Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the development officers ' monthly reports to their supervisor the distribution of their work could be broken down into roughly three or four elements ( though the amount of time spent on each changed somewhat as the project progressed ) . |
| 2 | There 's no chance of this occurring here as the Doctors continue on their premeditated way to becoming this generation 's Wolfe Tones ( dreary Irish folk re-pub-licans from the '70s ) . |
| 3 | Soft cellulite : This shows up as the classic ‘ orange peel ’ dimples on stomach and thighs . |
| 4 | So it is arguable that the select committees promote independence of mind among MPs and make them less willing to vote automatically as the whips would like . |
| 5 | This continues today as the natural forest resource is managed to provide wood and wood-based products in both the developed and developing world . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , London University 's proposal that the Witt should become self-financing comes just as the Getty computer programme is ending its support of the Witt Computer Index because it has changed its policy from building up a vast database of its own to producing systems for accessing other databases . |
| 7 | However , while it is possible to discount the efficiency consequences at low rates of tax , it becomes less and less easy to do so as the rates of tax get higher . |
| 8 | With an above average climb in prices up to 1990 , the fall has been equally steep , but prices look set to hold up as the international status of sculpture rises |
| 9 | ‘ Also you are less likely to fall off as the saddle is constructed with two pommels to grip . |
| 10 | ‘ In the course of time the present [ 1954 ] conflict between Communism and Democracy , between East and West , is likely to pass just as the religious wars of the 16th and 17th century have passed . |
| 11 | They were supposed to enter just as the large velvet curtains with enormous gold tassels rose . |
| 12 | Not all went well as the second half began . |
| 13 | Unless the inviting church can show that it has the capacity within itself to attract and retain the outsider , it is unlikely to do so as the result of a brief visit from an itinerant evangelist , no matter how gifted . |
| 14 | At least part of the explanation of this was , however , the efficiency of the National Grid 's integrated programme of power station planning and operation , with which smaller private generating stations were less and less able to compete economically as the 1950s progressed . |
| 15 | We find ourselves less able to think dearly as the oxygen intake diminishes and our panic therefore becomes greater . |
| 16 | For the first time , the United Nations would be able to operate effectively as the guarantor of a law-bound international order , with the United States acting as its enforcement arm against aggressors . |
| 17 | After eighteen twenty five of course erm the death of Alexandria especially of Nicholas Russia is more inclined to intervene especially as the Greek rebels are being defeated because of the mention the intervention of of erm Turkey 's ally erm er Egypt Egypt a a a a problem for the Turkish empire . |
| 18 | The seneschal stooped slightly as the under-cook borrowed a stool and stood on it to whisper something into his master 's ear . |
| 19 | Then they both looked up as the bedroom window was noisily opened . |
| 20 | They both looked up as the tall figure of Hassan loomed over them . |