Example sentences of "as we [vb base] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The book , as we gather from a plan in his notebooks of the same period , was to deal with four large areas : ethics ; aesthetics ; religion and mythology ; and politics , law and education . |
| 2 | We use the same word for a quality of material things as we use for a bodily sensation . |
| 3 | As we prepare for a new week 's challenges , may we too be contented , for the same reason as Paul , because our relationship with God is one of close fellowship ‘ in ’ Him . |
| 4 | As we launch into a debate about last week 's Clash front cover , GW 's jaunty , surprisingly Big Country-tinged epic kind of ends , unlamented . ) |
| 5 | One feature of English verse that is scanted by this method , or can be acknowledged only incidentally , is one that every careful reader knows from his or her experience : tempo , the speeding up or slowing down of enunciation , and therefore of apprehension , as we read through a line or through several lines in sequence . |
| 6 | The Liberal Democrat candidate for Caerphilly yells after us as we sprint for a non-political platform . |
| 7 | As we describe in a paper soon to be published by the Brookings Institution in Washington , DC , they should be required to make non-interest-bearing deposits with their central bank . |
| 8 | Commitment offering oneself to the lord in the service of the church and the world is the third and quite prominent element in the service of confirmation as we have it , and as we say in a day when emphasis is being laid on the ministry of the whole people of God there is surely value in a definite act of commitment on a definite day . |
| 9 | Possibly a little touch like this has more meaning for us belonging as we do to a mechanical age , than it would have had for our ancestors , who were unaccustomed to the click of an electric switch and its attendant results ! |
| 10 | We get the same royalties for a CD as we do for a cassette |
| 11 | As we live on a rotating planet , we are all of us , because of this alone , always travelling at about 1,000 miles an hour all the time even though we appear to be stationary . |
| 12 | All adults need to be able to cope with diversity and to expect variety as we live in a highly varied world . |
| 13 | ‘ You can not always guarantee that you will always be in control of what you are doing as we live in a culture that is soaked in violence , and so it seems to think that violence is acceptable , even normal . ’ |
| 14 | As we pile into a rented car , I express my thanks for her portraits of a city which headlines and Hollywood love to distort . |
| 15 | But as soon as we decide on a ‘ rule ’ there seems to be an outstanding exception to contradict it . |
| 16 | All of us get elated and emotional as we stroll through a pine grove on a hot summer day when the old trees fill the air with their pungent fragrance . |
| 17 | Life may be construed as a series of ever growing accomplishments as we move towards a multitude of personal goals . |
| 18 | Having consumed two lengthy paragraphs of structural information , the reader is assured , " All this provides useful information which we need to keep in mind as we move towards a more linguistic analysis of the poem " . |
| 19 | That does not mean , however , that there is no role for MPs ( and other national legislators in the EC ) as we move through a transitional phase from a mainly inter-governmental type of Community to a more fully fledged federal union . |