Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the past few decades , the world 's demand for tin has fallen dramatically as packagers have reduced the thickness of the metal in tinplate or have turned to other materials for their containers , aluminium for instance . |
| 2 | Even if the economics of bulk sales improve — Chemical reckons that the bulk-discount has fallen sharply as the property market has revived — Citicorp considers it worth sticking with property in order to help create a liquid market in it . |
| 3 | I think one of the justifiable criticisms of Radio 3 — though not of my predecessor — is that it has come across as being too much about itself . |
| 4 | When we turn to trade in services it is no surprise to find that the UK 's net income from financial services has grown dramatically as the City 's banking and financial business has grown . |
| 5 | Either it was created in its present form , or it has endured forever as it is today . |
| 6 | In West Africa , the savannah-dwelling blackfly which transmits the worm causing river blindness has expanded southwards as forests are cleared in Liberia , Ghana and the Côte d'Ivoire . |
| 7 | Oscar Orbos has done well as Mrs Aquino 's aide , but at 40 may be too young for the big job . |
| 8 | If the petitioner has received any payment from the debtor since the petition was presented or the debtor has entered into an arrangement with the petitioner for the securing or compounding of the debt , the affidavit must state what dispositions of property the debtor has made so as to pay the debt or secure or compound for it , whether any property disposed of was the property of the debtor himself or some other person , and if the property was that of the debtor himself , whether the disposition was made with the approval of the court ( r 6.32(2) ) . |
| 9 | My poor mother has slept alone as long as I can remember . ’ |
| 10 | Well , the studies that I 've been involved in , the computer has performed certainly as well as a consultant , and at times much better than a junior doctor in the particular situation that I 'm talking about . |
| 11 | Dr Seamus McAleer , one of six consultants using the unit , explains : ‘ The number of patients being treated by chemotherapy has increased steadily as new and better drugs have become available . |
| 12 | Dr Seamus McAleer , one of six consultants using the unit , explains : ‘ The number of patients being treated by chemotherapy has increased steadily as new and better drugs have become available . |
| 13 | Unless a player is totally without imagination , then he can not fail to be aware of what has gone before as he makes his pilgrimage round Augusta . |
| 14 | The same is not so true of 22mm to ¾in and 28mm to lin where the pipe size has changed slightly as well and you may need to use special types of adaptor fitting . |
| 15 | From the end of World War II to the early 1970s there was virtually full employment in developed countries , but in the last ten years the position has changed considerably as shown in fig. 1.11 . |
| 16 | There have been scientific developments , of course , in chemistry , but perhaps it 's seen now as being more important in the context of the contribution it 's making to other important areas such as biology , environmental science and so forth . |
| 17 | It 's unfortunate your big end 's gone just as we 've run out of lanolin , will axle grease do ? |