Example sentences of "[noun sg] as [pron] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt towards her religion as she imagined some women felt towards their dreary , loveless marriages : something trying , but inescapable ; cluttered with apparently futile chores , yet from which there was no question of escaping . |
| 2 | Then Julius reduced speed as they approached another small village . |
| 3 | To satisfy the US Senate article 5 was so phrased as to enable each state to respond to aggression only with " such action as it deems necessary , including the use of armed force " . |
| 4 | I have been elaborating the point , made much earlier on , that one of the really basic features of human thinking as it affects social action is the polarization of " we " versus " they " . |
| 5 | I have learned to please , to gauge and sniff the air before I move off , to swing my head from side to side as I put one foot carefully in front of the other , ears and hair raised to twang on the slightest change in the atmosphere . |
| 6 | OF GBW topped the honours in the finals of the London Breweries Squash contest as he took top spot in the veterans event . |
| 7 | Austrian hat manufacturers wept with emotion as they offered untold wealth for a single specimen . |
| 8 | RESCUERS last night told how they coaxed a man out of a suicide bid as he drifted half a mile out to sea in a child 's dinghy . |
| 9 | Taking no notice of her breathless protest , he barely halted his stride as he kicked open the bedroom door . |
| 10 | The two girls , travelling together in the back of a car as it passed close by the explosion in St Mary Axe on Friday night , are being treated for facial and eye injuries in neighbouring beds at Guy 's Hospital . |
| 11 | Yet he 'd been incredibly gentle after she 'd hit him , and it was Leo 's face in her mind as she fell asleep , not Ryan 's . |
| 12 | And weigh those matters up in your mind as you hear one evidence after the other . |
| 13 | Will he bear that in mind as he considers further recruitment for the TAVR in Northern Ireland ? |
| 14 | Harry 's breath felt like the blast from a sauna door against the back of my neck as he cropped pungent cedar shoots along the way . |
| 15 | The fact that the Erne outfit could only draw with Armagh on Sunday last despite having home advantage does not lessen McCabe 's optimism as he anticipates this week-end 's replay at the Athletic Grounds . |
| 16 | Elation battled with fear as she watched various expressions chase across his face . |
| 17 | The little reporter realized suddenly that she had a real story for her editor and went pale with fear as she remembered that lady 's ruthless slashing up of her last offering , the report of an insignificant wedding . |
| 18 | The first public meeting in Cambridge was warned by the Dean-designate of St Paul 's , the Reverend Professor Inge , that unless controls limited the reproduction of the ‘ urban proletariat ’ , it ‘ may cripple our civilisation as it destroyed that of ancient Rome ’ . |
| 19 | They watched television with pleasure , but treated its political messages with much the same scepticism as they did ordinary speeches and broadcasts : it did not seem that television had greater persuasive power to mould Zuwaya minds than other media . |
| 20 | Questioning the nature of the issue under study is an important part of research as it clarifies initial concepts and examines the definitions employed . |
| 21 | Philippa Russell 's chapter reviews a wide spectrum of ideas and work , but it is clear that disability is an area in which much more research is needed and that policy and practice should both be reviewed in the light of such research as it becomes available . |
| 22 | By now most readers will know that I will have left Woodworker as you read this , and indeed by now the editor 's chair supports the capable frame of Zach Taylor . |
| 23 | Only brief attention will be given to traditional methods of appraisal as they have little to offer to either the public or private sector . |
| 24 | Willie half mumbled and half read the script as he pencilled little letters around the sentences . |
| 25 | This type of butterfly eye-spot should not be confused with the much larger eyes that occur on some species — eye-spots that are suddenly flashed at the enemy as it draws close . |
| 26 | Rather than let them squander the meagre fruits of their labour as they saw fit , their output had to be confiscated by the state for more long-lasting purposes . |
| 27 | He still works with great enthusiasm , his voice is still used to brilliant effect as he tells one of his marvellous stories , and his caustic wit cuts through the humbug and pretence of much of the art world . |
| 28 | It 's a graph of average household size in North Yorkshire , and it 's to that extent it 's an attempt to summarize into one figure , the headship rate effect as it affects average household size . |
| 29 | Her mind kept wrestling with the problem of her identity , her imagination running riot as she pictured loved ones mad with anxiety about her . |
| 30 | Synthetic thread is very strong and should be used with synthetic or stretch fabric as it has more elasticity . |