Example sentences of "as [pron] [adv] [vb -s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , just as nobody actually eats babies , so nobody is really a reductionist in any sense worth being against . |
| 2 | Kodak , for example , is beginning to reap the same sorts of advantage as it carefully allocates supply among all its producing units . |
| 3 | ( This is one event I have not seen personally , as it only takes place every seven years , the next being due in 1990. ) the last perambulation took place in August 1983 , with about 500 people taking part in the fourteen mile walk . |
| 4 | Since then about ten new sites have been scheduled each week , and this could be seen as a deliberate blocking measure as it only takes place where the owner wants to do something with the site . |
| 5 | I went into the students union to buy it today ( as it only costs 28p in there ) and they 'd sold out ! |
| 6 | Becoming a member of the Salmon and Trout Association ( £16 for an annual membership ) is a useful thing to do , as it sometimes offers access to private fishing which the association owns or leases and , through its 54 branches nationwide , offers information on courses and instruction . |
| 7 | At one point he faints , and as he slowly regains consciousness he imagines that he is being ordered to ‘ merge ’ through ‘ osmosis ’ ( 109/111 ) . |
| 8 | I watch the erection sentimentally , lest it fade , as he blatantly tempts fate . |
| 9 | But , taking it all at face value , Mr Wilson appears as ignorant as he mistakenly supposes Summerhill 's pupils to be . |
| 10 | Another plus for him is that he is no longer surrounded by girls and the English , as he now has Kyle MacDougall at the hostel , so along with Andrew they are beginning to affirm themselves . |
| 11 | Paolozzi takes up the challenge with relish , as he deliberately creates hiatuses and breaks in The Wealth of Nations . |
| 12 | But his risk is slight so long as he promptly obtains registration of the transfer . |
| 13 | ‘ So long as he still has silver to pay us with , ’ Flodwig said . |
| 14 | And even now , as he never has time off for spending the twenty-something quid a week they 'll dish him for the one-hundred-and-twenty-hour stint he puts in most weeks , he could just afford a wife and kid . |