Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] as [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the pre-lunch session was possible on the second day , drizzle intensifying to heavy rain which even penetrated the Press-box roof just as Cornhill Insurance were announcing their two-year extension of sponsorship . |
| 2 | Bright evening sunlight glared through the windscreen , dazzling her after the gloom , and she raised a hand to shade her eyes just as Luke Calder turned the car into the road , cutting in front of a lorry so close that her stomach lurched . |
| 3 | THE 15-week ambulance dispute moved into a new area of confrontation yesterday as non-emergency workers in Surrey were threatened with the sack unless they returned to normal working in the new year . |
| 4 | ENGLAND captain Gary Lineker headed an astonishing list of crocks yesterday as manager Graham Taylor was left desperately scratching for a squad for the internationals in Czechoslovakia next week . |
| 5 | It has a basic negentropic ( formative and organising ) effect even as heat increases , and therefore is the opposite of entropy which is the disintegration and disorganisation of matter set forth by the Second Law of Thermodynamics , which it thereby violates . |
| 6 | — ROKER Park will attract a host of scouts tonight as manager Malcolm Crosby gears up for his end-of-season sales . |
| 7 | From that moment Tess found she could whistle tunes to the birds just as Mrs d'Urberville wanted . |
| 8 | A cold gazpacho soup accompanied by hot , crusty garlic bread and followed by several special salads was on the menu for tonight , and Belinda arrived in the kitchen just as Mrs Porter was garnishing with parsley a deliciously chunky bowl of boneless chicken , artichokes , avocados , celery and cashew nuts coated in a tangy dressing and resting on a bed of purplish mignonette lettuce . |
| 9 | He might have waited an hour , she thought , and returned briskly to the kitchen just as Luch drift ed in for the soup . |
| 10 | The corner shop comes into view , with JJ 's ugly mug peering round it , and jerking back at the sight of me , and I am killing myself with laughter inside as Miss Plum and I walk right past , together . |
| 11 | Heartened by this exchange , Joshua re-entered the conference hall just as Norman Tebbit was getting to his feet . |
| 12 | Laing rejected classical psychoanalysis just as quantum theory rejected classical physics . |
| 13 | Late in the afternoon , Loppe arrived , which frankly no one had expected , for Loppe was managing things at Kouklia just as Mick Crackbene was guarding the harbour at Famagusta . |
| 14 | Reports in American newspapers and on television ensured that they were heard in Washington just as President Clinton was considering whether to tie trade with China to questions of human rights . |
| 15 | August 1986 , Labour councillor Pandura Perera cites SMG as example of political cell set up by GLC ostensibly as community group … |
| 16 | GERHARD Berger escaped unhurt from a high-speed crash today as Alain Prost completed the formalities of claiming pole position for Sunday 's Italian Grand Prix . |
| 17 | THERE WAS a double celebration in Glenrothes recently as Margaret Cunningham ( left ) and Christine Munro were presented with carriage clocks to mark ten years with CCG . |
| 18 | In fact it became standing room only as Mr Duncan Broady , curator of the Greater Manchester Police Museum , gave a fascinating lecture about crime in the period , particularly as it affected Manchester and Salford . |
| 19 | Dodgy lending to developing countries loomed over banks in the mid-1980s much as property loans do now . |
| 20 | ARSENAL and Aston Villa are planning dramatic changes for their clash tonight as managers George Graham and Ron Atkinson desperately seek to beef up their stuttering title challenges . |
| 21 | She caught my eye expressively as Dr Curtis voiced our thoughts . |
| 22 | By then Woosnam 's tie was loosened and the top button of his shirt undone , as he underwent a late-night press conference just as Sandy Lyle and Nick Faldo had done in previous years . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , Arsenal outcast Paul Davis is back to face Norwich at Carrow Road tonight as manager George Graham tackles injury problems , a mounting fixture backlog and the Gunners ' dismal form in the Premier League . |
| 24 | AN EMOTIONAL row broke out in Manila yesterday as Mrs Imelda Marcos vowed to defy a government ban on her bringing home her husband 's body for burial at the weekend . |
| 25 | This strategy was invented seven years ago as Mr Harrison , as he then was , saw Racal 's difficulties in competing with the defence industry giants even after the takeover of Decca . |
| 26 | NEIL WEBB returns for Nottingham Forest today as manager Brian Clough makes a surprise shake-up of a winning team . |
| 27 | Colleagues , if we believe in playing the full part in the European community then as Steven Hughes has just said we as a union must back the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 28 | Mr Wells worked for the council for over 25 years initially as Group Training Officer becoming area training manager 25 years ago and Chief Executive and Training Director in 1984 . |
| 29 | I went for a very short while to the Royal Academy of Arts for a leaving party being given for Mrs William Kerr , who firstly as Griselda Hamilton-Baillie then as Griselda Kerr , has worked so hard on the public relations staff of the Royal Academy , since 1972 . |
| 30 | You heard that ching sound again as Frank Braden shifted around to face the ex-soldier . |