Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without the pipeline , or with great delay in its completion , one could see that it would be difficult for the USSR to carry on with business as usual . |
| 2 | Arriving at Halling he was warned not to go on to Rochester as there was danger of his being captured on the road . |
| 3 | A Home Secretary needs one , not so much to stand up to criminals as to stand up to people with damaging non-solutions to crime . |
| 4 | Volunteers have been asked to come up with ideas as to how the club should be run and what the objectives of it should be . |
| 5 | The most reliable data gives its size as 60cm ( 2″ ) , so do n't consider a tank of less than 4′ , and be prepared to go up to 6′ as the fish matures . |
| 6 | I was less impressed by a news story in the Sunday Times announcing that the Pope is cracking down on sinners for Easter week : ‘ The Pope has ordered priests in the confessional box to clamp down on sin as churches prepare for the traditional Easter rush of sinners seeking forgiveness this week , ’ it announced knowingly . |
| 7 | Any dictionary begins to go out of date as soon as it is published . |
| 8 | He called for more street patrols after a 38pc increase in crime was reported , saying women and the elderly were afraid to go out after dark as well as some other men . |
| 9 | Most guitarists have heard of the ‘ waxing ’ method of eliminating feedback , but unfortunately this is a difficult process to carry out at home as it involves dipping the whole pickup assembly into hot paraffin wax , which has to be carried out at a controlled temperature : too hot and the bobbins melt , too cold and the wax does n't penetrate the coil windings . |
| 10 | England star Martin Dugard is set to ride off to Eastbourne as the cheetahs struggle to find a new financial backer … there are talks this weekend but if no deal is done then Dugard is certain to sign for the Sussex team … he does n't want to go but may have to … |
| 11 | He had little to shout about on Saturday as his own standard slipped to match that of those around him . |
| 12 | Dud , 57 , and Brogan , 30 , clearly found something to giggle about at Heathrow as , loaded up with shopping , they headed for their Concorde to New York . |
| 13 | For the most part people just want to get on with life as best they can . |
| 14 | I have gave her the co-ordinates from the Emissary 's message , instructing her to drop down to Underlight as we neared that point . |
| 15 | Lara 's ma — Rula Lenska — has to rush off to rehearsal as soon as the photo session 's wrapped up . |