Example sentences of "as [verb] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simple as sneezing to put him on the defensive . |
| 2 | All advertising and promotional literature will be written so as to avoid misleading you in any way . |
| 3 | Maurice sprang to his feet , slightly bending his head , so as to avoid stunning himself on the roof . |
| 4 | Our subsequent contacts with school staff in the city indicated that the legacy was a powerful and often negative one , and that it continued to be reinforced because despite a general loosening of LEA control and a government-sponsored shift to a greater measure of school self-determination , the Authority was perceived by schools as continuing to present itself as the main definer and arbiter of good practice . |
| 5 | The authorities are thought of as having committed themselves to the maintenance of a particular unemployment rate irrespective of the inflationary consequences and of being prepared to carry over this policy at least into period t . |
| 6 | As golf is another favourite Hastings sport and an ideal means of relaxation it probably does n't help his back problem that he gives the ball such a lick as to threaten to land it in the next kingdom ! |
| 7 | ‘ … one was a female pauper of very advanced age who had laboured for many years under a complication of incurable disorders , and her situation was so desperate as to have precluded her from being received into the House had it not happened that she was the first patient presented . |
| 8 | I think of my role as trying to guide them with the interface of the business side , the bits that they might not be interested in or do n't want to be involved in . |
| 9 | Iran , having captured the tract of marshland under which this major accumulation lay , was reported by its oil minister , Muhammad Gharazi , as contemplating bringing it into production . |
| 10 | Repeated treatments as required keep him on his feet . |