Example sentences of "just as [pers pn] [vb base] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as we attempt to exert control over our children , physically and mentally from birth through to adolescence , so we suppress and as William Blake would have affirmed ) repress their spontaneity and imagination . |
| 2 | Just as we like to define a grid across the page so should we define a grid down the page . |
| 3 | This is what the Englishness of England is made of , and it is this sense of place and the particular which we are currently in danger of losing , just as we come to understand it more clearly . |
| 4 | We want to be able to challenge the whole idea of housework being women 's work , just as we want to challenge whether engineering or surgery or being a crane driver or a football referee , whether any of those are men 's jobs . |
| 5 | Yes , I 'll come on that romantic stroll with you and watch the sunset as we did in Seville and I 'll remind you of it , just as you intend to remind me of it , and I 'll go with you all of the cruel way , Fernando , and when it 's all over I hope it gives you the satisfaction you crave . ’ |
| 6 | Security can also be a problem here , so try to park in highly visible places which are less likely to be jammed by visitors ' cars just as you want to get home . |
| 7 | Equally , you need to protect original work from unlawful commercial exploitation , just as you need to ensure that any ideas developed from elsewhere do not infringe someone else 's copyright . |
| 8 | I like to take care of my staff , just as I intend to take care of my wife — if the one I love will marry me . ’ |