Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [adv] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence , Gillian Shephard 's unspirited response yesterday as the crude jobless count rose once more beyond three million ( the seasonally-adjusted total will follow it next month ) . |
| 2 | What that exercise predicts is that there should be particles mediating the influence of that field just as the photon mediates the electromagnetic field . |
| 3 | With strength born of desperation , Craig heaved himself up and pushed his way through the broken window just as the door burst open below him . |
| 4 | But there have been errors too , with Pilkington investing in foreign glass capacity during the 1980s , at the peak of a cycle which soon slumped , leaving the St Helens based group with over capacity just as the down turn arrived . |
| 5 | He understands that the flight is only temporary and the bird must come to rest on solid ground again at some point just as the next stanza provides a landing area for his mind . |
| 6 | ‘ There are exciting days ahead as the two-year-old classic races loom in the next few months and we could have something hot for next season . ’ |
| 7 | It is a part of the ego-organization , and developed out of it in some ways rather as the ego itself differentiated from the id . |
| 8 | Catastrophes would serve a useful function in killing off the old species just as the conditions were changing , leaving the world clear for the Creator to step in and design a whole new population adapted to the environment that would stabilize after the upheaval . |
| 9 | She was willing to give evidence about his Mob links in 1970 ; today , she says he was an enthusiastic bisexual who involved J Edgar Hoover in sexual orgies just as the Kennedys were trying to make him take action against the Mob . |
| 10 | A few seconds later as the aircraft gains more speed , it will need more forward movement to prevent it from unsticking with the tail-wheel or skid touching the ground , and climbing away too steeply . |
| 11 | The reasons , I would argue , are not just due to any innate biological features of females , but have social causes just as the ‘ craze ’ itself . |
| 12 | Marjorie , a part-time student on the scheme , warms to this idea especially as the accent is as much on the aesthetic as the functional possibilities . |
| 13 | Perhaps she needed this interlude only as the lover needs a rest from loving . |
| 14 | In fact it was at this time just as the United States was beginning to take up his Girls that he set up a school there . |
| 15 | She recognised the gun as one her ex-lover had bought her some time before as a form of self-protection , the court heard . |
| 16 | The Act allowed the retention of adoption of such titles simply as a further concession to local sentiment . |
| 17 | It is a mere auxiliary verb , a syntactical instrument enabling us to specify what philosophers sometimes used to call the " essence " or " quiddity " of a thing ; the verb esse , to be , acting in such cases literally as a pointer towards essentia . |
| 18 | the trouble is not having enough modern catalogues of , of things that you can actually buy today because when they manufacturer them now they do n't erm make catalogues as often as they used to do er , it costs so much money in it I 'd er , I , I think that probably the next trend is going to be in lighting fittings er which will take in er you er , low energy lamps er , at the erm , the new fluorescent lamps er where erm , well there 's one in the hall which takes eight watts and it 's given us as much light out as a hundred watt lamp , er and |
| 19 | Your two year olds do n't do as much exercise sometimes as the old horses do . |
| 20 | It was a curious irony that the insidious dangers of civil nuclear power should achieve such prominence just as the superpowers were moving towards agreement on cutting their armouries and reducing the threat of nuclear war caused by suspicion or accident . |
| 21 | The 200 is a five-door hatchback and is one of the new breed of Escort-class cars to offer almost as much room inside as a Sierra . |
| 22 | The Council is , then , here solemnly declaring that throughout the world local churches , or groups of linked churches , have the right and duty , not to be ruled from Rome , but to govern themselves with their own traditions and pastoral needs just as the decree implies the Oriental Churches should do . |
| 23 | The 30-year-old striker had the Hereford goal at his mercy in the 66th minute but volleyed over from six yards out as the game ended goalless . |
| 24 | Joshua distractedly waved the second egg away as the Rabbi answered his daughter-in-law 's question . |
| 25 | Hans Ebert stood by the open hatchway of the transporter , his left hand gripping the overhead strap tightly as the craft rose steeply from the mountainside . |
| 26 | Naturally the comparisons were closest with other crustaceans , and Huxley brought in shrimps , lobsters and crabs in the context of his course ; the crayfish was a typical crustacean rather as the man on the Clapham omnibus was supposed to be a typical Englishman . |
| 27 | Anglo 's problems have been exacerbated by the mild weather over the past few years which hit demand for solid fuel just as the recession clobbered other parts of the business . |
| 28 | Trafalgar shares have slumped from a peak of £3.96 three years ago as the recession has bitten into profits . |
| 29 | For Sociology , Helen Roberts reported considerable changes both within the organisation of the discipline and within the structure of the profession , seeing these changes largely as the direct or indirect result of an increased level of awareness brought about through the women 's movement over the previous decade ( Roberts , 1981b ) . |
| 30 | Ace was worrying about these questions even as the suit 's claws were closing round the distorted cube , and lifting it to reveal indicator lights , a display screen , a keypad : a control panel . |