Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [adj] [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did they try to go for passing shots as they stood two feet behind the baseline ? |
| 2 | There are a number of Acts of Parliament which empower a magistrate on sworn information to issue a warrant to search for such things as stolen goods , forged documents , drugs . |
| 3 | All kinds of political pressure can be brought to bear through such organisations as the UN , the G7 countries , or the Council of Europe . |
| 4 | However , he informed a parliament committee meeting on Jan. 9 that the central government was " working on a comprehensive action plan for revamping the administration in Punjab " , and did not rule out amending the Constitution to provide for more autonomy as long as all other political parties co-operated in the matter . |
| 5 | It was also expected to increase with light intensity as measured by the radiometer , though the relationship was not predicted , owing to lack of information about the behaviour of the optical RAM . |
| 6 | Kate Bristow commented , ‘ It is a real privilege for ACET to be asked to work with such people as they look for ways to develop an effective strategy . ’ |
| 7 | Her pension can continue to increase until such time as her husband gets his pension or reaches the age of 70 , whichever is sooner . |
| 8 | One answer to such a detailed approach has been to revitalize the notion of large-scale geomorphology for example ( Gardner and Scoging , 1983 ) but another has been to concentrate upon human activity as providing a focus centred around the central system ( p. 156 ) . |
| 9 | I shall have to write in small letters as my pile of paper has considerably diminished , but write it I must . |
| 10 | Local government is full of excitement and variety ; it is an opportunity to be at the centre of things in the community and an excellent stepping stone to work in private practice as well as commerce and industry . |
| 11 | We have seen that a very important part of a gene 's environment is the other genes that it is likely to meet in successive bodies as the generations go by . |
| 12 | At the moment only 2 of us are available to train in this hospital as we are the only ones ‘ certified ’ . |
| 13 | Miss were you able to come to any view as to whether the call was genuine , from what you heard ? |
| 14 | The code contrast here seems to relate to such things as the distinction between talk about action and talk as action , the degree of speaker involvement in , or distance from , a message , whether a statement reflects personal opinion or knowledge , whether it refers to specific instances or has the authority of a generally known fact . |
| 15 | We anticipate considerable strategic benefits to accrue for both companies as we examine the opportunities available . |
| 16 | It hardly seems necessary to talk about such things as nuclear winters and being fried by ultra-violet radiation . |
| 17 | Erm , I , I think sometimes if he 's prepared to talk about such things as this , he should be prepared to consider the advantages to villages of , of small schools , and not just work on the financial item . |
| 18 | A word of caution should be given here : it is all too easy to talk about such things as ‘ Australian English ’ , and ignore the great variety that inevitably exists within such a large community of speakers . |
| 19 | The Opole meeting was dominated by elderly party members , who refused to talk about such problems as names , new programmes , and new membership laws . |
| 20 | Monetary policy can not be given to an ‘ independent ’ bank because it makes no sense to talk of monetary policy as independent of economic policy . |
| 21 | To talk of human history as going through stages implies that there is an unavoidable link-up between technological systems , political systems , economic systems , kinship systems , etc . |
| 22 | S. Mark 's Cathedral appears to be a complicated building , not easy to define , either from the façade in the great piazza or from the interior , and it is not easy to view from other aspects as buildings crowd closely upon it . |
| 23 | You had no right to behave to those children as you did . " |
| 24 | Nowadays , increasingly , we try to listen to such works as Acis and Galatea and the Cecilian Ode in the form in which Handel composed them ; to hear them through the prism of the classical musical consciousness is disconcerting . |
| 25 | I think the key thing is to listen to that instinct as it 's most probably the thing that has the highest chance of being right . |
| 26 | We have to listen to these views as well as to those who complain . |
| 27 | We have to listen to these views as well as to the views of those who have reservations . |
| 28 | In drawing up the list of activities below we have aimed to recommend programmes of study that reinforce the links between English and drama , and between English and media education , which we seek to emphasise throughout this Report as well as in chapters 8 and 9. • We see role-play as a valuable means of broadening pupils ' mental and emotional horizons and of developing social and personal confidence : it provides an ideal medium for much of the exploratory and/or performance-based elements of programmes of study . |
| 29 | At the operational level planning tasks will be simpler and there is less need to look for complex procedures as it would be like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut . |
| 30 | I 've signed this contract , I like this place , and I 'll be happy to look after both surgeries as and when you wish me to . ’ |