Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv prt] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Things are stirred up enough as they are , do n't you think ? |
| 2 | Larger and smaller weights than the gram are built up exactly as they were in the system of length measurement , so that again the table of weights follows the place values of number and decimals . |
| 3 | It can not be said that the result was entirely logical , and one is tempted to agree with a famous last-century astronomer , Sir John Herschel , that the constellations seem to have been drawn up so as to cause as much inconvenience as possible , but the system has become so well established that it is unlikely to be altered now . |
| 4 | The French settlements along the river St. Lawrence had no such attractions ; the peasant farmers who settled along the river were probably better off than if they had stayed at home , but they could not produce enough revenue to support the fairly lavish military , civil , and ecclesiastical establishment that had been set up there as well . |
| 5 | It was summer , and he walked around the beautiful gardens alone , admiring the beds of shrub-roses which had been laid out here as they had been in Josephine Bonaparte 's gardens at Malmaison . |
| 6 | The girl 's body had been laid out just as the others , and it had been the work of a moment to discover the tiny stab wound under the soft left breast . |
| 7 | The rebuilt barn had been laid out just as it was at the time of the fire in January last year . |
| 8 | The rooms are lit by windows on the exterior and in the courtyard walls and the rooms themselves are laid out much as in a modern flat . |
| 9 | The questions can be listed in rough under the headings ( some people put each question on a card to begin with ) and then they can be moved about so as to produce what seems to be a good ‘ flow ’ for the interview . |
| 10 | 3.4 Immediately upon such approval being obtained the Tenant shall at its own expense apply for and use all reasonable endeavours to obtain without delay all Tenant 's Approvals The question of timing again arises and the tenant may prefer this provision to be watered down slightly as follows : |
| 11 | Changes in the ways employment , training and welfare policies operate need to be brought about so as to get rid of the many disincentives that exist for women wishing to return to training or employment . |
| 12 | When light dawned , both sides looked very foolish , and made a treaty that everything should be put back exactly as it had been . ’ |
| 13 | Results are printed out either as combined sound levels in one place or in the form of a contour map showing the decibel levels |
| 14 | Single shots are worked out exactly as described in the Warhammer rulebook ( see p79 ) , but the rules are repeated below for your convenience . |
| 15 | at the start of the second half the Hereford defence were caught out again as Scott put Wycombe back into the lead … |
| 16 | at the start of the second half the Hereford defence were caught out again as Scott put Wycombe back into the lead … |
| 17 | In 1929 the Northern Ireland parliamentary boundaries were drawn up so as to attach areas of the surrounding countryside to the city centre , creating the safe Unionist seat of City of Londonderry , while the mainly Catholic areas were put into the Nationalist seat of Foyle . |
| 18 | The magnificent late twelfth-century font in the great church of San Frediano at Lucca shows Pharaoh drowning in the Red Sea ; and he and his troops are dressed up much as Frederick and his knights must have appeared to the Lucchese of the 1160s . |
| 19 | The situation is saved : HAMLET , escorted , is marched in just as CLAUDIUS leaves . |
| 20 | One in Devon has 70 members and is carried on much as when it was founded in 1799 . |
| 21 | The surveyor should ensure that his inspection is carried out so as to avoid damage to contents and to the property . |
| 22 | The enzymatic digestion of gliadin was carried out essentially as described by Bronstein et al . |
| 23 | He wrote out all the lyrics phonetically , so when he had to sing an Italian word , it was written down exactly as it should be pronounced . |
| 24 | There had been no problem in having Eve brought up as a Catholic , since the Westwards had never wanted to know about her at all , and did n't care what faith she was raised in just as long as they never had to hear her name . |
| 25 | A gravel pit search by divers was put off yesterday as experts continued checking the area . |
| 26 | GOALKEEPER Martin Thomas was sent off yesterday as Birmingham crashed out of the FA Cup . |