Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | She opened her eyes and saw a river , its surface shaking beneath the icy draught , the ducks bobbing slightly as they followed one another , seeking sanctuary . |
| 2 | The obvious problem with information about credit is that , the more people need it ( that is , the groups shown above as most ill-informed about credit , and most likely to use unnecessarily high-cost credit ) the more difficult it is to make sure it reaches them . |
| 3 | The fingers clenched jerkily as the arms flailed at the sides of the grave , tossing dirt aside in an attempt to gain a purchase on the soft earth . |
| 4 | It was windy up on the ridge , and the ponies jogged impatiently as they reached the stretch of open turf which led over to the wood and the track through it . |
| 5 | The only relief is that some of the heads wither away as new ideas take over , so that old techniques and formats become redundant . |
| 6 | The Benedictines nodded genially as the procession clattered past . |
| 7 | So , the legs are responsible for starting the forward swing , but not by forcing them to drive the hips forward , but by creating a solid foundation from which the left side can pull against , compelling the legs to drive forward as the coil spring unwinds . |
| 8 | In Xenopus oocytes that lack RYRs , there are numerous initiation foci ( hot spots ) and the waves migrate outwards as expanding spheres or spirals which annihilate as they crash into each other . |
| 9 | The waves slurped oilily as I sketched Balemartin . |
| 10 | Seldom are the designs reproduced exactly as illustrated . |
| 11 | The words blurred again as the strange mist returned , thicker this time . |
| 12 | But since guns were also used defensively , the images functioned symbolically as reminders of the protection offered to those who embraced Christianity . |
| 13 | However what happened instead was the cat-calls and the boos and the jeers started almost as soon as this procession came came into Red Square , and there were plenty of banners calling for freedom for Lithuania , there were cries of ‘ shame , shame ’ . |
| 14 | Systems of animal ‘ communication ’ are held to be mere signalling systems , systems for which there is some doubt as to the meaningfulness of the messages contained therein as opposed to their characteristic causal efficacy in evoking or triggering certain responses . |
| 15 | This form is to be used in respect of the resolutions mentioned below as follows : |
| 16 | This form is to be used in respect of the resolutions mentioned below as follows : |
| 17 | His words to the Commando Officer in the jeep were drowned by the crack of the 15 pounders as a few of them opened fire , the guns lurching forward as the shells sped off towards their target . |
| 18 | The bilinguals behaved usually as English speakers , and clearly showed all the normal effects of speech coding ( homophone/non-homophone differences and overt rehearsal better than silent rehearsal ) . |
| 19 | The lights flickered briefly as the train entered a tunnel . |
| 20 | The observations cited above as constituting problems are only problematic in the light of some theory . |
| 21 | The muscles rippled lightly as she worked . |
| 22 | Jackson 's work is fundamentally committed to formal concerns ; the spatial effects of colour , the purity of form , the dynamics of line ; the paintings appear both as experiments in aesthetics and exercises in logic . |
| 23 | There was a cry , and then the wheels thumped again as they passed across either feet or ankles . |
| 24 | If this is the case , the adjustment is best made with the strings slackened so as to reduce the possibility of damaging the knife edges on the bridgeplate . |
| 25 | A bit of activity out on the water catches my attention next and I bring the ‘ scope out ; it is a small party of long-tailed duck in their handsome winter plumage , the long tail-streamers of the drakes showing clearly as they display to the females . |
| 26 | As companion , guard and working dog All the qualities described above as well as the following . |
| 27 | At the beginning of the Triassic the dominant herbivores were synapsids , mammal-like reptiles of the group known as the Dicynodontia , but the dicynodonts declined rapidly as the Permian flora disappeared , a flora dominated by a see fern ( pteridosperm ) of the genus Glossopteris ( Figure 2 ) . |
| 28 | I picture the few campesinos who guard the sacks moving away as we approach . |
| 29 | After drinking a mug of tea , I packed away the tent and set off , watching the trees float nearer as the pale sun thawed the earth . |
| 30 | He looked out into the roadway without seeing the rain beating mercilessly against the cobbled surface or the leaves of the trees dripping constantly as they shivered in the breeze , he was seeing the four walls of his cell and remembering his feeling of helplessness as the door slammed shut behind him . |