Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [noun sg] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | AN 84-year-old man collapsed in court with a suspected heart attack yesterday as he was charged with the ‘ mercy ’ killing of a 94year-old widow . |
| 2 | Well I kept well I I got on alright with him cos he I were a lot younger and he used to give me sixpence to go and get some ice cream so as I them would be on their own a bit you see . |
| 3 | As the IPG has a commitment to maintain a comprehensive information system at all times for bureaux , it was decided that work on other sections of the files should continue alongside the social security work so as not to let the changes dominate the work of the group . |
| 4 | SNIPERS ambushed an aid convoy run by the French charity Equilibre yesterday as it entered Sarajevo , killing a French woman and wounding two Polish drivers . |
| 5 | It shows this air crew just as he baled out of the aircraft less his parachute harness which he had abandoned on landing . |
| 6 | The natty questions of authorship that plague the Old Master market often as not leave collectors of nineteenth-century paintings unfazed . |
| 7 | The mark up on drinks is high , and they 're doing high class food now as well . |
| 8 | The 1992 programme seeks to tighten up the public purchasing process so as to provide businesses with the prospect that in practice , rather than theory , the whole of the EC market is truly open to their competitive offers . |
| 9 | The snap punch ( a ) Advance your rear guard hand slightly as your front foot skims forwards … |
| 10 | Colin our man at Lane as always , comprehensive coverage of that game throughout the evening , including some second half commentary as well , we 'll be sharing that second half commentary certainly as things stand at the moment with the game at er in the Coca Cola Cup third round replay where there could be a shock , third division Shrewsbury against premiership Blackburn , although at the moment the premiership team are doing pretty well , Blackburn already a goal to the good and the goal scorer now confirmed as Mike after six minutes . |
| 11 | Storage space is impressive — the boot is considerably larger than those in top of the range Volvos and 7-series BMWs , and there is as much floor space overall as in some estate cars . |
| 12 | Er on a slightly bigger scale entertainment again as we 're only a small college , we do tend to liaise with the bigger education establishment in the city , I E Birmingham University , Central England University formerly Birmingham Polytechnic and Aston University . |
| 13 | Let us assume that insiders are now willing to accept a real wage reduction so as to protect their jobs . |
| 14 | You heard that ching sound again as Frank Braden shifted around to face the ex-soldier . |
| 15 | This micro-colony , set at 16,700ft , was supplied by air-drop , constructed entirely from discarded jerry-cans and covered with white parachute cotton so as to stand out like a sore thumb ! |
| 16 | The modus vivendi was not signed , but it was promulgated in January 1948 in the minutes of the Combined Policy Committee so as to avoid reference to Congress or to the United Nations , which would have been necessary for a formal international agreement . |
| 17 | With reduced cow numbers ( courtesy of quotas ) and some investment in fencing and sheep handling , I hope we shall be able to cope with our reduced labour force especially as Chrissie is out teaching more and more . |
| 18 | TWENTY-FIVE Northern Soul dance numbers cut a lifetime ago , largely lifted from the ‘ For Dancers Only ’ and ‘ For Dancers Also ’ albums and as essential for the '60s soul fan today as it ever was . |
| 19 | The explosion lifted the ship a few feet clear out of the water , smashing the superstructure against the low tunnel roof even as the hull burst open with a blaze of fire . |
| 20 | The Bank of England acted to keep the cost of overnight money low so as to take pressure off the longer dates , but analysts warned that the authorities would find it difficult to keep this tactic going . |
| 21 | POLICE were waiting to interview Chester 's former town crier yesterday as he recovered from burns after setting himself alight . |
| 22 | Some of the owl species are covered by more than one pellet collection so as to provide an estimate of within species variation , but in some cases the sample is restricted to single pellet collections . |
| 23 | Pupils develop the ability to negotiate a search strategy for computerized information retrieval both as individuals and as members of a group . |
| 24 | On 1 June 1992 , Clerkenwell Ltd allotted 200,000 £1 10% preference shares at par to the Friendly Bank plc so as to raise finance for expansion . |
| 25 | The inclusion of SENIOR LECTURER requires such an intermediate node on the right hand side so as to keep SUBJECT at the level of LECTURER who , along with SENIOR LECTURER , will be responsible for the teaching of the SUBJECT . |
| 26 | That theory 's notion of a world economy is , in its simplest form , based on the view that , since the inception of capitalism in Europe , every part of the globe is linked together through a world market and , thereafter , all that happens obeys the logic of that world market so as to generate profits for enterprises in the advanced capitalist countries . |
| 27 | However , this seems to be a red herring , since the standard Buck topology uses a pair of inductors ( though not coupled ) and a single transistor switch just as the Cuk topology does , but need no other energy coupling device . |
| 28 | They will sometimes also provide a member of their management team as a co-opted member for the governing body , allowing the manager time to visit during the normal school day so as to develop the strongest possible links . |
| 29 | BOMBER AIRFIELD SOCIETY is dedicated to recreating a World War Two bomber station exactly as it was , complete with aircraft . |
| 30 | They included a sweeping revision of the Internal Security Act so as to end detention without trial , as provided for in the " Pretoria Minute " agreement between the government and the ANC in August 1990 [ see p. 37642 ] ; a proposal to offer Cabinet seats to blacks during a transitional period while a new constitution was being negotiated ; the appointment of a neutral chairman of the constitutional conference ; and the appointment of an independent judge or jurist to investigate incidents of violence . |