Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] [vb -s] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , as Ketamine lacks the euphoric and social properties that led o the widespread use of MDMA , the drug is likely to disappear as suddenly as it seems to have emerged . |
| 2 | And Joanna 's bones have strengthened naturally as she has grown older . |
| 3 | In the world of an inside ethnography as Favret-Saada identifies , ‘ one is never able to choose between subjectivism and the objective method as it was taught ’ ( ibid. 23 ) , so long as one wishes to find out answers which , in traditional ethnography , are often missing from the finite corpus of empirical observation . |
| 4 | Apart from resleeving the cylinders around three decades ago , it has continued to function satisfactorily for as long as anyone cares to remember ! |
| 5 | A spokesman said the seven Kurds released from Haslar detention centre , near Gosport , Hampshire , and all 18 from Gloucester Prison were given temporary admission ‘ for as long as it takes to assess their cases ’ . |
| 6 | With its inflation still rising , the country on the verge of a perilous wage-price spiral and public finances deeply in the red , the Bundesbank has made it clear that it will keep the German economy locked in a vice of high interest rates for as long as it takes to squeeze out inflation . |
| 7 | He said that was last Friday , oh I said I was filling my timesheet in and my expense sheet , not that long , I said well it takes as long as it takes do n't it ? |
| 8 | The heating is switched on only for as long as it takes to dry the washing . |
| 9 | There 's also a guy called Ron Tyson who collects every magazine article ever written about Hendrix … so long as it 's got Hendrix on the front cover . |
| 10 | I do n't care if it 's a rubbish route so long as it 's got an E-number . |
| 11 | What rhino likes is fucking and killing , killing and fucking ; he is n't at all fussy which end he fucks , so long as he gets to fuck . |
| 12 | He can continue to shoot so long as he keeps hitting , up to a maximum of 6 shots per turn . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , so long as he does know about it that 's all that matters . |
| 14 | Some might worry that he is allowing the Californians to influence him too much , but I ca n't help feeling that so long as he manages to stay on his horse he remains the best sort of Englishman aborad . |
| 15 | Anyone who gives him a flak jacket ( that is , consent ) may take it back , but the doctor only needs one and so long as he continues to have one he has the legal right to proceed . |
| 16 | He would be the first name on my team sheet for as long as he continues to keep fit . |
| 17 | Check that you have the positioning right and encourage your baby to feed for as often and long as he wants to stimulate the flow . |
| 18 | ( 4 ) An applicant shall not be treated as having failed to comply with subsection ( 2 ) ( b ) above if the notice is , without any fault or intention of his , removed , obscured or defaced before the first day of the meeting of the board at which the application is to be considered , so long as he has taken reasonable steps for its protection and , if need be , replacement . |
| 19 | Under the STV a candidate must compete not only with political opponents but also with candidates of his own party , and compete in a popularity contest which , commencing with his first election campaign , will have to last without remission for as long as he wishes to hold his seat . |
| 20 | This leads me to analyse political behaviour , especially as it relates to conflict . |
| 21 | The control room , although just workable , is very cramped ( especially as it has had to take on committee work ) . |
| 22 | They also object on the grounds that , while Sotheby 's disclaims any ownership interest in the treasure and was merely the agent for Lord Northampton , they are by no means convinced that this is the case , especially as it has come to light during the discovery process that the former chairman of Sotheby 's , the late Peter Wilson , played the leading role in the treasure 's acquisition and had a share in its value , inherited by his sons , Thomas and Philip . |
| 23 | Earthscan should be congratulated for its initiative , especially as it has managed to produce readable technical material . |
| 24 | I know this will be unpopular especially as he has won the League but I just feel he does n't handle ALL his players well . |
| 25 | If you send a compressed ZIP file down the wire , V42bis will actually slow things down as it struggles to compress the incompressible |
| 26 | Pulling power may be slightly down as it Deems to fall off quickly against head winds or uphill gradients , when running constant changing up and down with overdrive even on the level . |
| 27 | Confronted with his certainty so much stronger than her own , disorientation and alienation defusing lack of desire , she gives in as she has done before . |
| 28 | The chariot itself may attack only as it charges causing D6 hits plus +1 per scythe if scythes are fitted on the model . |
| 29 | It can take just as much fortitude to go it alone as it does to keep up a public front . |
| 30 | Not as it 's played today though . |