Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [noun sg] [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 Something new was developing in the 19th century , argues the historian Albert Hourani , something ‘ created by the vast expansion of the European mind and imagination so as to appropriate all existing things . ’
2 While it would be quite wrong to use this as a justification for the existence of certain exceptionally laborious jobs , it is also quite wrong to regard stress , tedium and alienation simply as the result of advanced technology and modern capitalism and to hope with the Marxist that by changing certain structures we can achieve some Utopia .
3 In the bees and the higher Diptera only the indirect muscles of the mesothorax generate the power needed for flight ; the metathoracic indirect muscles are capable only of tonic contraction and act so as to control the amount of power transmitted from the mesothorax to the metathorax .
4 Their sort of sport harms nobody , adds colour to the scene , and does n't fill the air with noise , tearing the peace and tranquillity apart as water-skiing does .
5 Bike and boy now as one — gather up the lanes like a noisy sewing-machine
6 The role of the organiser is vital in providing careful preparation and support so as to ensure that identifiable outcomes result from the placement .
7 The canal passes under the eastern spur of the M5 and then leaves the noise and traffic behind as it dives into a deep wooded cutting from where there is little evidence that the canal is passing between the housing estates of Grove Vale as the atmosphere is so pleasantly rural .
8 THE breakaway Yugoslavian republic of Bosnia-Hercegovina sank deeper into bloodshed and turmoil yesterday as it prepared to receive recognition as an independent state by the European Community .
9 The day saloon was upholstered in royal blue watered silk , the roof lined with white silk , the floor covered with Turkey carpet , laid on felt and cork so as to be quite noiseless .
10 Already in The Black Riders , though , he has begun to grow up and Violet Needham has begun to equip him for the role of teacher and mentor even as he is still meeting the challenge of danger with the eager opportunism of a boy .
11 It is suggested that copies ( or duplicates ) be held by both husband and wife so as to evidence the extent of their respective interests .
12 The latter is probably due to early stages of digestion of the dentine , with penetration between the enamel and dentine so as to produce the uneven edge to the enamel .
13 The fact that this revelation would doubtless be made in a context of privacy and confidentiality so as to insulate him as far as possible from the prying eyes of scandalmongers may not reduce his desire to put actual and legal distance between himself and his spouse .
14 Maybe he was a man so obsessed with hidden things that he simply could n't see open criminality — which looked like business and politics almost as usual .
15 Organizations need to be able to attribute credit and responsibility just as historians do .
16 They 're being bombed and shelled every day and night just as in Sarajevo .
17 An endless routine ; it creates it own high moments of achievement and satisfaction so as to evade … futility .
18 The details of its form influence organizational behaviour and performance just as structure influences conduct and performance within a market system .
19 The origins of this view probably came from within the Board of Education under Morant who , together with his assistants , desired to bridge the gap between education and industry so as to create a ‘ balanced culture for the masses ’ with the schools providing pupils with ‘ meaning for the work they did with their hands ’ .
20 The Legal Aid Act 1979 , extended the scope of legal advice and assistance so as to include within the ambit of the scheme , ‘ assistance by way of representation ’ ( ABWOR ) at certain designated proceedings .
21 Here the street-walkers were not too sophisticated : outside her tenement a harlot stood , skirts raised , over a chafing dish of coals on which she had sprinkled brimstone and perfume so as to fumigate herself .
22 Swedes : grow in rich firm ground and water regularly as for turnips .
23 Figure 7.1 Conceptual structure of a geographical information system : maps of various features are converted to a common scale and projection so as to allow the identification of regions that satisfy particular requirements .
24 Is this a valid belief , or should one regard society and politics also as being essentially local in character ?
25 This research aims to open up Ortega 's multi-faceted life and character so as to reveal his philosophical innovations and sociological contributions .
26 Speech and communal peace represent life and unity just as eating and individual desire represent death and division .
27 This would ensure communication and co-ordination horizontally as well as vertically .
28 In actual fact our children have feelings of joy and happiness and sadness just as we do , And they have they have the same emotions as we do .
29 And although it may be true that readers of Hot Press for example , are n't led by sexual ignorance into seeing man and woman only as adversaries , there also are those girls who are forced to go to England all the time for abortions and they ca n't be that far from the world I depict .
30 The advance learning unit is open for them to stay on after school and study there as well , and it 's also open for all sorts of activities every night of the week .
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