Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb base] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I assume the first year warranty will soon be over , I suggest you have the problem investigated . |
| 2 | What I 'd like to say is I think erm certainly in Scotland and in Strathclyde area that four years ago , erm the first women in transport survey was actually carried out , erm and it was carried out elsewhere in Britain and er this was as I say the first study that had been done and the results were very surprising . |
| 3 | As I say the first one that was found had to , it was his turn to be on next . |
| 4 | But as I say the last bit where you sa dur during the course of the , of this conversation it almost sounded as though you were gon na , you 're doing it parrot , parrot fashion whereas the rest of it was , was superb , there was no , no problems in that . |
| 5 | As you get the last two or three stitches , watch carefully , do n't allow the stitches to stretch too much and then gently take the weight off the knitting as the final stitch passes over the linker latch . |
| 6 | Many of the rules for knitting these stitches on single bed go out of the window as soon as you bring the second bed into operation . |
| 7 | If you do try to use them , the first row will knit but , as you knit the second row , where several tucked needles are side by side the yarn will come off the needles and jam the carriage . |
| 8 | As you replace the second piece , note which needles hold which horizontal band of the first piece and make sure the bands of the second piece are put on exactly the same needles . |
| 9 | As you play the 9th chords in bars 6 and 7 you might wish to finger the full voicing for each chord and only lightly strike the top three strings as indicated in the music . |
| 10 | Britain , as we approach the second millennium , is far from that place . |
| 11 | As we approach the third millennium , women will become less materialistic and more spiritual . |
| 12 | As we approach the last third of the 1980s , it is an open question whether the tribulations of the CMEA economies will weaken or strengthen Soviet influence in her Empire , or for that matter erode or reinforce Europe 's division . |
| 13 | As we approach the last years of the 20th century , environmental damage to the earth , air and water threaten the basic resources on which we depend . ’ |
| 14 | This axiom is worth remembering as we enter the second year of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction , declared by the UN . |
| 15 | The British commander , Brigadier Andrew Cumming , 45 , said : ‘ This is a great boost for morale as we enter the last few furlongs of the first Operation Grapple tour . ’ |
| 16 | Steering the RCN through the gravest provocation and confrontations — over industrial action , inadequacy of resources , management reorganisations , and the latest debacle over the implementation of a new clinical grading structure — he is strategically well placed to voice a considered opinion on the future of the profession in Britain as we enter the next decade . |
| 17 | One thing is certain as we enter the next millenium , physicians , surgeons , and nurses in the developed nations must learn to enjoy working with elderly people . |
| 18 | No one can predict what will make news as we enter the next ten years of Central , but as long as the talent survives , we 're promised entertainment well worth watching . |
| 19 | erm Nonetheless , while we want to carry on supporting that , we 've also got to think , as Jack said , erm of as we enter the next century what is going to be right for our children , and we know that in many ways we have failed them and we know that we are producing many children who have n't had the training and the education that 's going to be necessary for us to be erm economically competent in the future , so we 've got to look at the whole of our educational provision , and frankly I think opting out was erm a sort of unnecessary blip on all of this that is n't really terribly important in the whole issue of how the children in this country should be educated . |
| 20 | Who would have thought that , as we enter the 21st century , 7.5 million people would have been served with warrants ? |
| 21 | It is salutary to note that as we start the 25th Anniversary year of the University the mean residence time of the 23 staff members of the Department of Biological and Molecular Sciences , including the three staff appointed in the last decade , is now 18 years . |
| 22 | The sun shines on the ferry as we do the last of the packing , The kayaks have lifted snouts and two holes , one at each end , closed and sealed by hard rubber covers . |
| 23 | But as we leave the twentieth century and reflect on the last 100 years , we should expect more than a shallow gallery of designer fancies . |
| 24 | However , as we begin the fourth year of low rainfall ( an understatement in my area ) and severe watering restrictions , these brunneras are no longer ideal for my garden . |
| 25 | We have to stand somewhere as we decide the next step forward . |
| 26 | As soon as they succeed the next person in the team bursts her balloon and the game continues until everyone has finished . |
| 27 | WESTERN nations will have older and dwindling populations as they enter the next century , and their fluctuating birth rates will also pose problems , a conference on future trends heard yesterday . |
| 28 | It may enable him or her to highlight some salient point , or to focus pupils ' attention on a particular question as they view the next sequence . |
| 29 | The important thing is to get the relationship right between the horizontal and vertical colours as they produce the third colour when they cross . |