Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] as a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt Fand grip her arm ; the white face turned , whiter than before as a gust of fire passed . |
| 2 | Though data are not available , it may well be that socio-economic disparities were narrower in 1974 than before as a result partly of the Contract of Employment Act , 1963 , which required employers to give their employees notice of one to four weeks according to length of service , and partly of the increased power of trade unions . |
| 3 | And then , walking behind her at a rather greater distance than might have been thought usual , came Linnet Gage in a dress that fell from her tiny waist as gracefully and naturally as a waterfall , each diaphanous tulle frill overlapping the other with perfect simplicity , her face as delicate and beautiful as rare porcelain , her blue eyes clouded by a dream of remote but tantalizing sweetness , which also touched the corners of her lips , raising them very slightly in a smile of which every man present must have wished to know the secret . |
| 4 | Familiar with Scholl , but inclined to see the brand as very problem-specific , and also as a bit old-fashioned . |
| 5 | I am standing on platform eleven at London 's Liverpool Street station , listening to a British Rail Tannoy announcement , delivered as dispassionately and routinely as an abattoir attendant 's delivering a bolt through the skull of yet another helpless , terrified , steer : ‘ British Rail would like to apologize for the late running of the six-thirty to Lowestoft . |
| 6 | The chance that a random conglomeration of whale cells would swim , let alone swim as fast and efficiently as a whale actually does swim , is negligible . |
| 7 | The morning stirred in the trees and interrupted the sleep of stem and leaf and fruit and blossom as gently and efficiently as a mother lifting the cover from her child 's bed and blowing on her face in play to wake her . |
| 8 | Her mother looked at me , her face as still and hard as a life mask . |
| 9 | No bread was eatable , for it was as cold and hard as a stone . ’ |
| 10 | The tentacle came out of her body as easily and unendingly as a roll tape measure . |
| 11 | I was completely certain she 'd never mentioned anything of the kind to the Colonel , but quick as a flash I said , ‘ Nonya , I know you 've done all you can . |
| 12 | Very often we are only interested in θ satisfying θ ≤ U. In this case we would stop as soon as a tableau is reached in which θ ≥ U. |
| 13 | As soon as a girl reaches puberty , which is celebrated as a life cycle rite , she must be manned off outside the family and its clan group . |
| 14 | Parent company Abacus Municipal Holdings are ready to relinquish their involvement as soon as a buyer can be found . |
| 15 | As soon as a board attempts to interfere with management tasks it 's a fair bet that profits will decline . |
| 16 | With admissible or near-admissible algorithms the search can end as soon as a spanning hypothesis has been found . |
| 17 | As the State Department and the White House both set crisis management operations in train , and President Bush urgently conferred with top officials , FMLN statements — that the guests , except for the armed Americans , were not hostages and were free to go as soon as a ceasefire was arranged — were almost ignored . |
| 18 | The proposals were reported to have offered the MNR a privileged status , allowing it to start political activities within Mozambique as soon as a ceasefire had been concluded , but requiring it to recognize the Mozambican Constitution . |
| 19 | Now , delivery sheets are faxed direct to the distribution centres as soon as a lorry leaves the works . |
| 20 | As soon as a character is within reach , or if they are attacked themselves , the Daemonettes attack and the illusion of their appearance is immediately dispelled . |
| 21 | As soon as a character moves through the arch from area 60 , he finds himself in a meadow of what looks like thick , lush , flesh-coloured grass . |
| 22 | As soon as a character walks through the green and yellow arch from area 61 , he finds himself in this vast stagnant bog . |
| 23 | As soon as a character lays a hand on this item , the skeletal Cleric grips it more tightly . |
| 24 | The Home Office Code under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 [ PACE ] requires that as soon as a suspect arrives at a police station , they should be told by the custody officer of their right to independent , free legal advice . |
| 25 | The great majority of lenders say that they see the courts as an unfruitful last resort , and would prefer to make some special arrangements ( smaller but regular payments , say ) as soon as a customer gets into difficulties . |
| 26 | In keeping delayed payments to a minimum , the important thing is to have a simple routine which is operated as soon as a customer exceeds the credit terms given and accepted on the haulage contract . |
| 27 | Aspects of the work of Marslen-Wilson and Tyler ( 1980 ) which we discussed in Chapter 6 ( see section 6.5.1 ) strongly suggest that clause interpretation begins as soon as a listener hears the first part of the clause . |
| 28 | The recognition lag Effective economic management would require the authorities to take action as soon as a disturbance occurs which is judged to have an adverse impact on the desired combination of macroeconomic objectives . |
| 29 | But what does happen is that people are directed away from blighted homes we know that that happens , it happens all the time , as soon as a home 's name is mentioned social workers , quite honourably believe that there 's no sense in putting down people 's names , no no sense in sending people there and you would expect nothing different from them so it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy . |
| 30 | If a first baiter knew his job , as soon as a man had ploughed a stetch he 'd drop his stick across the furrows . |