Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This message is as relevant now as it was in 1940 and is more urgent than ever as the myth of material progress loses its power . |
| 2 | She felt Fand grip her arm ; the white face turned , whiter than before as a gust of fire passed . |
| 3 | Though data are not available , it may well be that socio-economic disparities were narrower in 1974 than before as a result partly of the Contract of Employment Act , 1963 , which required employers to give their employees notice of one to four weeks according to length of service , and partly of the increased power of trade unions . |
| 4 | As long as the machine could be there too . |
| 5 | Milk distribution would work in the same way in that as long as the milk is put into the system at one point , it does not matter where it is taken out . ’ |
| 6 | All is well as long as the subject is lying down , but when he stands up , the reflexes which normally make arteries all over the body contract to meet the new hydrostatic conditions no longer operate effectively , and a sharp and dangerous fall of blood pressure follows . |
| 7 | Very often we are only interested in θ satisfying θ ≤ U. In this case we would stop as soon as a tableau is reached in which θ ≥ U. |
| 8 | As soon as a girl reaches puberty , which is celebrated as a life cycle rite , she must be manned off outside the family and its clan group . |
| 9 | Parent company Abacus Municipal Holdings are ready to relinquish their involvement as soon as a buyer can be found . |
| 10 | As soon as a board attempts to interfere with management tasks it 's a fair bet that profits will decline . |
| 11 | With admissible or near-admissible algorithms the search can end as soon as a spanning hypothesis has been found . |
| 12 | As the State Department and the White House both set crisis management operations in train , and President Bush urgently conferred with top officials , FMLN statements — that the guests , except for the armed Americans , were not hostages and were free to go as soon as a ceasefire was arranged — were almost ignored . |
| 13 | The proposals were reported to have offered the MNR a privileged status , allowing it to start political activities within Mozambique as soon as a ceasefire had been concluded , but requiring it to recognize the Mozambican Constitution . |
| 14 | Now , delivery sheets are faxed direct to the distribution centres as soon as a lorry leaves the works . |
| 15 | As soon as a character is within reach , or if they are attacked themselves , the Daemonettes attack and the illusion of their appearance is immediately dispelled . |
| 16 | As soon as a character moves through the arch from area 60 , he finds himself in a meadow of what looks like thick , lush , flesh-coloured grass . |
| 17 | As soon as a character walks through the green and yellow arch from area 61 , he finds himself in this vast stagnant bog . |
| 18 | As soon as a character lays a hand on this item , the skeletal Cleric grips it more tightly . |
| 19 | The Home Office Code under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 [ PACE ] requires that as soon as a suspect arrives at a police station , they should be told by the custody officer of their right to independent , free legal advice . |
| 20 | The great majority of lenders say that they see the courts as an unfruitful last resort , and would prefer to make some special arrangements ( smaller but regular payments , say ) as soon as a customer gets into difficulties . |
| 21 | In keeping delayed payments to a minimum , the important thing is to have a simple routine which is operated as soon as a customer exceeds the credit terms given and accepted on the haulage contract . |
| 22 | Aspects of the work of Marslen-Wilson and Tyler ( 1980 ) which we discussed in Chapter 6 ( see section 6.5.1 ) strongly suggest that clause interpretation begins as soon as a listener hears the first part of the clause . |
| 23 | The recognition lag Effective economic management would require the authorities to take action as soon as a disturbance occurs which is judged to have an adverse impact on the desired combination of macroeconomic objectives . |
| 24 | But what does happen is that people are directed away from blighted homes we know that that happens , it happens all the time , as soon as a home 's name is mentioned social workers , quite honourably believe that there 's no sense in putting down people 's names , no no sense in sending people there and you would expect nothing different from them so it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy . |
| 25 | If a first baiter knew his job , as soon as a man had ploughed a stetch he 'd drop his stick across the furrows . |
| 26 | The formation of new lobes is only one part of the story , for as soon as a distributary abandons a lobe , which is thus deprived of its sediment supply , marine erosion can set in . |
| 27 | In Britain , copyright exists as soon as a song is recorded on to tape or written on manuscript . |
| 28 | As soon as a truck is loaded it is removed by a ‘ traverser ’ on to a clear inner set of metals , and is then drawn out into the outer goods yard . |
| 29 | In most other parliaments , members have allotted places and , as soon as a member is called , as the author has seen in some of the Canadian legislatures , computerized selection of the name focuses the camera automatically on him or her , and also adds relevant information ( name , party , constituency , etc. ) as a screen caption . |
| 30 | We now are setting into motion a new system , whereby the PAs to the Head of Groups/Sectors keep copies of the Christian Aid self-certificate form and should ensure that as soon as a member of staff returns from their sick leave they fill it in . |