Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] as [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Electric blue caterpillar long as my arm , coiled up around the reactor ! |
| 2 | ALAN SHEARER caught a worrying glimpse of the future yesterday as his return to The Dell degenerated into a bruising stalemate . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't — ’ she cried , shaking her head from side to side even as her body yearned towards his . |
| 4 | Last week the tour selectors picked the 6ft 5in 17st back-row forward as their first choice blind-side flanker for the opening Test against the All Blacks , even though he was originally picked as a No 8 . |
| 5 | We 've chosen the south coast again as our base for summer '90 — a paradise for both sun worshippers and night owls with its fantastic weather and abundance of night life . |
| 6 | So all we have to do is to tell the Governor-General of Canada to behave in relation to his local Parliament exactly as our monarch at home behaves in relation to her Parliament of the United Kingdom . ’ |
| 7 | Practise timing , always aiming to deliver your response just as your opponent is beginning his : this is a sure way to turn a half-point score into a full point . |
| 8 | Local UDA vigilantees used Ardeene Hall nightly as their base for patrol and watch duties in the district . |
| 9 | Fortunately , George V had worked well with his father and knew the nature of the current political trends , but he did not wield the same influence internationally as his esteemed father . |
| 10 | I/We , of , being a member/members of the above-named company , hereby appoint of , being a solicitor/registered foreign lawyer who is a member or officer of or who is working in the practice of either the Company or a recognised body which is a member of the Company at the time of the meeting or any adjournment thereof , or failing him , of , being a solicitor/registered foreign lawyer who is a member or officer of or who is working in the practice of either the Company or a recognised body which is a member of the Company at the time of the meeting or any adjournment thereof as my/our proxy to vote in my/our name[s] and on my/our behalf at the annual/extraordinary general meeting of the Company to be held on 19 , and at any adjournment thereof . |
| 11 | I/We , of , being a member/members of the above-named company , hereby appoint of , being a solicitor/registered foreign lawyer who is a member or officer of or who is working in the practice of either the Company or a recognised body which is a member of the Company at the time of the meeting or any adjournment thereof , or failing him , of , being a solicitor/registered foreign lawyer who is a member or officer of or who is working in the practice of either the Company or a recognised body which is a member of the Company at the time of the meeting or any adjournment thereof as my/our proxy to vote in my/our name[s] and on my/our behalf at the annual/extraordinary general meeting of the Company to be held on 19 , and at any adjournment thereof . |
| 12 | I/We , of , being a member/members of the above-named company , hereby appoint of , being a solicitor/registered foreign lawyer who is a member or officer of or who is working in the practice of either the Company or a recognised body which is a member of the Company at the time of the meeting or any adjournment thereof , or failing him , of , being a solicitor/registered foreign lawyer who is a member or officer of or who is working in the practice of either the Company or a recognised body which is a member of the Company at the time of the meeting or any adjournment thereof as my/our proxy to vote in my/our name[s] and on my/our behalf at the annual/extraordinary general meeting of the Company to be held on 19 , and at any adjournment thereof . |
| 13 | I/We , of , being a member/members of the above-named company , hereby appoint of , being a solicitor/registered foreign lawyer who is a member or officer of or who is working in the practice of either the Company or a recognised body which is a member of the Company at the time of the meeting or any adjournment thereof , or failing him , of , being a solicitor/registered foreign lawyer who is a member or officer of or who is working in the practice of either the Company or a recognised body which is a member of the Company at the time of the meeting or any adjournment thereof as my/our proxy to vote in my/our name[s] and on my/our behalf at the annual/extraordinary general meeting of the Company to be held on 19 , and at any adjournment thereof . |
| 14 | DEAN SAUNDERS provided the spark which launched Aston Villa 's title challenge into orbit yesterday as his incredible goal-scoring streak continued to light up the skies above Villa Park . |
| 15 | DISNEY shares went into freefall yesterday as its chairman made a £74 million killing on the stock market . |
| 16 | He was due to make a court appearance today as his lawyers fight extradition to Jersey . |
| 17 | Do n't choose aggressive , adrenaline-inducing activities but use exercise to activate the body fully as our nervous system and chemistry have primed our bodies for this purpose . |
| 18 | A TU154 weighs a third more and consumes half as much fuel again as its Western equivalent , the Boeing 727 . |
| 19 | Edinburgh Accies scrum-half Ian Maclean scrambles the ball away as his opposite number Mike Hall makes a despairing lunge as the champions lose out to David Sole 's men 15–21 at Meggetland in the league . |
| 20 | She timed this operation very carefully , applying the glue just as her father was getting up from the breakfast table . |
| 21 | TWO fishermen were rescued by the crew of another vessel yesterday as their boat began sinking five miles off Aberdeen . |
| 22 | Before she had time to recover from the shock of that remark , the phone rang , making her jump violently as her raw nerves reacted to the sudden sound . |
| 23 | She thought of the baby only as her last blunder in loving , a mistake leading her nearer to this dreadful woe . |
| 24 | Erm the questions you were asking just now were testing a possible implication that this policy is so weak in general , no no not weak , so general in its application that it really does n't get in the way , it 's testing that kind of hypothesis , and erm all I can say is from experience in North Yorkshire that , even without this policy since nineteen eighty , the county has been using its assertion of its need to protect the countryside generally as its policy position to stop things happening outside towns and villages and that with this policy in place we could see that a general position of the county maintained and then reinforced . |
| 25 | Even when Alexia , who remained a young woman even as her hair silvered , tried to point out the strengths of his pieces he mentally tuned out . |
| 26 | BUSY Wigan face more foreign raiders at Central Park today as their frantic season continues . |
| 27 | In the absence of this information , it is sound practice to make a secondary arrangement of key words ; they can not be left as they are above , for they make sense only as their interrelation is explicitly shown . |
| 28 | It illustrates again the tendency of creatures to rehearse their past history during their own individual development , for when it hatches , it swims above the sea floor just as its ancestors undoubtedly did . |
| 29 | I hope that the Party can use Marxism Today as its ‘ front door ’ , and as a major interface with the wider movement : MT has done more than anything else to build up the prestige of the CP , and that contribution should never be forgotten . |
| 30 | The snap punch ( a ) Advance your rear guard hand slightly as your front foot skims forwards … |