Example sentences of "of [det] [noun sg] [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 Think of each mask alone as being on a chain .
2 The smugness in his voice was here too , in the studied way he licked upper and lower lips with his tongue before he spoke , and tapped the fingertips of each hand together as he judged the broken man at his feet .
3 By a summons dated 30 April 1991 the defendants applied to the judge in chambers for directions as to whether notwithstanding the order of Morland J. , they were at liberty to comply with the notice and , if so , on what forms if any ; and , further or alternatively , variation or discharge of that order so as to allow them to comply with the notice .
4 What that exercise predicts is that there should be particles mediating the influence of that field just as the photon mediates the electromagnetic field .
5 TWO fishermen were rescued by the crew of another vessel yesterday as their boat began sinking five miles off Aberdeen .
6 With fine timing we arrived , parking under cover of some distance so as not to arouse suspicion .
7 But other things bound the experience of this group together as well .
8 This gives the ratio of Venus 's mass to that of the Sun , and the mass of the Sun is obtained from the dominant elliptical part of the orbit of any planet just as the mass of a planet can be determined from the orbit of a satellite around it .
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