Example sentences of "as they [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grey herons contorted to strange shapes as they stretched long necks and peered into the shallows . |
| 2 | Amplifiers shoot down the ramps like runaway trains , as they throw resentful glances over at the cars . |
| 3 | Sharp heeled shoes are not allowed inside buildings as they cause great damage . |
| 4 | Two dolphins joined in the fun , their tumbling , lithe bodies clearly visible as they weaved sparkling trails of fire at high speed under our bows . |
| 5 | All cities , in so far as they became modern cities in the last decades of the nineteenth century , underwent the following changes in the organization of public space : ( 1 ) The development of separate commercial districts . |
| 6 | As they require considerable water quantities it is the insurance companies view that water is better applied through a sprinkler system as and where required . |
| 7 | THE Prince and Princess of Wales tried to steal one another 's thunder yesterday as they swapped traditional roles . |
| 8 | Only Lieutenant Cherry , my husband , and Leading Seaman Webster were left of that crew , as they had good reasons for leaving her . |
| 9 | She said she did not accept under-fives at school received true nursery education as they had inadequate resources and the pupil-teacher ratio could be three times that at nursery schools . |
| 10 | The basis for that submission was that the officers ought to have arrested offenders as soon as they had sufficient evidence . |
| 11 | Travelling by horse and camel caravan , as dictated by the terrain , they would have to be self-sufficient for all of their needs as they traversed vast plains and mighty forests , mountain passes and arid deserts , experiencing great extremes of heat and cold . |
| 12 | They can share knowledge as they put research-based theory into practice . |
| 13 | Fresh herbs , and green leafy vegetables , such as spinach and ‘ greens ’ , are also recommended as they contain anti-fungal agents . |
| 14 | A third man joined them as they sought new sticks . |
| 15 | She actively watches the lines made by her arms and legs as they form varying shapes . |
| 16 | Austrian hat manufacturers wept with emotion as they offered untold wealth for a single specimen . |
| 17 | Now they sat eagerly on the rows of brittle gilt chairs with red velvet seats , their exquisitely made-up faces carefully devoid of expression as they made brief notes on their programmes , pretending not to notice that sometimes the clicking cameras were directed not at the catwalk models , all of whom had already done a photo-call session for the photographers the previous day , but at them — the society women of America and the international circuit , the bored charity conscious wives of big businessmen , the famed actresses of stage and screen , even the occasional European princess . |
| 18 | Signed Danish is not Danish , when you can not hear/distinguish the words — but another type of sign language , which has the primary advantage that hearing people can use it at the same time as they use spoken language , and the secondary advantage is that some — and only some — rules applying to the spoken language are conveyed to the deaf child . |
| 19 | As they cut ironic poses in front of a giant , upended Saturn 5 , they 're almost in danger of becoming another tourist attraction — the visiting British pop stars . |
| 20 | The University will take account of the report of the Academic Auditors ( which is expected in August 1993 ) and of reports of the HEFCE quality assessors as they review individual subjects . |
| 21 | As they conquered peninsular Italy and Sicily in the third century BC , the Romans took works of art and dedicated them to the gods at Rome . |
| 22 | Trailing variegated nepetas are often sold with the bedding plants during summer at garden centres as they make admirable subjects for hanging baskets and window boxes . |
| 23 | We talk to hoteliers and developers on a day to day basis , we work with them as they make long term plans . |
| 24 | The rest of the film shows their ordeal as they make repeated assaults on the steep , mud-slick , heavily fortified hill . |
| 25 | And the supposed unfairness , or disparity of treatment , between plaintiff and defendant is more apparent than real ; at least in the present context , discovery is a device beloved of plaintiffs as they seek relevant material on which to rest their claims . |
| 26 | The question is , do n't mention a word of it , it says and I quote , every effort will be made to assist employees as they seek alternative employment . |
| 27 | Similar attitudes may be adopted by newer , weaker rivals as they seek novel forms of alliance to overcome the disadvantages they face in tackling the world leaders head-on . |
| 28 | Heads as they appoint new staff have the chance to turn the long-term realization of a school 's plan into a shared reality , but the same commitment can also be won from those teachers who are at a school when a new head arrives . |
| 29 | Miron 's tentative conclusion is that older staff may become less concerned about teaching as they develop other priorities ; but it is equally possible that students are responding more similarly , and more favourably , to lecturers who are more like themselves . |
| 30 | The crew have families and need work , and as they become virtual employees of the band , the band has to act with appropriate responsibility . |