Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | But instead of attempting to place any one of them in opposition to the others as the key feature , it integrates them all as being the expressions of the basic contradiction of capitalism , that is , the striving continually to expand production , and in particular the production of surplus-value , as opposed to the relatively restricted consuming power of the population . |
| 2 | The Prince has gone to Brussels , and he wants you there as well . ’ |
| 3 | She is a writer and loves it just as it is . |
| 4 | This seems to be because of the small size of the owl in relation to its prey , so that it can not swallow the prey whole but tears it up as do the diurnal raptors ( see Appendix for details of little owl biology ) . |
| 5 | The offer is made when the proprietor of the machine holds it out as being ready to receive the money . |
| 6 | Kevin Phillips ' snarl says it all as he leads the Neath tribe 's celebrations after winning the 1990 Schweppes Cup Final . |
| 7 | Marwick , like McGregor , looks at legislative change in the period , and describes it generally as both liberal and ‘ civilising ’ . |
| 8 | This is one hell of a river — it sucks me under then spits me out as I hurtle downstream . |
| 9 | There are the twins Presley and Haley Stray , and the surname plainly marks them out as abandoned waifs , far removed from parental care . |
| 10 | Pleasure interests him only as long as its quickening of local awareness contributes to his overall awareness . |
| 11 | You may hear the word ‘ football ’ pronounced as , but your brain recognises the word as made up of ‘ foot ’ and ‘ ball ’ and interprets it phonologically as . |
| 12 | This not only opens up what is going on , but takes us forward as well . |
| 13 | He regards them not as belonging to a particular branch , but to the Area ; hence , ‘ transfer ’ has been erased from the Dictionary . |
| 14 | The Floridante Overture nearly throws him off as he takes the corners with no evidence of concern for his own safety , but the overall effect is thrilling as he leads us on an absorbing and unexpected journey with an orchestra and cast consisting , in the main , of unknown and unpronounceable Hungarians . |
| 15 | However , their daily search for food takes them on journeys requiring considerable navigation skills , and their time sense helps them here as well . |
| 16 | he sometimes comes in and helps me out as well so very first class chap if you know anybody that needs a good headline writer Jack 's your man |
| 17 | Rolle expresses it metaphorically as speech becomes song . |
| 18 | Right Said Fred singer Fred Fairbrass points it out as he meets up with ex-Brookside star Annie Miles . |
| 19 | PAKISTAN 'S deadly pace duo , Waqar Younis ( left ) and Wasim Akram , hail victory at the Oval while ( below ) England 's batting hero Robin Smith sits it out as his team mates fall apart . |
| 20 | ‘ Life asks both , but the novel sets them up as opposed . ’ |
| 21 | Where inherently slow processes are involved , LIFESPAN automatically sets them up as background activities and employs a mail system for informing users when they have been completed . |
| 22 | This puts them off as they are afraid of making fools of themselves . ’ |
| 23 | Paragraph ( a ) is by way of restatement of the common law ; paragraph ( b ) extends it so as to make the disposition conversion even if it does not confer a good title on the disponee . |
| 24 | Prominence is the related psychological notion : Halliday defines it simply as " the general name for the phenomenon of linguistic highlighting , whereby some linguistic feature stands out in some way " . " |
| 25 | According to this definition , time has no substantive existence but is a mental concept or means of measurement — a point of view that strikes us today as being remarkably modern . |
| 26 | If this strikes us today as quaint , peculiar in its literalness , we have to remember that he was addressing , through his parents , a nation that prized practicality . |
| 27 | We need to plan our leisure so that it is creative and recharges us mentally as well as physically . |
| 28 | A police officer escorts them out as the verdicts are confirmed . |
| 29 | Blocks them off as well yeah , and it comes up one channel in use when they cleared out card down , it clears the card so you can take it out I do n't , they come down three channels in use , two channels in use , one channel in use . |
| 30 | Rather like the children we were discussing earlier in this chapter it is possible to meet elderly people who have achieved a serenity of understanding and/or faith that supports them utterly as they develop the skill of coming towards the end of their life . |