Example sentences of "as [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As foreseen by the dark clouds , it began to rain during the afternoon and by the time the headlights of Markby 's car illuminated the front windows of Rose Cottage , it was fairly tipping down . |
| 2 | This manuscript , which was clearly intended for publication , reflects his personal observation as well as drawing on the published literature on the disease . |
| 3 | There is our annual Open Day in June , and a series of Departmental Visiting Days ( as listed on the opposite page ) . |
| 4 | The Labour total in 1939 , as listed in the annual conference report of that year , was 133 , compared with a Conservative total of well over 450 in 1937 . |
| 5 | Of the other parties , the Independent Smallholders ' Party ( which had won 57 per cent of the vote in the last free election in 1945 — see p. 7600 ) , led by Istvan Prepeliczay , advocated the return of collectivized land to its owners as listed in the 1947 land register ; the Hungarian Socialist Party ( HSP ) was established in October 1989 [ see p. 36960-61 ] as the reformed successor to the Hungarian Socialist Workers ' Party ( HSWP ) and currently claimed 50,000-60,000 members , the first candidate on its national list being Imre Poszgay , who had acted as a catalyst for many of the reforms but who came third in the constituency where he was also standing ; and the League of Young Democrats ( FIDESZ ) , led by Viktor Orban and claiming 5,000 members , was closely allied to the SzDSz . |
| 6 | Thus Skocpol sees the state 's autonomy as deriving from the specific political functions that it performs . |
| 7 | The problems discussed in this section are not necessarily separate from those outlined as deriving from the colonial model , indeed they frequently overlap . |
| 8 | Files and Devices 8.4.5 Introduction 8.4.5.1 The statements and functions used for data files and devices are : As explained under the individual keywords , EXT#-1 , PRT#-1 and EOF#-1 return system information . |
| 9 | As explained in the previous article , sales are worthwhile for the group until the price drops to £70 , as the group as a whole makes a contribution . |
| 10 | As explained in the previous section , any reasonable complete system is bound to be sometimes infinitary . |
| 11 | It wo n't make any difference immediately , but it will have a considerable impact in the long run , as explained in the next section . |
| 12 | ‘ Are ’ : spelt ‘ re , pronounced after vowels , usually with some change in the preceding vowel , e.g. ‘ you ’ — ‘ you 're ’ , ‘ we ’ — ‘ we 're ’ , ‘ they ’ — they 're ; linking r is used when a vowel follows , as explained in the next section . |
| 13 | ( As explained in the last chapter , REM sleep may be scored as such when hardly any rapid eye movements are occurring , so long as the record of low voltage EEC and reduced EMG continues uninterruptedly . ) |
| 14 | ( As explained in the last chapter , examples used to illustrate intonation transcription are usually given in spelling form , and you will notice that no punctuation is used ; the reason for this is that intonation and stress are the vocal equivalents of written punctuation , so that when these are transcribed it would be unnecessary or even confusing to include punctuation as well . ) |
| 15 | R&D agreements and specialization agreements between UK firms can be drafted in such a way as to fall outside the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 : otherwise firms might be able to appeal to the permissive stance of EC law to override any difficulties with the UK rules . |
| 16 | Dangerous driving is usually reserved for intentional dangerous driving or where it can be proved the defendant was driving in such a way as to fall within the new definition of ‘ driving dangerously ’ in section 2A ( 1 ) to ( 4 ) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 . |
| 17 | He will try to obtain by force what he can not achieve by the correct use of the aids as taught by the classical school . ’ |
| 18 | One battle the CPRE is fighting concerns a planning application for a theme park in the historic grounds of Woburn Abbey , Bedfordshire , even though the grounds are within an ‘ Area of Great Landscape Value ’ , as designated by the local county council . |
| 19 | It took 80 per cent of the seats in the National Assembly , with just 40 per cent of the vote — which is by no means a form of Proportional Representation ( PR ) , as favoured by the Liberal Democrats . |
| 20 | Rover has been quick to identify and exploit on the visual cues that so distinguish its cars , as witnessed by the successful return of the traditional chrome grille . |
| 21 | Such a limitation has not obviously affected the evolutionary ‘ success ’ of this type of body pattern , as witnessed by the vast number of species of insects and crustacea alive and flourishing today — but it certainly affects the extent of their behavioural repertoire . |
| 22 | The notifiable venereal diseases in Belgium are syphilis , gonorrhoea , chancroid , and LGV , but there is a considerable degree of under-reporting , as witnessed by the official figures for 1975 , which gave a total of 771 cases of gonorrhoea for the whole of Belgium . |
| 23 | Investment institutions , companies , and banks have become much more sophisticated in the operation of their affairs across national boundaries , as witnessed by the spectacu-lar growth in the Euro-currency markets . |
| 24 | The two large and rusty freighters that were berthed in the docking area , however , were very definitely of human manufacture , as witnessed by the sweaty crewmen who swarmed all over them , almost as numerous as the dead fish which clogged the oil-choked water . |
| 25 | The governing body was concerned that setting up its own separate committee structure would not only be perceived as competing with the existing structure ( with all the attendant risks of a developing ‘ us and them ’ mentality where one rarely existed before ) , but would also be repetitive . |
| 26 | Locate in Scotland , the agency charged with luring foreign multinationals to set up in Scotland , is generally seen as competing with the Welsh Development Agency and the Irish Development Authority to secure these coveted new tenants . |
| 27 | Tourists visiting the area are being leafleted , and local Berewan landowners are erecting signs warning against trespass and calling for respect for indigenous property rights , as recognized by the United Nations . |
| 28 | Beneath the city streets is a network of passages which were made as aqueducts in the thirteenth century , to carry water from local springs into the medieval walled town . |
| 29 | Be careful to ensure that all the original deeds , or examined copies or abstracts thereof , will be handed over , or yourself be very thorough in examining the title , because the Registry normally requires all copies or abstracts to be marked as examined against the original ( including photocopies ) . |
| 30 | If the court order refers to matters other than the matrimonial home it is no doubt better to keep these extraneous matters private and to prepare an abstract ( and mark the same as examined against the original order ) of the relevant part of the court order . |