Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Small drummer boys , their lips caked with the road 's dust , beat a ragged advance as they ran . |
| 2 | This makes it difficult to reach a decision , and causes a nagging worry as to whether the right system has been selected . |
| 3 | The obvious stupidities and brutalities of some East European regimes provided a soft target as well as a social role for dissident poets . |
| 4 | Nikki 's solos were delicate , usually starting in the middle of the keyboard and moving steadily higher , but also , when needed , she provided a bouncier sound as on Bobby Timmons ' This Here . |
| 5 | If you suffer from back problems you almost certainly do n't need a rock-hard bed as it wo n't support your spine . |
| 6 | But if England lose the second Test , they will need a new captain as well as a new-look team Gooch would surely not survive any longer . |
| 7 | THE PSYCHEDELIC graphics adorning the sleeve provide a good clue as to the contents : five songs that attempt to combine the grunged-out , Sub Pop-esque approach common to bands on Australia 's Waterfront label with a distinctly druggy ambience . |
| 8 | Although corpora are costly to develop , once in existence they provide a valuable resource as evidenced by the number of different applications that utilise corpora . |
| 9 | Federal police reported that in January-March 1992 there had been nearly 600 " criminal acts hostile to foreigners " , representing a fourfold increase as compared with the same period in 1991 . |
| 10 | A sedentary existence or a job that keeps you standing around for hours is liable to encourage a poor circulation as well as allowing the buttock and thigh muscles to become weak and flabby , making cellulite much worse . |
| 11 | But it 's becoming a major issue as landfill sites fill up . |
| 12 | A fresh tide of light was rising through them both , the erotic becoming a visionary toil as he watched it sweep over their skin , its brightness intensifying with every thrust . |
| 13 | Each booklet costs £2.50 and please send a large SAE as above . |
| 14 | I propose a new classification as follows : These categories have the advantage of including the more traditional elements while highlighting the egocentric nature of deixis ( the origo ) and giving prominence to the major deictic category , reference . |
| 15 | Day Five : Your cruiser slips her moorings at 6.00am to let you enjoy a leisurely breakfast as you cruise back to Bernkastel-Kues , arriving around 10.30am . |
| 16 | Walking or cycling to work or to the station instead of using the car , and exercising the dog regularly ( breathing deeply and keeping a good posture as we walk ) , are ways of incorporating exercise into the normal schedule . |
| 17 | If the gallery outside the silver door had hummed and quivered and thrown out heat before , now the sensations were magnified and multiplied a hundred times as Calatin set the Silver Looms to harness the power of the sorcerer . |
| 18 | My mum wants a front seat as well ! |
| 19 | Randolph Churchill reported a similar sentiment as being expressed by Macmillan to Home : ‘ … |
| 20 | It 's added a certain anticipation as well to the placement job I 've been doing — ‘ Oh come on someone must have something to say ’ was a regular feeling/thought as I looked at the monitor in anticipation . |
| 21 | ‘ Whenever the far end of an active edge A and the near end of an inactive edge I meet for the first time , if I satisfies A 's conditions for extension , then build a new edge as follows : |
| 22 | Lisbon purchased a new ground and in 1924 built a first-class pavilion as visiting sides started coming over from the UK . |
| 23 | He obtained his freedom in 1610 , and thereafter built a successful business as printer and publisher , despite being frequently at the centre of political and religious controversy and at odds with the more established members of his company . |
| 24 | Tundra streams flow in meandering channels through tundra vegetation , draining the peaty soils , picking up humic acids and acquiring a low pH as they go . |
| 25 | Thus play begins with all types of player A imitating types with larger values of z and acquiring a temporary reputation as large z types . |
| 26 | For 10 years , the star has enjoyed a high profile as Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses and as Pa Larkin in The Darling Buds of May . |
| 27 | For example , in the case of starting up a machine at a control panel the operator will be given the instructions and asked to provide a verbal commentary as he actuates the various controls and checks the various indications , this is a ‘ talk through ’ . |
| 28 | Having received this notice of intention to wind up their company at Coldharbour Road , Smith & Jones once more offered £500 , this time in an open letter , in full and final satisfaction of the claim for £1250 , GFT having failed to provide a satisfactory explanation as to damage and delay . |
| 29 | — I have to find a new club as soon as i return from the USA and has spoken with Drillo , a tired-of-Leeds Frank say . |
| 30 | And should we introduce a common core as in American universities ? |