Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] [noun] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to my religion , I could , so long as my wife grants her consent . |
| 2 | Sectarianism and bigotry will stay on the terraces for as long as our society stays in its current mess , but the vast majority of all fans are only interested in one thing — seeing their team win . |
| 3 | In a two-person game , if player 1 adopts strategy A and player 2 adopts B this constitutes a Nash equilibrium if neither player would gain by changing his strategy , so long as his opponent sticks to his . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , its been a strain — I did n't mind at first because she 'd stay down at her flat for short periods of time , but obviously as her memory 's got worse she does n't realise that she 's got a flat , and the only thing she knows is in here , and this is the only place she wants to be — here . |
| 5 | So as my red skims the pocket , he tries very hard to say ‘ Bad luck ’ . |
| 6 | In employment systems , after all , people are not mustered to play together as their manager beats time . |
| 7 | The driver must be someone who did n't know the district well , or he would n't have gone along the Applewick lane ; and that meant it was very likely he would n't realise that his van would hit the arch of the bridge instead of going under it , just as her daddy 's had done once . |
| 8 | Just as its perspective gathers all that is extended to render it to the individual eye , so its means of representation render all that is depicted into the hands of the individual owner-spectator . |
| 9 | For the novelist works to one side — hence parajournalist — of the writer busy with magazine polemics in Time and Epoch , just as his novel exists to one side — parajournalism — of the double murder in the newspapers and of scary sciencefictionish forewarnings about microbes . |
| 10 | Hunter dislocated his shoulder after only 39 minutes of the Lions opening tour match against North Auckland , and returns home tomorrow just as his replacement flies out . |
| 11 | Since jealousy has its roots in emotional insecurity it is these feelings , so often experienced but not recognised , that you must try to treat with sympathy and imagination ; remembering that you , one day , may feel just as your mother-in-law does . |
| 12 | Just as our state alters our breathing , we can consciously change our state by altering our breathing . |
| 13 | Just as our heroine turns away to dress herself , I rejoin Rainbow , whose brain has stopped reeling even if mine has n't , and is now murmuring her thanks . |
| 14 | And it says a lot for our low expectations that most people automatically go for the salt as soon as their plate arrives at the table . |
| 15 | Such organisations are flexible and constantly changing : they adapt to the environment in order to create or maintain the conditions necessary for success in the task , and do not become a mere part of the machinery as , for example , project teams are disbanded as soon as their task has been completed . |
| 16 | In Belfast , sure , you can go up to someone 's door mid-evening , knock politely , and then blast the hell out of them as soon as their shadow darkens the frosted glass . |
| 17 | Singapore 's trouble is that as soon as its economy starts to grow by more than 6–7% , the labour market tends to get tight . |
| 18 | Quite right , except soon as your back 's turned dear |
| 19 | 'Cos you 're on the dole , as soon as your money comes — I mean you 're prayin' for your money to come — as soon as it comes it goes . |
| 20 | Hong Kong casts a spell over the visitor almost as soon as your aircraft weaves its way between high-rise blocks to land at the chaotic airport . |
| 21 | If you are paying for your course and accommodation yourself you should pay the total amount in advance as soon as your place has been confirmed by bank transfer in £ sterling to : INTERNATIONAL HOUSE , Account Number 26953390 , Bank Code 60-07-24T , National Westminster Bank , 2 Eastcheap , London EC3M 1AH . |
| 22 | and she goes why , I goes well every time I got , when I went out the other night and when I come in the other night there was Helena with her arms round Andrew , so it 's not that I , I 'm worried about it but I just think it 's a bit tarty of her cos she 's fancies the pants off Pete and as soon as my back 's turned and Pete is n't there she 's all over Andrew . |
| 23 | No doubt all will come clear as soon as my German gets better . |
| 24 | A pimp who 's ‘ gon na be walking ’ as soon as his solicitor gets here . |
| 25 | Mike Waterlane 's their only decent player , and he 'll go to pieces as soon as his father turns up . ’ |
| 26 | I said I 've fucking done the ga and like I normally , soon as our dinner 's finished I do n't even take a cigarette , I wash all the dishes and dry them , wash the cooker |
| 27 | And then as soon as our office gets that it 'll be two to three weeks . |
| 28 | I regret not being able to deal with the subject of community care policy as extensively as its importance deserves , although there is a general discussion in Chapter 3 . |
| 29 | You can only watch helplessly as your child screws up her face , stamps her feet and screams because she ca n't take the toy she wants home with her , or have that alluring packet of sweets she 's seen before tea . |
| 30 | THE five-year-old boys and girls listen attentively as their teacher explains that men who live with men are not figures to be frightened of . |