Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] as [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tall , turbulent white steam column rolls upwards above the vent , often becoming grey or black as ash is blasted upwards . |
| 2 | Exhausted , Piphros was slumped against a wall , mouth working , the while wheezing and bubbling as air was being sucked in . |
| 3 | During a panic attack we may feel our heart beating very fast and very hard , our bodies begin to sweat very heavily , we may feel unreal , faint , dizzy , and nauseous as blood is pumped away from the head and the stomach . |
| 4 | They spread out from the Thing like a tide ; panels lit up like little skies full of stars , big lights in the ceiling flickered on , there was a distant banging and fizzing as electricity was woken up , and the air began to smell of thunderstorms . |
| 5 | Correct proportion is of primary importance , as long as size is within the Standard s range . |
| 6 | As long as history is assumed to operate according to the protocols of a conventional logic , where a contradiction simply means you can not think it or do it as Hirst supposes , then it remains at the impasse he describes . |
| 7 | As long as mum is alive and as long as I 'm able to look after her , there 's no way I could hold down a job . |
| 8 | As long as damage is not too severe , a modern repair system such as that offered by Sterling Roncraft can restore wood prior to redecorating , and protect it against any further attack . |
| 9 | As long as drinking is controlled , there 's no reason why that should change . |
| 10 | With initial allocations of income at point 1 on for B and for A , there are clearly gains from trade to be had from the lowering of both incomes as long as adjustment is contained within the usual rugby ball shape . |
| 11 | As long as the nutrition is kept , as long as choice is available as long as they 're popular with kids , then erm it might not be the . |
| 12 | As long as P(A) is greater than 0.5 ( i.e. subjects are performing above than chance level ) , category 1 in the collapsed scale should be used more often for targets than for distractors , conversely category 6 should be used more often for distractors than for targets . |
| 13 | As long as transmutationism was linked to the old idea of a simple ascent of a linear scale , it was doomed to failure . |
| 14 | The copper is then moving against a concentration gradient , yet it will continue to do so as long as light is shone on the system to initiate the chain of transferred electrons . |
| 15 | As long as attention is diverted to supposedly universal standards and the differences of opinion and taste which undermine them , it seems that all value slides into the subjectivity from which factual judgements are exempt . |
| 16 | As long as COUNT is greater than DECVAL the motor can continue to accelerate , but otherwise a further test is needed . |
| 17 | ‘ No hurry to move ; as long as rent 's paid , and you finds a place in time , that suits me . ’ |
| 18 | No controls on pricing are required as long as entry is completely free , so that any action on behalf of policy-makers should have the aim of making entry as free as possible . |
| 19 | ‘ As long as euthanasia is very much a last resort when everything has been tried and has failed , I can see no difficulty . |
| 20 | As long as information is such a potent influence on minds and events , censorship will always be with us . |
| 21 | As long as matter was considered to be inert , its motion could be ascribed to the divine will . |
| 22 | As long as power was concentrated in the ownership of land , time was felt to be plentiful and was primarily associated with the unchanging cycle of the soil . |
| 23 | Well if I could refer you , ma'am , to my paragraph three point seven of my supplementary statement , erm I do indicate there erm that the factors which make me believe that a location in this sector or these three sectors erm is a better one in far , as far as employment is concerned . |