it Example 3:4 Definition clause making tenant liable for rent during holding over period " the term " includes not only the term expressed to be granted by this lease but also any period after the date on which the term is expressed to expire during which the tenancy continues under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 Example 3:5 Clause making the tenant liable to pay rent and interim rent promptly to pay the rent reserved by this lease without any deduction or set-off and any rent substituted for it either as a result of a rent review under this lease or the agreement or determination of a rent payable by virtue of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , s24A |
| 30 | There are signs of cracks in the bonding however as bigger and better shops are being taken over by Pakistani families . |