Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] as [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detailed documents may be produced and these will need summarising so as to be usable in the later stages of planning and prioritising . |
| 2 | Pin the lining to the pelmet with wrong sides facing , turning in the allowance after snipping and notching out as on the pelmet fabric ( fig.41 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ There has been absolutely no discussion going on as to how many Liberal Democrat bottoms will sit in the back of how many government Daimlers , ’ he said . |
| 4 | There was much discussion still going on as to the final score with team ‘ A ’ credited with 16 points and team B either with 7 or 11 . |
| 5 | Yes , I think that 's true , but at the same time there is a debate going on as to whether in fact there 's more violence now than there used to be , some people say there is more violence , other people say that , that erm that 's not the case . |
| 6 | The back fist unrolls from the shoulder , propelled as much by the body turning away as by the arm action itself . |
| 7 | The solo madrigals lean now toward declamatory monody , now toward coloratura song , often fusing both as in ‘ Amarilli ’ , and in his preface Caccini has much to say about the types of graces — trilli and gruppi-which can heighten expressiveness . |
| 8 | Since the universe would already be expanding just as in the hot big bang model , the repulsive effective of this cosmological constant would therefore have made the universe expand at an ever-increasing rate . |
| 9 | Rumours were flying around as to how the fire started . |
| 10 | But the anterior of many other dinosaurs was aligned alongside and parallel to the posterior bone ( the ischium ) , instead of pointing forwards as with the saurischians . |
| 11 | The arrangement of the room should be as efficient and convenient for several people moving about as for one person sitting reading . |
| 12 | Privatisation is spreading there as in Britain . |
| 13 | They can split on impact with the high twist yarns of ripstop nylon , and are really intended for sewing knitting fabrics where the ball forces the yarn apart , stretching and borrowing yarn from adjacent loops in the fabric without cutting through as with the normal pointed needle . |
| 14 | As in many parts of Europe the farmers were carrying on as in the past but economic changes in the country were making them more vulnerable . |
| 15 | She could tell at once that he knew who her caller had been and , from his expression , that his intelligence was working overtime as to why the head of the Massingham empire should ring her personally . |
| 16 | About four years after completing my work with lead poisoning I became a lecturer in medical genetics , working part-time as by then I had two young children . |