Example sentences of "is [verb] [adv] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Saatchi stands down : Maurice Saatchi is stepping aside as chief executive of Saatchi & Saatchi , the advertising giant that he formed with his brother Charles . |
| 2 | ‘ And since Celia is stepping out as usual , could you fix us drinks , Stephen ? |
| 3 | This Act embraces a vast number of persons holding public office of a specified sort ; it is amended regularly as new offices are created and persons appointed to them . |
| 4 | But South America itself is moving away from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge , since the Atlantic Ocean is widening steadily as new oceanic crust is generated at the ridge . |
| 5 | It is modified continuously as external data is received and transformed into information . |
| 6 | In a photoionization process , on the other hand , any energy from the incoming photon over and above that needed to ionize the molecule is carried away as kinetic energy of the electron ejected from the molecule ; conservation of linear momentum is generally accomplished by recoil of the ion formed . |
| 7 | Unfortunately they may also prove a hindrance if BSL is presented only as manual English , through the tutor 's adherence to English or through the other necessity of providing English syntax for deaf people one is in contact with , since ‘ it will help their English ’ . |
| 8 | While the search for a possible new home continues , the normal business of arranging fixtures is going ahead as usual . |
| 9 | Regarding this use , Jespersen observes that the bare infinitive occurs only in exclamations " in which an idea is brushed aside as impossible by means of an ( exaggerated ) interrogative intonation … " ( p. 328 ) . |
| 10 | The situation is changing now as young people with skills are becoming more in demand in the labour market with the falling youth population . |
| 11 | With sales of unleaded now well ahead of those of leaded and set to surge even higher after the Budget , the survival of relatively cheap unleaded petrol is assured only as long as the Autumn Statement which from this year replaces the traditional spring Budget . |
| 12 | UNITED Distillers finance director Keith Hamill is to join Forte as chief financial officer and finance director designate in September . |