Example sentences of "[adv] as their [noun] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In employment systems , after all , people are not mustered to play together as their manager beats time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | So far as their work goes it has point only as a mean to these . |
| 7 | According to Marsh and his colleagues ( 1978 ) police intervention is often welcomed by the hooligans in so far as their presence provides a safety valve and prevents the aggro from going too far . |
| 8 | But their character as well as their scale makes them important . |
| 9 | The superior quality of the trains as well as their speed has both created new commuter business and extracted some traffic from the EMU service . |