Example sentences of "as [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | As foreseen by the dark clouds , it began to rain during the afternoon and by the time the headlights of Markby 's car illuminated the front windows of Rose Cottage , it was fairly tipping down . |
2 | There is our annual Open Day in June , and a series of Departmental Visiting Days ( as listed on the opposite page ) . |
3 | The Labour total in 1939 , as listed in the annual conference report of that year , was 133 , compared with a Conservative total of well over 450 in 1937 . |
4 | Of the other parties , the Independent Smallholders ' Party ( which had won 57 per cent of the vote in the last free election in 1945 — see p. 7600 ) , led by Istvan Prepeliczay , advocated the return of collectivized land to its owners as listed in the 1947 land register ; the Hungarian Socialist Party ( HSP ) was established in October 1989 [ see p. 36960-61 ] as the reformed successor to the Hungarian Socialist Workers ' Party ( HSWP ) and currently claimed 50,000-60,000 members , the first candidate on its national list being Imre Poszgay , who had acted as a catalyst for many of the reforms but who came third in the constituency where he was also standing ; and the League of Young Democrats ( FIDESZ ) , led by Viktor Orban and claiming 5,000 members , was closely allied to the SzDSz . |
5 | Files and Devices 8.4.5 Introduction 8.4.5.1 The statements and functions used for data files and devices are : As explained under the individual keywords , EXT#-1 , PRT#-1 and EOF#-1 return system information . |
6 | As explained in the previous article , sales are worthwhile for the group until the price drops to £70 , as the group as a whole makes a contribution . |
7 | As explained in the previous section , any reasonable complete system is bound to be sometimes infinitary . |
8 | It wo n't make any difference immediately , but it will have a considerable impact in the long run , as explained in the next section . |
9 | ‘ Are ’ : spelt ‘ re , pronounced after vowels , usually with some change in the preceding vowel , e.g. ‘ you ’ — ‘ you 're ’ , ‘ we ’ — ‘ we 're ’ , ‘ they ’ — they 're ; linking r is used when a vowel follows , as explained in the next section . |
10 | ( As explained in the last chapter , REM sleep may be scored as such when hardly any rapid eye movements are occurring , so long as the record of low voltage EEC and reduced EMG continues uninterruptedly . ) |
11 | ( As explained in the last chapter , examples used to illustrate intonation transcription are usually given in spelling form , and you will notice that no punctuation is used ; the reason for this is that intonation and stress are the vocal equivalents of written punctuation , so that when these are transcribed it would be unnecessary or even confusing to include punctuation as well . ) |
12 | He will try to obtain by force what he can not achieve by the correct use of the aids as taught by the classical school . ’ |
13 | One battle the CPRE is fighting concerns a planning application for a theme park in the historic grounds of Woburn Abbey , Bedfordshire , even though the grounds are within an ‘ Area of Great Landscape Value ’ , as designated by the local county council . |
14 | It took 80 per cent of the seats in the National Assembly , with just 40 per cent of the vote — which is by no means a form of Proportional Representation ( PR ) , as favoured by the Liberal Democrats . |
15 | Rover has been quick to identify and exploit on the visual cues that so distinguish its cars , as witnessed by the successful return of the traditional chrome grille . |
16 | Such a limitation has not obviously affected the evolutionary ‘ success ’ of this type of body pattern , as witnessed by the vast number of species of insects and crustacea alive and flourishing today — but it certainly affects the extent of their behavioural repertoire . |
17 | The notifiable venereal diseases in Belgium are syphilis , gonorrhoea , chancroid , and LGV , but there is a considerable degree of under-reporting , as witnessed by the official figures for 1975 , which gave a total of 771 cases of gonorrhoea for the whole of Belgium . |
18 | Investment institutions , companies , and banks have become much more sophisticated in the operation of their affairs across national boundaries , as witnessed by the spectacu-lar growth in the Euro-currency markets . |
19 | The two large and rusty freighters that were berthed in the docking area , however , were very definitely of human manufacture , as witnessed by the sweaty crewmen who swarmed all over them , almost as numerous as the dead fish which clogged the oil-choked water . |
20 | Tourists visiting the area are being leafleted , and local Berewan landowners are erecting signs warning against trespass and calling for respect for indigenous property rights , as recognized by the United Nations . |
21 | Be careful to ensure that all the original deeds , or examined copies or abstracts thereof , will be handed over , or yourself be very thorough in examining the title , because the Registry normally requires all copies or abstracts to be marked as examined against the original ( including photocopies ) . |
22 | If the court order refers to matters other than the matrimonial home it is no doubt better to keep these extraneous matters private and to prepare an abstract ( and mark the same as examined against the original order ) of the relevant part of the court order . |
23 | In the case of unregistered land , a copy of the court order marked as examined against the original , or an abstract of the relevant portion of the order marked as examined against the original , should be placed with the title documents . |
24 | In the case of registered land , a copy of the court order , marked as examined against the original , or an abstract of the relevant portion of the order so marked should be delivered with the application for registration of the transfer to HM Land Registry . |
25 | We see there how Eliot indulged his sense of irony by resuscitating the voices of older poets through his anthropological interests and satirizing ‘ a time , barren of myths ’ and a world of those ‘ illimitable suburbs ’ which he saw in 1921 as filled with the public school 's ‘ petrified product ’ . |
26 | His expected duration of unemployment is 12.9 weeks as calculated at the average values of benefits , earnings and extra income . |
27 | Non-parametric data are expressed in terms of the median and lowest possible CI above 95% as calculated by the binomial based method , with comparison between groups by the Mann-Whitney U test . |
28 | It is already happening in New Zealand where you can qualify for a remission of 60 if you dig the grave yourself , provided you can do it to the proper standards as prescribed by the local district council and bring your own tools . |
29 | The written word always has a special sanctity and more so if it is from a contemporary source , but it needs to be examined with the same ruthless and objective scrutiny as given to the archaeological evidence . |
30 | The results , as given in the Central American Report of Nov. 20 , were a 64 per cent vote against the government and 31 per cent in favour . |