Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] [vb -s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It bounces alarmingly as it gathers speed . |
| 2 | The same section further provides that ‘ … any enactment passed or to be passed … shall be construed and have effect subject to the foregoing … ’ and since the doctrine of supremacy of Community law is arguably a part of Community law this provision appears to have the effect , so long as it remains law , of establishing the primacy of Community law , ( s.2 ( 4 ) ) . |
| 3 | Modigliani and Miller argue that this situation can not persist for long as it offers arbitrage profits to the individual investor . |
| 4 | Barry Quirke , chairman of the Institute of Statisticians , said : ‘ We would be very keen to support any initiative to set up an independent committee , so long as it has teeth . |
| 5 | But America will be right to say no , as long as it has worries about its own inflation . |
| 6 | In many firms there will be no room for dispute as to who should fill the position and for how long , ie the most experienced member of the partnership for as long as he remains hale and hearty . |
| 7 | So long as he taxes spirits in a highly discriminatory fashion at home , he can expect other Member States to follow suit . |
| 8 | Looking at stress generally , and not necessarily as it affects nurses , the following might be considered as potential trouble spots : |
| 9 | The combination is dramatic and somehow unexpected in a senecio , especially as it takes place in autumn when most other border perennials have flowered and then faded . |
| 10 | Nor perhaps need one dwell on the powerful thematic use of the expanded , minor-ninth version of the idea , especially as it expresses Grimes 's insatiable yearning for " haven " , for acceptance and respect — a yearning so intimately bound up with his personal tragedy because , to most of us , these things seem comparatively within reach ( whether we desire them or not ) but are patently and without qualification beyond Peter 's grasp : [ 8,10,17 ] . |
| 11 | Market related pricing has shown itself to be effective in ensuring that consumers are aware of the real value of the resources they use , not only as it affects energy consumption but also in the realms of energy efficiency investment . |
| 12 | The point is that tonight — Magnapop 's UK debut — is peppered with punky teenage licks and festering grungy rumbles , yet just as one expects lyrics concerning death , drinking and corporate rock shagging , Linda hops , hiccups and beams , ‘ Wo n't you let me walk you home from school ? /Can I meet you at the pool ? ’ |
| 13 | The extreme flexibility of the Course allows part-time students to change later to a full-time mode , just as it allows full-timers to drop down to part-time study . |
| 14 | Just as it costs peanuts to get oil out of a hole in the ground , it costs peanuts to put rubbish into one — so long as the oil , or the space , lasts . |
| 15 | Just as he gets laughs by letting a komodo dragon loose in a shopping mall , so he puts the whalelike Brando on ice skates to humorous effect . |
| 16 | Had it been made in the 1930s , Jimmy Stewart would have played Buck and Margaret Sullavan would have taken the Hoffman role , dying in the arms of the man she loves just as she reaches Miami . |
| 17 | Bolton , who hoped to marry Nicolette as soon as she divorces co-star Harry Hamlin , says : ‘ My fans love my hair — it 's part of my image . |
| 18 | Not all girls do that.No , says Mum , a black girl leaves school , and as soon as she leaves school she 'll start making babies . |
| 19 | Abberley talks over her as soon as she leaves bed . ) |
| 20 | Thus under a credit sale agreement , the buyer will as soon as he takes delivery , be in possession of goods of which he is the owner . |
| 21 | William McCrae will now be asigned a psychiatric nurse , as soon as he leaves hospital . |
| 22 | As soon as he sets foot on the elaborate stairway which rises three floors from the dark hall , itself leading off a gloomy cobbled courtyard , he has the feeling that he is leaving for a blessed hour or two his insubstantial world . |
| 23 | ‘ As soon as it gets light I think all the hunters we can spare should go out , ’ said Grimma . |
| 24 | All I could offer was a hatchback whose tyres puncture as soon as it catches sight of anything other than motorway . |
| 25 | Cos it I used to get know when it , when it , soon as it goes tick , tick , tick , tick , ti ti ti ti ti ti tick ! |
| 26 | If the patient has a positive supporting reaction , the physiotherapist places his foot carefully towards the floor , grading the pressure it receives in order to reduce the automatic reaction of pushing down as soon as it makes contact . |
| 27 | As soon as anyone mentions field sports people direct their conversations to someone else . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's not so easy to buy land or factories , so as soon as someone makes money they spend it on a top-of-the-range Mercedes or on expensive furniture for their flat . ’ |
| 29 | HIS BEST BIB AND CHUCKER GAZZA tosses his training bib to the ground yesterday as he confronts Lazio team boss Dino Zoff |
| 30 | Since then he has spent , in total , several hours in persuading people to climb into cupboards , clamber into lofts and crawl under stairs and watch carefully as he breaks peppermints in the gloom . |