Example sentences of "[adv] as a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each haustorium penetrates the host tissue and through this ‘ living bridge ’ draws water and nutrients , much as a mammalian fetus draws its nourishment from the placental connections embedded in the wall of the womb . |
| 2 | With this purchase came the inevitable decision to ‘ get rid of the horses so long as a comfortable place could be found ’ . |
| 3 | Vauxhall 's Nova 1.5TD , for instance , is a fast , frugal hatchback with an Isuzu turbodiesel which when properly maintained should last as long as a naturally-aspirated engine . |
| 4 | The average working week of housewiv es in this sample is seventy-seven hours — almost twice as long as an industrial working week of forty hours . |
| 5 | The Netherlands allows the centre to carry on supporting , preparatory or auxiliary activities , which is more flexible , at least in principle , and the centre can take on commercial risks so long as an increased mark-up is agreed . |
| 6 | Of course , this does not rule out the use of naturalistic facts so long as an objective notion of validity is employed — the validity of inductive inference could turn on features of the context in which it is carried out , or the perceptual apparatus of the reasoner . |
| 7 | Somewhere lay the sound of singing — I say lay for the voice seemed to float on the waters as gently as a slight mist . |
| 8 | You guys are gon na sponsor this but it will bring the the trade buying price , not the retail because that 's there is n't there 's no such thing in in as a retail price for that sort of industry . |
| 9 | MEN-HUNGRY Californians are flocking to enrol in special aerobics classes set up to beat flabby backsides — after a survey showed that many guys rated a pert behind as highly as a pretty face . |
| 10 | The colours and shapes were intensified by the sun 's last strong rays so that the ruins of the abbey looked unreal , a golden fantasy against the blue of the sea , and the dry grass gleamed as richly as a lush water meadow . |
| 11 | Since there are many possible adaptive forms , the patterns of development can be represented as a tree in which many lines branch out in different directions from the same starting point , not as a linear scale . |
| 12 | The diet industry ( via the media ) sells the myth that a new body shape can be obtained as easily as a new haircut , provided you can afford their products and endure prolonged starvation . |
| 13 | PETER SCUDAMORE , who breaks records as easily as a psychotic disc jockey , was at it again yesterday , shattering his own mark for the fastest 50 winners by a National Hunt jockey when he rode In-Keeping to an easy victory at Wincanton . |
| 14 | It came away as easily as a dead treebranch . |
| 15 | It is important that the school library 's microcomputer will be seen as a whole-school resource and not just as a mechanical tool for improving the efficiency of the school library . |
| 16 | Erm we we have actually got data to prove that actually as well in our phase one surveys er so it 's not just as a general statement . |
| 17 | The ‘ distrustful fellow ’ of the past is present , and not just as a commemorative item . |
| 18 | ‘ I feel I 'll score goals anywhere in any system and not just as a forward player getting on the end of anything knocked long . |
| 19 | In their writing , Froebel , Pestalozzi , Edgeworth , the Macmillans and Susan Isaacs reiterate basic principles for effective learning , all of which involve the child as an active learner not just as a passive receptacle ( Curtis 1986 , Ch. 2 ) . |
| 20 | Nigel Terry plays him most intelligently , not just as a mercenary hit-man but as a soft-spoken scholar obsessed by mortality . |
| 21 | Its renewal is absolutely essential , not just as a clear message to the terrorists but as a vital part of our ability to safeguard the lives of our citizens . |
| 22 | Largely as a result of Wedd 's enthusiasm , I found myself becoming irresistibly attracted to the Scots pine — the solitary tree as well as the clump — not just as a potential ley mark point , but as something in its own right , I was not alone : legend seems to confirm the special nature of the pine . |
| 23 | I am convinced , however , that language teachers coming from abroad to work in the UK should be seen as something positive and not just as a stop-gap measure to alleviate a national shortage . |
| 24 | But the greater professionalism of the top search consultants and their measurable success in the business by the 1980s has influenced a significant number of clients to go beyond a basically negative attitude ; and in the words of one regular user of search , to see headhunting not just as a convenient time and money saver , but as an objective , imaginative , innovative , creative and even indispensable management tool . |
| 25 | The to infinitive here asserts an occurrence not just as an attested fact but as a significant fact , something which tells one about the character of the subject . |
| 26 | This chapter will discuss the usefulness of the graph-search approach , not just as an analytical tool to be used after the fact , but also as a practical tool to be used in the development of a speech understanding system . |
| 27 | Eliot that ‘ to divert interest from the poet to the poetry is a laudable aim ’ ( 1972 : 22 ) , but that agreement is expressed in their work as a theoretical system and not just as an intellectual preference . |
| 28 | Long-term debts of around £150,000 continue to finger the back of the club 's neck as unpleasantly as a north-eastern sea fret . |
| 29 | I I was thinking of it now , as as normally as a normal crown court case , |
| 30 | See also Stenhouse Australia Ltd v Phillips [ 1974 ] AC 391 ( insurance brokers ) , and also Routh v Jones [ 1947 ] 1 All ER 758 : " … the character of a general medical practice is such that one who is employed therein as a medical assistant , necessarily acquires such a special and intimate knowledge of the patients of the business that the employers … are entitled to protect themselves against unfair competition on the servant 's part " , per Evershed J. |