Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | It consists of Newton 's laws of motion plus his law of gravitation , the latter asserting that all pairs of bodies in the universe attract each other with a force that varies inversely as the square of their separation . |
| 2 | For instance , the claim , ‘ All pairs of bodies attract each other with a force that varies inversely as the square of their separation ’ , is more falsifiable than the claim , ‘ The planets in the solar system attract each other with a force that varies inversely as the square of their separation ’ . |
| 3 | For instance , the claim , ‘ All pairs of bodies attract each other with a force that varies inversely as the square of their separation ’ , is more falsifiable than the claim , ‘ The planets in the solar system attract each other with a force that varies inversely as the square of their separation ’ . |
| 4 | As for er as for departures , a strategic context in terms of a structure plan policy erm that allows for major exceptions will must surely assist in in considering any application that comes forward as a as a departure under under . |
| 5 | ALLERTHORPE HALL has always stood apart and important on the flat plain beside the Roman road that runs straight as a die from Borough Bridge to Catterick , and on the bendiest of bends in the River Swale . |
| 6 | The individual gives to the group as an undifferentiated whole , and receives only as a member of a larger group . |
| 7 | He notes that Mackie compares values to colours , and describes both as things which are normally thought of as existing independently ( and which conceivably might have done so ) but which a reasonable scientific view of the world exhibits as not really there . |
| 8 | Failure to act may be due to reactive inhibition which results from pain or fatigue and acts either as a barrier to repetition of the act or as a drive strengthening any activity associated with its reduction , such as rest ( Rivers 1964 pp 171–2 ) . |
| 9 | Railway : The train to Salzburg takes an hour and a half and costs approx AS 270 ; alternatively Innsbruck takes two hours and costs approx AS 370 . |
| 10 | Railway : The train to Salzburg takes an hour and a half and costs approx AS 270 ; alternatively Innsbruck takes two hours and costs approx AS 370 . |
| 11 | The former exists throughout the process of perception ; the latter , however , has no existence before being conceived by the mind , and exists only as a conclusion which arises as a result of , after , the mental operation of inferring that the state of affairs it describes is true . |
| 12 | The fee will come from a charge on each ton of waste going into the landfill , and rises steeply as the tonnage increases . |
| 13 | In some countries the percentage tax paid on the first slice of taxable income is quite low , say 15 per cent , and rises steadily as income rises . |
| 14 | Amid an uneasy calm , Cambodian cultural life is gradually being resurrected : Phnom Penh University has graduated its first class in more than two decades , and Mr Ouk Chea , an archaeologist , has been named Director of Cambodia 's re-formed Department for the Conservation of Historic Monuments and serves also as head of the decimated State Museums . |
| 15 | However that may be , it is a sturdy example of a defensive town house of the period , and serves today as a repository for souvenirs of the queen ( some of dubious authenticity ) , including a replica of her death mask , the Communion plate she used on the morning of her execution , and her royal seal . |
| 16 | In recent time it has been thoroughly renovated with its style respected and conserved — and serves still as a place of shelter and of refreshment for travellers . |
| 17 | With eyes fixed on me as if I was hypnotisin' him , he takes the papermate out of the tray and moves away as if I might bite . |
| 18 | The younger man grunts and moves forward as if to stop him . |
| 19 | The XJ speeds north over the road-bridge , no lights or siren on but we clip along and it 's the smoothest fucking motorway journey I 've ever had ; just a total hassle-free zone creaming along around the ton with no worries about unmarked police cars and hoo-wee the traffic in front of us just fucking evaporates ; man , just brakes ( and wobbles sometimes as the guy probably gets the cold sweats and the wo-where'd-my-stomach-go ? feeling ) , swings meekly left and brakes again ; you 've never seen a beefy BMW 5-series duck in so fast in your life ; might as well all be driving 2CVs . |
| 20 | But even Josephus contradicts himself and declares almost as an afterthought , that there were Essenes who married . |
| 21 | Fortnightly [ Review ] hashed up ’ ; the third was a minister who ‘ dresses himself as much as a Church … parson as possible , as much as possible copies the ritual of the Establishment , and poses almost as a full-blown priest ’ . |
| 22 | As a preventative , anti-stress technique , self-massage sets you up perfectly for the day ahead — and works brilliantly as an end-of-day treat . |
| 23 | However , he is quickly conquered by Tamburlaine 's rhetoric and comes across as a weak and easily influenced man , not to say disloyal to King Mycetes . |
| 24 | Culture for Simmel is not constituted by the material world in itself , but exists only as a process of the subject 's becoming . |
| 25 | Mauritius , a former colony of both Britain and France , has had periods of emergency rule , but qualifies today as a multiparty , parliamentary democracy . |
| 26 | All observers agree that here know does not express the mere awareness of a fact , but functions rather as a verb of perception ( Jespersen 1940 : 282 ; van Ek 1966 : 104 ; Palmer 1988 : 200 ) ; that is to say , here I have known means " I have actually experienced , seen , or heard " ( cf. |
| 27 | A conveyance to an infant does not vest the legal estate in him , but operates only as an agreement to execute a settlement in his favour . |