Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | But all of them are individuals — with hopes , needs , desires , feelings of pain or pleasure just as the rest of us have . |
| 2 | Apart from a general limitation relating to development which ‘ requires or involves the formation , laying out or material widening of a means of access to an existing highway which is a trunk or classified road or creates an obstruction to the view of persons using any highway by vehicular traffic at or near any bend , corner , junction or intersection so as to be likely to cause danger to such persons , particular conditions are also laid down for each of the different classes of development listed . |
| 3 | These differences influenced success or failure just as they did in earlier state-making attempts , especially through their effect upon economic growth , which not only provides resources for extending the state apparatus and developing national education , but is also a major factor in conferring legitimacy upon the regime . |
| 4 | " The following elements should be considered as a basis for the decision-making process : the rule of consensus in defining general guidelines , [ and ] in this context , non-participation or abstention so as not to interfere with unanimity ; the possibility of recourse to qualified-majority voting for the implementation of agreed policies . " |
| 5 | Thus there is some feeling in higher education that courses which involve languages or computing merely as skills are not proper ‘ subjects ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ being a person on foot ’ Means walking or running etc. as opposed to being carried in or on a vehicle or riding a horse etc . |
| 7 | I remember that night well as the evil we had to face gathered and drew closer . |
| 8 | I remember that morning vividly as I was so nervous and had n't been able to sleep much the night before . |
| 9 | Speech and communal peace represent life and unity just as eating and individual desire represent death and division . |
| 10 | The role of the organiser is vital in providing careful preparation and support so as to ensure that identifiable outcomes result from the placement . |
| 11 | Organizations need to be able to attribute credit and responsibility just as historians do . |
| 12 | Already in The Black Riders , though , he has begun to grow up and Violet Needham has begun to equip him for the role of teacher and mentor even as he is still meeting the challenge of danger with the eager opportunism of a boy . |
| 13 | This would ensure communication and co-ordination horizontally as well as vertically . |
| 14 | The SEC has acknowledged the need to encourage legitimate information gathering and dissemination so as to promote the efficient operation of the nation 's securities markets . |
| 15 | The origins of this view probably came from within the Board of Education under Morant who , together with his assistants , desired to bridge the gap between education and industry so as to create a ‘ balanced culture for the masses ’ with the schools providing pupils with ‘ meaning for the work they did with their hands ’ . |
| 16 | The advance learning unit is open for them to stay on after school and study there as well , and it 's also open for all sorts of activities every night of the week . |
| 17 | Older Marxist criminologies ( notably Bonger 's ) saw the link between economic conditions and crime precisely as lying in the culture of egoism which was stimulated by economic advance under capitalism ( Bonger , 1916 ) . |
| 18 | Within which , behind which , a multitude of lights lurked faintly , intrinsically bright lights filtered by obsidian and vitrodur so as to resemble a swarm of phosphorescent creatures seen mutedly afar in some great oceanic abysmal valley that was deep and very long and very wide … |
| 19 | In the bees and the higher Diptera only the indirect muscles of the mesothorax generate the power needed for flight ; the metathoracic indirect muscles are capable only of tonic contraction and act so as to control the amount of power transmitted from the mesothorax to the metathorax . |
| 20 | Bike and boy now as one — gather up the lanes like a noisy sewing-machine |
| 21 | While it would be quite wrong to use this as a justification for the existence of certain exceptionally laborious jobs , it is also quite wrong to regard stress , tedium and alienation simply as the result of advanced technology and modern capitalism and to hope with the Marxist that by changing certain structures we can achieve some Utopia . |
| 22 | Figure 7.1 Conceptual structure of a geographical information system : maps of various features are converted to a common scale and projection so as to allow the identification of regions that satisfy particular requirements . |
| 23 | The Legal Aid Act 1979 , extended the scope of legal advice and assistance so as to include within the ambit of the scheme , ‘ assistance by way of representation ’ ( ABWOR ) at certain designated proceedings . |
| 24 | At once , the waiters began to reorganise the tables so that as many as possible could sit under the parasols and to hurry away the unused cushions and linen so as not to let them be soaked . |
| 25 | Something new was developing in the 19th century , argues the historian Albert Hourani , something ‘ created by the vast expansion of the European mind and imagination so as to appropriate all existing things . ’ |
| 26 | This research aims to open up Ortega 's multi-faceted life and character so as to reveal his philosophical innovations and sociological contributions . |
| 27 | He turned to look into the valley , saw the helicopter break its position and race away as soon as he was safe . |
| 28 | There the black slaves , no matter how angry or unhappy they felt , as soon as a white man approached began to shuffle and smile so as to look harmless and contented . |
| 29 | He would be surrounded by his family and court just as Henry VIII might have been . |
| 30 | It is suggested that copies ( or duplicates ) be held by both husband and wife so as to evidence the extent of their respective interests . |