Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The effect of Dr McNab 's arguments was by no means as overwhelming as might be supposed ; with the best will in the world and in ideal circumstances it is next to impossible to escape cerebral indigestion as someone quotes comparative figures as fluently as Dr McNab had just been doing . |
2 | Just as someone has short sight , penicillin allergy or diabetes never recovers from these conditions but can nonetheless do or not do various things that diminish their effects or progress , similarly , sufferers from addictive disease even though they may no longer use the substance or behaviour of addiction . |
3 | I persuaded our Chairman , Hilary Weedon , to come with me as she speaks fluent German and I am keen that this contact shall continue into younger generations . |
4 | In this piece she starts very near , so near she makes us want to vomit at the sight of the caterpillar , and then she slowly moves away , gaining emotional balance as she gains physical distance . |
5 | Just as she uses passive resistance in order to overcome her own passivity , so she uses her empty stomach to overcome her own emptiness . |
6 | Ma is trying to apologise for it with her eyes as she sucks khaki splodges from the sleeve of her cardigan . |
7 | as she scrubs frail blood-shapes from the windscreen |
8 | This damp and the gas fire has affected her health , as she has bronchial asthma . |
9 | One is not really aware of the pain as being in a certain place ; one is aware of the pain , and one connects it with a certain place , rather as one connects different sorts of sensations with different sorts of malady — rheumatism , indigestion , and so on . |
10 | The market distrusts people businesses almost as much as it distrusts American companies with their main share listings in London . |
11 | Wall-mounted spotlights are useful , but the ability to reposition the light slightly as well as alter the direction of the beam is especially desirable as it enables different features to be highlighted as the seasons change . |
12 | This is where AEA 's dual energy x-ray absorptiometry — DXA — comes in , as it offers orthopaedic surgeons a safe and accurate method to investigate the outcome of surgery at a much earlier stage . |
13 | Or , you can simply relax at the hotel as it offers excellent amenities for a comfortable holiday . |
14 | As for what it gets in return , Spain gets little farm money , as it has few rich farmers ( who get most from Europe 's upside-down farm policy ) and little research and development money , as it lacks high-class laboratories . |
15 | An organisation will be effective only so far as it helps individual members to achieve their own personal objectives , and a large part of the task of management is therefore concerned with this problem . |
16 | She said : ‘ Teleworking is innovative as it allows qualified women to come back to work in senior positions . |
17 | In our opinion , this operates in favour of defenders insofar as it involves minimal disclosure , the real matters in issue usually being covered by the opinion . |
18 | This position requires strong written and verbal communication skills as it involves close interaction with synthetic chemists , biologists and biochemists in addition to the other members of the Analytical Chemistry Group . |
19 | Questioning the nature of the issue under study is an important part of research as it clarifies initial concepts and examines the definitions employed . |
20 | The report , Open Borders , Broken Promises , claims that Poland faces " a future of economic exploitation and further environmental decay as it seeks international capital with which to rebuild its industry and economy " . |
21 | Of course the type of soil in the area plays an important part in good gooseberry growing , and the good heavy loam of Egton Bridge is ideal as it retains vital moisture . |
22 | It is economical because it allows a high temperature to be maintained in just a small area , and useful as it encourages speedy germination of seeds and rapid rooting of cuttings . |
23 | It could well be that it was the very fact of the fading of life enjoyment which is experienced with the responsibilities of adulthood and parenthood — and this could have affected the very primitive man just as much as it does modern man — which precipitated the very first of man 's attempts to take control of his future and the progress of evolution , by becoming ‘ civilised ’ . |
24 | UK , Cambridge-based Tadpole Technology plc is touting its Sparcbook notebook as fetching 12.6 SPECmarks , 12.7 SPECint and 12.5 SPECfp , slightly faster than the IPC workstation from Sun Microsystems Inc , claiming it performs integer intensive applications equally as well as it does floating point applications : the Sparcbook is now on the GSA schedule being peddled to the US government by C3/Telos — Genstar Rentals in Palo Alto , California is renting it out . |
25 | Never before , and probably not for a very long time again will it be possible to recreate such an exhibition , containing as it does important paintings from major Western and Russian museums and private collections , as well as outstanding works from circa fifty provincial and specialised museums in the former Soviet Union . |
26 | The consequent soul-searching often includes as much self-mockery as it does social criticism , and for this reason it is not subversive . |
27 | Stereotyped deviant behaviour is inevitably a social phenomenon , and concerns us almost as much as it does social psychologists or psychiatrists . |
28 | The bluefin is heavily fished as it fetches high prices in Japan where it is sold for as much as $40 a pound . |
29 | Like calcium , vitamin D may protect against colorectal neoplasia as it reduces epithelial cell proliferation and induces differentiation . |
30 | It is not widely grown in Britain , as it requires strong land and considerably higher temperatures than other cereals . |