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

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1 As soon as Honor was old enough she had been dragooned into helping with the housework , preparing meals if cook were ill , as well as acting as her mother 's companion .
2 To change the picture ; presuppositions are not a booster rocket to get faith off the ground — to be jettisoned as soon as faith is in orbit — but are as vital to faith as an engine to an aeroplane .
3 Medications are done , so Tony and I will be off as soon as surgery 's finished , if that 's all right with you ? ’
4 As soon as babyhood is over , parents often decide it 's time their toddler Learnt Something .
5 Tell you what , Loretta , we 'll go and see him as soon as lunch is over .
6 As soon as lunch was over , Nanny came and collected Artemis for her walk .
7 That was his Sunday ritual : over to Harry 's for cards as soon as lunch was eaten , and back at exactly a quarter after six , to read the Sunday papers and then sleep off the drink .
8 As soon as lunch was over , Mr Evans was fidgeting to get back to the shop .
9 As soon as lunch was over , Simmons led Loretta out into the quadrangle .
10 Second , if the teacher dashes off as soon as school is over ( s ) he can not care about it and so ( s ) he can not care about the pupils who attend the school .
11 As soon as school was finished we used to rush back to her house and start on our homework immediately , so as to have an hour or so for the passeggiata before going back for supper and finishing off .
12 As soon as school was over I took the train from Hammersmith to Whitechapel , then continued the rest of the journey on foot to Charlie 's home .
13 But it must be recognized at the outset that as soon as sampling is carried out the statements made about the cases involved become probability statements .
14 You can fake a pout but you ca n't fake a blush , and Schiffer 's colour heightens markedly as soon as sex is mentioned .
15 ‘ where the matter consists of or is contained in a fair and accurate report of proceedings publicly heard before a court or tribunal exercising judicial authority , provided the report is published contemporaneously with those proceedings or , if it is not reasonably practicable or would be unlawful to publish a report of them contemporaneously , is published as soon as publication is reasonably practicable and lawful . ’
16 Liens of this kind , being mere rights of retention , are lost as soon as possession is given up .
17 Licensed semiconductor partners will be able to involve their customers at the beginning of the design process and Sun says its current intention is to facilitate early design adoption and volume sales as soon as silicon is production ready , independent of its own system products becoming available .
18 But as soon as connection was universal and easy , communication with people outside the immediate working group skyrocketed — and with it the benefits of the expensive system .
19 " Integration of the territory of the German Democratic Republic [ East Germany ] into the Community " was to " become effective as soon as unification is legally established , subject to the necessary transitional arrangements … [ and ] without revision of the treaties [ establishing the three European Communities — Economic ( EEC ) , Coal and Steel ( ECSC ) and Euratom ] " .
20 The job of central bankers would be easier if governments trimmed their budget deficits as soon as recovery was under way .
21 Electronic Auto-Start starts the machine automatically , as soon as power is supplied .
22 Despite the far greater sophistication ( and cost to users ) of RDS , Carfax appears to remain the superior approach , permitting local traffic announcements to be made as soon as information is available to broadcasters .
23 Applicants and principals of schools and colleges are advised as soon as approval is granted .
24 There is no choice here , all the Fanatics in a unit must be released as soon as enemy are within this distance .
25 And I think the other thing that 's important to bear in mind as well as far as logging 's concerned is that a lot of the poor slash-and-burn cultivators that come in have come along roads that the logging companies have built , and these provide easy access , say straight into the heart of the Amazon or what ever .
26 These ceremonies set the Church 's seal on the election , symbolized that the king was God ‘ s choice as well as man 's , and that he was set apart for the work .
27 My hon. Friend is right that management as well as money is what counts .
28 ( In 1844 oranges and gingerbread as well as money were distributed . )
29 Actions as well as thought were patterned .
30 In 1975 I answered an ad in Spare Rib and spent the next nine years in a feminist photography group where politics as well as photography was on the agenda .
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