Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | You should not arrive early as we are most unlikely to have waiting space available in the lounge area . |
| 2 | The Hall voltage should therefore decrease smoothly as the gate voltage ( V ) is increased , as this controls the density of electrons in the inversion layer . |
| 3 | Opponents of the building programme " which in any case may not go ahead as planned because of a lack of funds " claim that political instability in Russia , antiquated technologies and economic pressures ( to cut corners on safety in order to produce much-needed electricity ) could lead to another major nuclear accident . |
| 4 | And we 're looking to , to do similar transactions in the U K , but of course with the lack of , or the reduced competition in the U K we , we may not do quite as well . |
| 5 | This was the first time that everyone else on the station at that time became aware of the danger , and they could only watch helplessly as the child stood petrified with fright between the rails . |
| 6 | He could only watch helplessly as Paula was hurled headfirst into the canoe floating nearby . |
| 7 | Isabel could only watch helplessly as Lady Eleanor was set to scurrying back and forth between the solar and the Queen 's wardrobe . |
| 8 | When he touched a gentle knuckle to her cheek , she started ; her breath lodged somewhere in her throat and she could only stand helplessly as he untied the ribbon securing her hair . |
| 9 | One could not doze easily as one had done in Matt Stukely 's day for there was something too insistently personal in this new parson 's efforts to reach them ; yet they had remained stolidly unreached till now when the fervour of his exhortation spoke to them as with an angel 's tongue . |
| 10 | They therefore need not appear here as well . |
| 11 | A mild recession will correct but not eliminate the deficit , which is bound to remain high , and may even rise again as another pre-election consumer spree gathers pace . |
| 12 | Not all transsexuals undergo surgical treatment , though the number of such operations performed may well rise steadily as the problem of transsexualism gains more attention and becomes more visible , and as clinics are established specializing in treatment and research . |
| 13 | Those who wish to practise the profession of solicitor in England and Wales may presently do so as sole practitioners , as employees of other solicitors ( either individuals or firms ) or in partnership with other solicitors . |
| 14 | The FMLN had reaffirmed on July 29 that the second 20 per cent of its guerrillas due to demobilize on July 31 would not do so as long as socio-economic conditions for their re-integration into the civilian life remained " non-existent " [ for start of demobilization in June see p. 38957 ] . |
| 15 | It is quite likely that qualified privilege would not apply here as there is no duty , as part of the teacher 's work , to compile an informal , unofficial record . |
| 16 | Alison Watson , executive director of Alice Hoffman Homes , said there had been ‘ a complete breakdown of trust and confidence ’ between herself and Knight , but would not elaborate further as the appeal progressed . |
| 17 | The provisions of paragraphs ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) above shall not apply so as to make it unlawful for a motor vehicle to be fitted with an instrument or apparatus other than a two-tone horn designed to emit a sound for the purpose of informing members of the public that goods are on the vehicle for sale . |
| 18 | I felt them , if I was in the same position , I would probably drink heavily as well . |
| 19 | Of course , road accidents and pedestrian tumbles would also increase alarmingly as wind-blown polymer dust spread round the locality . |
| 20 | A direct-link balanced tree index would also look just as in Fig. 7.3(a) before additions . |
| 21 | It would n't come across as very credible if I trusted you a third time . |
| 22 | They would often be put in the stocks until they sobered up , but they would invariably lapse again as soon as they were freed . |
| 23 | Pity they ca n't do inside as well ! |
| 24 | It would doubtless hoot derisively as it drew level ; perhaps it was carrying poisons , enema pumps and cream tarts , or supplies for chemists and mathematicians . |
| 25 | If so , the Directive will normally operate so as to transfer the employees employed by the former controller in the discharge of the function to the new controller and on the same terms and conditions of employment . |
| 26 | Perhaps the incinerator will not go ahead as planned in Londonderry , East . |
| 27 | My great aim is to give you a periodical which you will not throw aside as soon as read , but which you will value and look over years hence as an old familiar friend , when you may be battling with the realities of life under the suns of India , in the backwoods of Canada or the United States , or the grassy downs of Australia , over the wide Ocean among the isles of the Pacific , or on the distant shores of Columbia . |
| 28 | A similar delay will not happen again as we will make sure British Rail have the right numbers . |
| 29 | Small plants that can get their roots down will soon shoot ahead as has been proven in the Forestry Commission trial plots at Stoneleigh . |
| 30 | Although ApC may be a potential cleavage site on account of its structure , the asymmetric drug molecule will always bind so as to cleave the opposing ( GT ) strand by virtue of its ability to form a hydrogen bond with guanine . |