Example sentences of "of [pron] [noun] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I varied the days and the times of my visits so as to catch this resourceful woman at her different occupations , for example making the wild boar and hind sausages , for which she was renowned in the neighbourhood , and the tarts filled with medlars that grew against the wall of her stable . |
| 2 | I think of my Mother still as the best woman I have ever known . |
| 3 | setting aside a particular Sunday of their choice annually as Human Rights Day , for prayer and reflection on human rights issues . |
| 4 | Women leaders of the militant trade unions possess a strong sense of their exploitation both as workers and as women . |
| 5 | Later , as the sac-like evagination develops , the bases of the epithelial cells become drawn out into long processes , so imparting a spongy texture to the tissues of the wing-pad , and the basement membranes of the lower and upper epithelia become apposed for most of their area so as to form the so-called middle membrane ( Fig. 30 ) . |
| 6 | ESSEX villagers rediscovered the outer limits of their parishes yesterday as they re-enacted the centuries-old custom of Beating the Bounds . |
| 7 | It is ICI 's policy to manage all of its activities so as to give benefit to society , ensuring that they meet relevant laws and regulations ; that they are acceptable to the community at large ; and that their environmental impact is reduced to a practicable minimum . |
| 8 | The girl yawned and rubbed the back of her head just as the wind of Jezrael 's exit ruffled the yellow curls . |
| 9 | Theda stepped back and caught at the back of her hair just as it came tumbling down over her shoulders . |
| 10 | Agnes stood directly in front of her mother now as she said , ‘ Would it do you any harm either to go down into the shop or to go over to the house and change the linen ? |
| 11 | They fired through the windows of his bungalow home as he watched television . |
| 12 | Now she caught a glimpse of his face again as he drew the straps down from her shoulders and found her unencumbered by a bra . |
| 13 | John Hitch had seemed convinced that it would and Plummer trusted the instincts of his colleague almost as he trusted his own . |
| 14 | Wilko and out : British No 2 Chris Wilkinson pulled off the most spectacular win of his career today as he put fourth seed Goran Ivanisevic out of the Stella Artois Championships at Queen 's Club . |
| 15 | You can pay up to 15 per cent of your earnings altogether as contributions and still get tax relief . |
| 16 | The problems start , however , once we move on to consider just what rights should be included in any Bill ; once we consider the difficulties of implementation ; and once we assess the implications of any such legally enforced code and written constitution for the functioning of our system especially as these things involve the position of the elected government and the judges . |