Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are there any features of the modern jury that can be explained only as historical survivals , which are out of place in modern society , or has the jury been so adapted that it is a truly modern institution ? ’ |
| 2 | In the mean time , the Forest administration was to be carried on as usual . |
| 3 | Habituation and sensitization — often grouped together as non-associative learning — can be seen as the first steps towards full-fledged memory , and are universal properties of all organisms with nervous systems . |
| 4 | All fruits that naturally grow as trees , even if trained by gardeners into ornamental shapes , are normally grouped together as top or tree fruits . |
| 5 | In a photoionization process , on the other hand , any energy from the incoming photon over and above that needed to ionize the molecule is carried away as kinetic energy of the electron ejected from the molecule ; conservation of linear momentum is generally accomplished by recoil of the ion formed . |
| 6 | Assuming she has lived in the house for her whole period of ownership and has never nominated elsewhere as main residence there is no question of a CGT liability when she sells . |
| 7 | More sinister changelings became channels for daemons which walked the land in those host bodies , twisting and melting their anatomy into devilish monstrosities with scales and horns , claws and feelers — until the possessed bodies finally fell apart , until the vestiges of corrupted mind were sucked away as spirit-meat for those parasites from outside of normality . |
| 8 | Indexing of the whole package was carried out as usual , with the classification group meeting the writers to discuss each item in turn to ensure consistency of language , and to locate mistakes and contradictions . |
| 9 | Ramey , on the other hand , is not as well caught here as usual . |
| 10 | It is modified continuously as external data is received and transformed into information . |
| 11 | COMMERCIAL air links with Libya are to be severed today as United Nations sanctions against Col Gaddafi 's refusal to hand over two men suspected of involvement in the Lockerbie bombing come into force . |
| 12 | In fact the abolition of quotas seems to have cost Brazil about $1 billion in lost revenues — though this is difficult to judge , because Brazilian production also dropped precipitously as poor weather , soil conditions and falling world prices cut output in marginal areas . |
| 13 | They made a gallant array next morning as they marched off from the Burgh Muir in great companies , cavalry and infantry , banners and standards waving , heraldic surcoats colourful , armour glinting in the early morning sunlight , trumpets blowing ; but Ramsay reminded himself that Mar 's army had looked fully as fine and had marched only to disaster . |
| 14 | ‘ Some current proposals seem designed primarily as job-creation schemes for lawyers who would oust editors from their proper task of ensuring that the Code is observed . ’ |
| 15 | To manage education through a partnership requires that those who are untrained and whose views and reactions are unpredictable must be treated nevertheless as full contributors rather than as nominal collaborators . |
| 16 | One of the factors listed above as important in discourse type recognition is physical form . |
| 17 | Certainly , attempts to read the poem at a wholly symbolic level with the violence being explained away as allegorical representations of abstract moral conflicts ignore the great deal of interest the poem shows in history , particularly Spenser 's contemporary history . |
| 18 | For elders with histories of secure attachments , a diminished capacity to desire new attachments may be accepted sagely as age-appropriate — or feared and rejected as an unwelcome sign of old age and impending death . |
| 19 | The original geological maps , which will be described in more detail below , were prepared only as single-copy manuscripts , making access for researchers outside Edinburgh more difficult , and leading to an unintentional positive discrimination in favour of locally-based students . |
| 20 | Unfortunately they may also prove a hindrance if BSL is presented only as manual English , through the tutor 's adherence to English or through the other necessity of providing English syntax for deaf people one is in contact with , since ‘ it will help their English ’ . |
| 21 | The news that the ill may face an inflation-busting increase for the second year running was revealed yesterday as carefree Mr Lamont continued to holiday in Italy . |
| 22 | I fancy , however , in future years , and even if the proposed line should now be hung up as long as the proposed act lasts , the neighbourhood may regret that they let the matter be arranged without any criticism from the locality from which the Act takes its name , for which there is now just time . |
| 23 | It is intended that these principles are not seen purely as constrictive rules , but as a guide to promote the positive development of Scottish rock climbing to ensure that sports climbing , rather than becoming a substitute for the traditional climbing , grows alongside it . |
| 24 | In the ring the drivers and their horses must look as smart and well turned out as possible … but technique is essential too … |
| 25 | Moreover , it is likely that , in many tribal societies , this ability of women to bleed and not die was not seen simply as negative . |
| 26 | Work towards modules can be done abroad as long as appropriate assessment evidence is produced and students are registered with an approved SCOTVEC centre ; this is useful for students on exchange visits . |
| 27 | In the end , the rising should probably be seen primarily as religious and political in character , although certain sectors of it , notably those in Westmorland and Craven , were concerned with such agrarian matters as enclosures and the rate of entry fines . |
| 28 | The situation can be seen either as successive waves of colonists from old established centres filling in the landscape with daughter settlements , or as a scatter of settlements , some of which develop while others remain unaltered . |
| 29 | The agreements on protecting the ozone layer are often pushed forward as pioneering achievements which will ease the way to an atmospheric convention and protocols dealing with carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases . |
| 30 | The use of ECUs for repayment of intervention borrowings by a member country was also made easier as long as the creditor country ( i.e. the country providing the currency which was needed for foreign exchange support operations ) did not develop an unbalanced composition of reserves . |