Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite this , however , he was treated with some suspicion by Parliament , who restricted his ability to raise taxes to pay for army or navy forces , so he turned to Louis XIV of France , who secretly made funds available so as to improve the failing status of the Roman Catholic Church in England , where the Church of England virtually excluded all ‘ dissenters ’ , which included Roman Catholics . |
| 2 | She reached the other side unscathed just as the man gave a grunt of triumph and twisted his victim 's hand behind her back , wrenching what looked like a purse out of her hand . |
| 3 | Keep a mop handy too as this can be messy ! |
| 4 | Keep a mop handy too as this can get messy ! |
| 5 | The air whipped at me , little gusts of drizzle stinging slightly as I hit them . |
| 6 | Right , next one is poison must get a move on cos we 're running a bit late so as we 're going to poisons later I 'll just go on to say here that there 's four ways poisons can get into the body . |
| 7 | ‘ Maybe we should breed men an inch high so as to live a million years . ’ |
| 8 | He hesitated , his anger subsiding quickly as it always did , and leaving him feeling exhausted . |
| 9 | Practice — Discovery — Privilege against self-incrimination — Action for damages for fraud and breach of trust — Plaintiffs obtaining order requiring defendants to disclose information and documents — Proviso prohibiting use of information in criminal proceedings — Defendants claiming privilege against self-incrimination — Whether proviso effective to protect defendants — Whether plaintiffs ' claim proprietary so as to defeat claim to privilege — Whether claim for infringement of rights pertaining to commercial information — Supreme Court Act 1981 ( c. 54 ) , s. 72 |
| 10 | Then it ran , dodging between sandy hillocks , black-tipped tail undulating behind as it attempted to escape the constant buzzing of irate birds . |
| 11 | The delay , such as it was , was not unjustifiable ; the chances of prejudice were remote ; the degree of potential prejudice was small ; the powers of the judge and the trial process itself would have provided ample protection for the respondent ; there was no danger of the trial being unfair ; in any event the case was in no sense exceptional so as to justify the ruling . |
| 12 | The delay , such as it was , was not unjustifiable ; the chances of prejudice were remote ; the degree of potential prejudice was small ; the powers of the judge and the trial process itself would have provided ample protection for the respondent ; there was no danger of the trial being unfair ; in any event the case was in no sense exceptional so as to justify the ruling . |
| 13 | THE battered franc steadied yesterday as French and German central bank support held currency speculators at bay . |
| 14 | THE big guns came out firing blanks again at the US Open yesterday as the upset epidemic claimed world number one Jim Courier and three-times Wimbledon champion Boris Becker . |
| 15 | THE leading yachts on the second leg of the Whitbread Round the World Race were almost in line abreast yesterday as they approached the finish at Fremantle . |
| 16 | THE leading yachts on the second leg of the Whitbread Round the World Race were almost in line abreast yesterday as they approached the finish here . |
| 17 | There is a clear emphasis upon promoting the choice of individuals in influencing the type of care they receive , providing care outside institutions if at all possible and limiting the amount of care available so as not to foster dependence . |
| 18 | There 's archery on-site too as well as a simulated parachute jump . |