Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effect of Dr McNab 's arguments was by no means as overwhelming as might be supposed ; with the best will in the world and in ideal circumstances it is next to impossible to escape cerebral indigestion as someone quotes comparative figures as fluently as Dr McNab had just been doing . |
| 2 | As much as I hate comparative reviews — I can never really justify deifying one package at the expense of several other perfectly good packages — WSWIN has facilities that I find to be very attractive and useful . |
| 3 | But I know enough about myself to know that as long as I get eight hours sleep I 'm alright ’ . |
| 4 | it follows from this that ‘ it is characteristic of all unproductive labourers that they are at my command … only to the same extent as I exploit productive labourers … however , my power to employ productive labourers by no means grows in the same proportion as I employ unproductive labourers , but on the contrary diminishes in the same proportion . ’ |
| 5 | By mid — 1943 it was made very clear to the Main Force Groups that their " selection " was unacceptable as I sent more crews back than we kept . |
| 6 | Well as I indicated these forms are as unpalatable as they are |
| 7 | As I heard more stories about the measuring rod , not just from Alec but from other boys as well , I began to realise that it would be as big a problem for me as it always was for Alec . |
| 8 | As I put some oranges through the juicer , her image , bright and laughing , was in my mind . |
| 9 | Donna 's leader on the DTS is the same as I had 5 years ago ! |
| 10 | I hear what my hon. Friend says , as I hear all representations on this matter . |
| 11 | I especially regret those redundancies , as I regret all redundancies . |
| 12 | As I made these suggestions to her , I was continually reminding her that she was feeling very relaxed and comfortable and that she was in complete control of the situation and need do nothing ( even in her imagination ) that she did not choose to . |
| 13 | As I thought these things , I looked up at the window . |
| 14 | Erm the training course er as I said two days er I 'll count it as a full training course . |
| 15 | My guns were inspected and a statement was taken from all the crew and I was released , as I said many times later , " without prejudice " , but darkly adding " subject to re-arrest " . |
| 16 | Since nineteen eighty three the government has reduced financial support by over two billion pound and reduced staff by seventy thousand , resulting in less maintenance and falling safety standards and with , as I said higher fares , but fewer services . |
| 17 | As I said some moments ago , we have strengthened the law requiring trustees to disclose key information to members , to pensioners and to trade unions . |
| 18 | On my first acquaintance with the mad little road , in about 1950 , I had no feelings of affection for it nor any eye for the beauty all around , my gaze being fixed on the tarmac ahead as I dragged weary legs along it . |
| 19 | My cynicism about the event burgeoned as I walked past stalls displaying rustic-effect patio furniture , cushion covers embroidered with pheasants , and the kind of waxed country overwear that is increasingly seen sported by commuters on the tube these days . |
| 20 | They have varying effects on humans and as I discovered disastrous effects on fish . |
| 21 | Both places had latches and as long as I got ten yards ' start on him , I could slam the door shut and slip my half clothes-peg under the latch — I always carried a half clothes-peg for the purpose — and no matter how much he blasphemed and kicked at the door he could n't get in . |
| 22 | As I write these words , Carl is living in a Home for the aged . |
| 23 | A pre-warned Kenneth had plied John and his girl-friend Rosie with champagne to deaden the effect of the coming lunch , as I chased huge lumps round a pan of watery pulp that started life as potato . |
| 24 | Before we do this we have to apply a mapping function M. The mapping function is important because as I say these wires are connected to these pixels here . |
| 25 | Three pound fifteen shillings yeah and that 's how , that 's how the work went at that time but as I say these boatmen erm they used t they used to sit down on lock gates day in and day out and did n't have a ship to come in but I 've kno kno known them to row down the river at high tide or it 's before high tide and there 'd be another erm , there 'd be other boatmen there , one was called , he went down , he used to go down and get 'em going , there used to be a race between these two families or the and the first one got the boat , the first one roped it in you see , or wh what we call roping in , moor mooring the ship up , that was |
| 26 | As soon as I finish five pages , the apartment starts to buzz and chatter . |
| 27 | And of course I I wanted some land as I presume all Welshmen are land hungry . |
| 28 | As I type these words they are going straight into RAM , and the word processing program controlling things is also in RAM , although it could theoretically be burned into ROM and then never subsequently altered . |
| 29 | it follows from this that ‘ it is characteristic of all unproductive labourers that they are at my command … only to the same extent as I exploit productive labourers … however , my power to employ productive labourers by no means grows in the same proportion as I employ unproductive labourers , but on the contrary diminishes in the same proportion . ’ |
| 30 | As a matter of fact , you may not recognise me , as I appear some decades younger than you . |