Example sentences of "[conj] as [pron] [vb base] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once they 've joined in the Pirates Club , you 'll be lucky to see them at all , as they go through their paces for the junior cabaret ( where a lot of hidden young talent come to light ) , or as they enjoy the treasure hunts and fancy dress parties . |
| 2 | Or as they descend the Eastern Terrace after climbing Psycho-Killer or MND , which of them notices the flowering profusion at the back of the terrace — the stonecrops , campion , roseroot and saxifrages ? |
| 3 | Indeed , we see little of their grandeur from the line itself as we cross the Wharncliffe Viaduct on the Great Western Railway , or the beautiful bridge over the Thames at Maidenhead , and plunge into the Classical-Renaissance portal of Box Tunnel ; or as we traverse the great Tring cutting on the old London and North Western . |
| 4 | or as you increase the customer at the cinema which increases their sales , you take a share of it . |
| 5 | Perhaps it is as you travel to work , or as you take the dog out for a walk , or as you walk on the Downs , or when you have that quiet morning cup of coffee . |
| 6 | It is obvious that as we descend the grouping and prolongational hierarchies the structure becomes more elaborate . |
| 7 | And who would have thought that as we face the 1990s the social and moral habits of the 1960s should be visited upon us in the guise of AIDS , which threatens to sweep across the world with all the terror and destruction of the black plague in the Middle Ages ? |
| 8 | It is salutary to note that as we start the 25th Anniversary year of the University the mean residence time of the 23 staff members of the Department of Biological and Molecular Sciences , including the three staff appointed in the last decade , is now 18 years . |
| 9 | The travellers argue that as they lead a nomadic lifestyle , they are legally gypsies and can stay where they are . |
| 10 | The main summits each have a blue plaque attached to the railings at an appropriate point , so that as you walk the pavement , head turned to the south , you can put a name to your favourite mountain . |
| 11 | So that as you sell the the slots , first of all you want you want to be able to point out where which the slot is when you 've er er finally sign the contract . |
| 12 | The first thing to remember is that as you turn the boat away from the wind , you let out the mainsheet , the sail only works properly at one angle to the wind and so it 's essential to let out the mainsheet as you bear away . |
| 13 | ‘ It is likely that as you hear the story you will experience strong emotions , ’ he tells the jury . |
| 14 | Now locate the drilled side just a shade higher so that as you hammer the pin in place it moves down just far enough to produce a perfect joint . |
| 15 | By the looks of it it is that as I say a screw 's keeping that thing on . |
| 16 | mimics them and that , oh I hate that , I hate that as I say a few times I thought to myself I do not like |
| 17 | But what happens in these clouds is that certain parts of them , certain areas of the cloud start to collapse , and as they collapse the temperature rises and the collapse increases , and as the temperature rises through a thousand to a million degrees we find that these are the regions where stars form , and it is really the major discovery , as far as astronomy is concerned , of the radio research that we now know a lot more about the early stages of star formation . |
| 18 | He falls in a heap , and as they pass every dog on the right of the line raises a leg and pees on him . |
| 19 | These have a rapid turnover , and as they die the bacteria responsible for their decay use up all the oxygen in the pond , thus destroying all animal life . |
| 20 | One example of this is on page 156 when Scout and Jem have discovered that Atticus is sitting outside the county Jail on one of his office chairs and as they cross the square to get nearer to him , four dusty cars come in from the Meridian highway , moving slowly in a line eventually stopping outside the Jail . |
| 21 | well the reason that we 've changed the name on those two stores is that any experiments we want to conduct have got to be conducted outside the normal M F I promotional platform and as we use the national press extensively the only way to do that is to change the name . |
| 22 | and as we take the vote on Mr 's er resolution . |
| 23 | However , most of us are afraid , or merely ashamed of our Shadow side — so it remains in the dark , and as we shine the light more brightly on our conscious self , the shadows deepen . |
| 24 | Whatever has gone wrong , it was all our fault , but we are trapped in helplessness , and as we contemplate the dull ruins of the fabric of our lives in the light that shines from our visions of what might have been , our ‘ real ’ life seems messier and drabber , and we weep in self-pity for the golden afternoons that never were ours . |
| 25 | The face has always had a dialectical relationship to art and , today perhaps , this is stronger than ever as we view the face — in portraiture — with a scepticism characteristic of our age and as we witness the convergence of popular culture and fine art in so many spheres . |
| 26 | And as we quit the singer 's house , I remember the words that Bonnie Raitt said to John Lee when they were on stage earlier this year in nearby Sweetwater . |
| 27 | As we sit watching the sparks going up , and as we inhale the fragrant smoke , we are inclined to become philosophical or to sing nostalgic songs … |
| 28 | And as we shed an average of 1.5 grams of skin per day , there 's no shortage of food . |
| 29 | Most experiments , however , have been performed on pigeons , and as we consider the mechanism of true navigation we must concentrate on this one species . |
| 30 | And as we approach the Occultation we must take extra care . ’ |